BTCC Round 8 - Snetterton 24th & 25th Oct

[AndrewGP]

Turkington is on pole for tomorrow after the new Top Ten Showdown style qualy sessions from today. Shaping up to be a great afternoon's viewing!

2020 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship – Top Ten Showdown – Snetterton

1 Colin TURKINGTON (GBR) Team BMW 1:56.858
2 Jake HILL (GBR) MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square +0.192s
3 Tom INGRAM (GBR) Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with Ginsters +0.210s
4 Rory BUTCHER (GBR) Motorbase Performance +0.225s
5 Dan CAMMISH (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +0.336s
6 Ashley SUTTON (GBR) Laser Tools Racing +0.461s
7 Tom OLIPHANT (GBR) Team BMW +0.635s
8 Ollie JACKSON (GBR) Motorbase Performance +0.688s
9 Aiden MOFFAT (GBR) Laser Tools Racing +0.781s
10 Adam MORGAN (GBR) Carlube TripleR Racing with Mac Tools +6.882s


2020 Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship – Qualifying – Snetterton

1 Rory BUTCHER (GBR) Motorbase Performance 1:57.247s
2 Adam MORGAN (GBR) Carlube TripleR Racing with Mac Tools +0.183s
3 Ashley SUTTON (GBR) Laser Tools Racing +0.284s
4 Tom INGRAM (GBR) Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with Ginsters +0.300s
5 Aiden MOFFAT (GBR) Laser Tools Racing +0.376s
6 Tom OLIPHANT (GBR) Team BMW +0.394s
7 Colin TURKINGTON (GBR) Team BMW +0.401s
8 Jake HILL (GBR) MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square +0.418s
9 Ollie JACKSON (GBR) Motorbase Performance +0.434s
10 Dan CAMMISH (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +0.441s
11 Senna PROCTOR (GBR) Excelr8 Motorsport +0.609s
12 Josh COOK (GBR) BTC Racing +0.812s
13 Chris SMILEY (GBR) Excelr8 Motorsport +1.142s
14 Tom CHILTON (GBR) BTC Racing +1.174s
15 Stephen JELLEY (GBR) Team Parker Racing +1.178s
16 Matt NEAL (GBR) Halfords Yuasa Racing +1.270s
17 Michael CREES (GBR) The Clever Baggers with BTC Racing +1.482s
18 Sam OSBORNE (GBR) MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square +1.543s
19 Jack GOFF (GBR) RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport +1.613s
20 Paul RIVETT (GBR) GKR TradePriceCars.com +1.739s
21 Carl BOARDLEY (GBR) HUB Financial Solutions with Team HARD +2.157s
22 Jessica HAWKINS (GBR) Power Maxed Car Care Racing +2.218s
23 Andy NEATE (GBR) Motorbase Performance +2.254s
24 Glynn GEDDIE (GBR) RCIB Insurance with Fox Transport +3.357s
25 Ethan HAMMERTON (GBR) GKR TradePriceCars.com +3.499s
26 Jack BUTEL (GBR) Carlube TripleR Racing with Mac Tools +3.695s
27 Nicolas HAMILTON (GBR) ROKiT Racing with Team HARD NO TIME

[rjfp1962]

Looking forward to watching some "Real Motor Racing" !

[stevemcs]

Nice work by the Wookie, now we are getting close to the end of the season it should be a good race.

[JonChalk]

Andy Neate out-qualified by BTCC rookie, Jessica Hawkins.

Let's hope he's learned his Silverstone lessons.

[Kraken]

I hope the only lesson Neate has learned from Silverstone is how fans and some members of the media behave when there is a woman in the race. He did nothing in those races that hasn't been done a hundred times before by other drivers without comment and there was an identical move to the one he pulled which saw him in the wall in the same race but that one was called great racing by Harvey. Someone more experienced than Edwards would have kept control of the car in both instances and they probably wouldn't even have shown them on TV.

Yes I agree Neate should really hang up his BTCC boots as he is not performing at the level of the car by a long way but the witch hunt over the Edwards clashes has gone way too far.

[JonChalk]

Kraken said:

I hope the only lesson Neate has learned from Silverstone is how fans and some members of the media behave when there is a woman in the race. He did nothing in those races that hasn't been done a hundred times before by other drivers without comment and there was an identical move to the one he pulled which saw him in the wall in the same race but that one was called great racing by Harvey. Someone more experienced than Edwards would have kept control of the car in both instances and they probably wouldn't even have shown them on TV.

Yes I agree Neate should really hang up his BTCC boots as he is not performing at the level of the car by a long way but the witch hunt over the Edwards clashes has gone way too far.

I disagree - if it takes media attention (for any reason) to highlight shoddy and careless driving that damages other driver's and team's finances (especially critical at the end of grid Neate races) and chances of completing a whole season, than I'm all for it.

There's no witch hunt from me - just an observation that Hawkins has out performed him (as the second one-race-meeting-only-rookie to do so, gender irrelevant). He needs to learn to accept the fact that he's not a very good driver and stop

BTCC needs to remove it's bumper-car, bounce-to-pass image at the back end (& the front) - I'm not one of those fans who only watches / goes to see crashes - I suspect many do.

[stevemcs]

Neates on wets .... ?

[JonChalk]

stevemcs said:

Neates on wets .... ?

Not for long.....

[rscott]

stevemcs said:

Neates on wets .... ?

Clever move by Motorbase - force him to make a pitlane start so he's well behind the rest of the pack. Makes it far harder for him to drive into anyone else again.

[Kraken]

JonChalk said:

I disagree - if it takes media attention (for any reason) to highlight shoddy and careless driving that damages other driver's and team's finances (especially critical at the end of grid Neate races) and chances of completing a whole season, than I'm all for it.

If that was the case then why there was no action taken by the stewards? Both incidents were normal racing incidents that we see all the time in the BTCC but because of the media attention Neate was hung out to dry.

That's different to whether Neate should be there or not. I'm talking about the two incidents at Silverstone only and the reaction to them.

[MG CHRIS]

rscott said:

stevemcs said:

Neates on wets .... ?

Clever move by Motorbase - force him to make a pitlane start so he's well behind the rest of the pack. Makes it far harder for him to drive into anyone else again.

That's actually a pretty good point. A pretty dull race another superb performance by turks showing the field exactly why he is so good at getting championships Sutton really needs to take some hints from him.
The Hondas look all out of sync this meeting only cammish in the top 10 for the fk8 civic and hill showing just how good that fk2 still is.
The standings are tightening up again brands hatch is going to be a mega meeting if we get 4 or 5 cars all within 20/30 points of each other.

[FourWheelDrift]

ROUND THE OUTSIDE !

[stevemcs]

Nice move Wookie, right around the outside

[Venisonpie]

Come on the wookie.

[StephenP]

More edge of the seat stuff... come on Ollie!

[Venisonpie]

Very well controlled.

[Old Man Peabody]

[StephenP]

YES, YES, YES!! Congratulations Ollie!

Well deserved, great overtake and a lovely controlled race

[rallycross]

Awesome result good win there for Ollie well done !

[Vickers_VC10]

Well done Wookie.

Well done Colin, good weekend.