*** The Official BTCC Thread ***

Went and saw the WTCC at Brands a few years back, and the best races of the day were the Classis Sports and Saloons that supported them.

Looking forward to this.
 
Pretty good racing today. A shame that the Honda drivers still haven't worked out how to get past the BMWs without tapping them. Rob Austin did very well.
 
Rob Austin ‏@RobertoAustini
An apology to the marshal who asked me to sign his back. I'm sorry I drew a penis. I was egged on, so sorry. Hope you see the funny side.
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I quite like Rob Austin, definitely seems to be a personality :D
 
Skeeter said:
Retro helmet and aviators of win!
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Janesy B said:
I quite like Rob Austin, definitely seems to be a personality :D
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Reminds me of the F1 personalities of the '70s and '80s with his air of confidence and aviators. Still trying to decide if that's a look he's trying to purposely cultivate, or if its done without knowing.

ANyway, that was certainly an exciting round, really enjoyed it. The speed the cars get to at that chicane is astounding.

Me and Dad were wondering something however; why is the grass always cut right down? It doesn't slow the cars down at all before they hit the barriers if they have an uncontrollable off.
 
TehBluebear said:
Reminds me of the F1 personalities of the '70s and '80s with his air of confidence and aviators. Still trying to decide if that's a look he's trying to purposely cultivate, or if its done without knowing.

ANyway, that was certainly an exciting round, really enjoyed it. The speed the cars get to at that chicane is astounding.

Me and Dad were wondering something however; why is the grass always cut right down? It doesn't slow the cars down at all before they hit the barriers if they have an uncontrollable off.
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They mentioned something surrounding this on the TV coverage actually. If the grass is too long, then when they go off-road their front radiators and intercoolers get clogged with grass and then the engines overheat / die :)
 
Spuj1988 said:
Anyone else seen the video of Mr Gillham stuffing a Gumpert Apollo into a load of hay bales at Goodwood on the weekend ;)
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Ha, was that Gillham?

I was stood at the start watching all the Supercars leaving, and suddenly the safety car started up and hooned off followed by an ambulance. Took a while to twig what had happened.

 
Skeeter said:
Ha, was that Gillham?

I was stood at the start watching all the Supercars leaving, and suddenly the safety car started up and hooned off followed by an ambulance. Took a while to twig what had happened.

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Yeh it was, he wasn't too pleased when he got out!! One of my bosses is a Marshal and was on the corner post and told me all about it on yesterday. One of the Marshalls asked if he was ok once he got out and he said yeh but my wallet won't be :p
 
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