BTCC Round 7 - Croft 10th & 11th Oct

[emicen]

Feels crazy writing round 7 and mid October!

Anyways, Butcher’s Focus is back in the game. Rivett taking over from Jiggy in the Tradeprice Audi S3, Bushell in the HARD CC.

MINI Challenge Cooper class are back supporting.

Porsche Cayman support series also guesting this weekend.

Should be an interesting weekend of racing, whilst Croft has traditionally been a RWD circuit, that hasn’t always panned out this year, FWD is definitely a lot closer than previous seasons.

Edited by emicen on Friday 9th October 19:37

[MG CHRIS]

Also its a lot colder than it normally is in its usual slot in mid summer the rwd cars also takes longer to get heat in the tyres and with the latest boost cut off the line could make it a lot closer. Still expect a turks/Sutton show down with maybe cammish as a outsider.

[AlexRS2782]

It's also back on ITV4 this weekend.

Nice interview with Ollie about his win here too - http://www.btcc.net/2020/10/08/ollie-jackson-i-was...

[colin79666]

Good video from motorbase on rebuilding Butchers car, just hope it is straight enough to keep up with the title fight.

Edited by colin79666 on Monday 12th October 08:35

[Kraken]

No reason at all why Butchers car shouldn't be as good as before. They're all built on jigs and the suspension is attached to bolt on subframes front and back which they would have replaced entirely I would expect.

[MB140]

Feel really bad for Ingram. Cracking lap but the rules is the rules.

Wookie. I know your probably busy but my wife asked me a question and I have no answer so maybe you can help.

Compared to the F1 cars which are pulling 5+ lateral g what sort of g forces is the focus pulling both in the wet and the dry.

All the best for tomorrow. Here’s hoping you have another great weekend.

[Kraken]

Have a look at the pole laps here - https://www.youtube.com/c/BTCCofficial/search?quer...

They all have a g meter on the screen.

[The Wookie]

MB140 said:

Feel really bad for Ingram. Cracking lap but the rules is the rules.

Wookie. I know your probably busy but my wife asked me a question and I have no answer so maybe you can help.

Compared to the F1 cars which are pulling 5+ lateral g what sort of g forces is the focus pulling both in the wet and the dry.

All the best for tomorrow. Here’s hoping you have another great weekend.

No probs! The BTCC cars have a lot of lateral for a car with no real aero but they’re still only just about pushing 2G absolute peak, really 1.5G mostly

Fastest thing I’ve ever driven was a Ginetta G57 which is basically an LMP3 car with more power and downforce which managed about 3G, nearly 4G absolute peak. Managed a class win and 2nd overall sharing the car with a mate at a VdeV Proto race at Mugello a couple of years ago

Made the touring car feel like a Nissan Micra and was brutal to the point I actually injured my back and neck so badly that I temporarily lost some sensation in my arms about a week later. It was pretty humbling to see the F1 cars going round Mugello thirty, fking THIRTY seconds a lap faster earlier in the year!!

[MB140]

The Wookie said:

MB140 said:

Feel really bad for Ingram. Cracking lap but the rules is the rules.

Wookie. I know your probably busy but my wife asked me a question and I have no answer so maybe you can help.

Compared to the F1 cars which are pulling 5+ lateral g what sort of g forces is the focus pulling both in the wet and the dry.

All the best for tomorrow. Here’s hoping you have another great weekend.

No probs! The BTCC cars have a lot of lateral for a car with no real aero but they’re still only just about pushing 2G absolute peak, really 1.5G mostly

Fastest thing I’ve ever driven was a Ginetta G57 which is basically an LMP3 car with more power and downforce which managed about 3G, nearly 4G absolute peak. Managed a class win and 2nd overall sharing the car with a mate at a VdeV Proto race at Mugello a couple of years ago

Made the touring car feel like a Nissan Micra and was brutal to the point I actually injured my back and neck so badly that I temporarily lost some sensation in my arms about a week later. It was pretty humbling to see the F1 cars going round Mugello thirty, fking THIRTY seconds a lap faster earlier in the year!!

Thanks for taking the time to answer Ollie. Really appreciate it. I thought they might be nudging 3g with the big wing and spliters etc. When you say 30+ seconds faster than an already pretty fast Ginetta for an F1 car it really does highlight just how fast an F1 car is and how physically fit the drivers are.

Good luck for tomorrow.

[Gavin0478]

2020 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship – Qualifying – Croft

1 Josh COOK (GBR) BTC Racing 1:27.350s
2 Jake HILL (GBR) MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square +0.150s
3 Colin TURKINGTON (GBR) Team BMW +0.160s
4 Tom OLIPHANT (GBR) Team BMW +0.224s
5 Bobby THOMPSON (GBR) GKR TradePriceCars.com +0.243s
6 Ashley SUTTON (GBR) Laser Tools Racing +0.285s
7 Tom CHILTON (GBR) BTC Racing +0.331s
8 Matt NEAL (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +0.345s
9 Michael CREES (GBR) The Clever Baggers with BTC Racing +0.379s
10 Rory BUTCHER (GBR) Motorbase Performance +0.410s
11 Ollie JACKSON (GBR) Motorbase Performance +0.847s
12 Adam MORGAN (GBR) Carlube TripleR Racing with Mac Tools +0.958s
13 Chris SMILEY (GBR) Excelr8 Motorsport +1.051s
14 Dan CAMMISH (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +1.144s
15 Aiden MOFFAT (GBR) Laser Tools Racing +1.153s
16 Stephen JELLEY (GBR) Team Parker Racing +1.421s
17 Sam OSBORNE (GBR) MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square +1.803s
18 Jack GOFF (GBR) RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport +1.867s
19 Carl BOARDLEY (GBR) HUB Financial Solutions with Team HARD +2.027s
20 Mike BUSHELL (GBR) RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport +2.386s
21 Jac CONSTABLE (GBR) Power Maxed Car Care Racing +2.687s
22 Andy NEATE (GBR) Motorbase Performance +2.971s
23 Jack BUTEL (GBR) Carlube TripleR Racing with Mac Tools +2.979s
24 Nicolas HAMILTON (GBR) ROKiT Racing with Team HARD +5.583s
25 Senna PROCTOR (GBR) Excelr8 Motorsport NO TIME
26 Tom INGRAM (GBR) Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with Ginsters NO TIME

[The Wookie]

MB140 said:

Thanks for taking the time to answer Ollie. Really appreciate it. I thought they might be nudging 3g with the big wing and spliters etc. When you say 30+ seconds faster than an already pretty fast Ginetta for an F1 car it really does highlight just how fast an F1 car is and how physically fit the drivers are.

Good luck for tomorrow.

No probs! Nah the cars are all matched in terms of downforce in the wind tunnel and the wings actually have very little angle of attack

[l354uge]

What's going on here then?

[emicen]

It appears there is some saltiness developing in the relationship with WSR.

From reading other tweets, it appears Andy feels somewhat airbrushed out of their campaign last year.

He’s always been fairly frank about stuff on Twitter.

[Jaaack]

Gutted for Tingram and Proctor, this really could put Tingram out of the title fight

Great to see Butcher back out - is he using the same shell that he went showjumping in at Silverstone?!

Best of luck Wookie!

[DanielSan]

emicen said:

From reading other tweets, it appears Andy feels somewhat airbrushed out of their campaign last year.

He’s always been fairly frank about stuff on Twitter.

Not without reason to be fair, they've done a few posts about each round from last year this season and not even mentioned him. Haven't seen any other team giving drivers quite such a fk you for pulling out this season

[A500leroy]

Was that Ollie with a pig??

[rob999]

And Tim Harvey continues his absolute love in with Ash Sutton.

[Driver101]

rob999 said:

And Tim Harvey continues his absolute love in with Ash Sutton.

Hard not to praise the guy after that.

He's a class above everyone in the field.

[Jaaack]

rob999 said:

And Tim Harvey continues his absolute love in with Ash Sutton.

Finishing 5th despite a spin not worthy of any praise then? Preceded by a charge from last place to 2nd at Silverstone?

He's one of the all time greats.

[airbusA346]

Wonder how much boost Sutton is running compared to everyone else