BTCC 2010

found a live feed! im liking some of these support races

Race 2 about to start, lets go chilton!

edit: brittish adverts are so odd!

hahahahaha! No. American adverts are odd.

I agree with Nicky with the adverts, the only thing you advertise is Viagra or food products

Or medicine with horrendus side effects

nickyf1 wrote:Or medicine with horrendus side effects

thats what viagra is.

all you see on british TV is ad's for cell phones and internet. and they all have that same even/gentle voiced woman...

Thats is the exact reason why i hate Matt Neal!

Nice result overall, especially for Gio, let's hope he can get a seat for the rest of the season

Also, why does Shedden have #54 printed on the back of his race suit when I always thought he was #52 :S

....hadn't noticed that. Good question. Best ask his tailor.... or Scot.

Oh god, Matt Neal is a complete POO FOR BRAINS!... And he didn't even apologise to Collard.. He is giving the BTCC a very bad name, lots of European people think the BTCC is full of drivers like that, which is damaging the series.

Get him banned for a few races!

Matt wrote:....hadn't noticed that. Good question. Best ask his tailor.... or Scot.

Flash told me that Scot cups

anyway... Bring on Rockingham!

And I hope you enjoyed a taste of British sports broadcasting General!

haha, i havent watched it yet.

and i watched ALLL of last season!

Noticed that myself, had to go double-check. Think they made a mistake on his race suit order. He's definitly #52

alright! let the season begin

race 1 - tom onslow cole nailed the piss out of jordan coming back into that corner...how many times have we seen that happen...

holy wow...chilton slammed into that wall hard. god. all these tire failures. pathetic...not this kinda crap since F1 in america.

WOW

great battle for the final point at the end.

Where was the the two Foster beemers and Lea Woods integra? :s

I think the Forster guys broke their engines in the Media Day, not sure about the Integra though.

Yeah, the Forster BMWs lost both their engines at media day and had to send them back to Schnitzer for repair, it was touch and go getting them back in time for yesterday. No idea about Lea Wood though, perhaps elected to only enter selected rounds?

Gutted for Shedden in race 1, he took a massive lead out on Gio before that tyre failure. Thruxton has always been hard on tyres, and the teams never listen to Dunlop when they say don't set it up so aggressively. Glad Gio took the wins in 1 and 2 though, he's a class act and hopefully this will bring sponsors in to keep him racing this season.

As for Matt Neal's move on Rob Collard, you could see him trying that a mile off. How many times has he tried pulling that move off? It's going to be investigated by the stewards at Rockingham, he should recive a penalty for that.

Me and Sam debated that move for like an hour (he was over mine watching the race)

Its a shame they never showed us the footage from Neals car, but from my point of view Neal should be penalised.

The Civic's looked stupidly strong though (although the aggressive setup may have had something to do with it)

I was dissapointed with Plato in the Cruze though.... Was hopeing for more and he looked distinctly average and slightly uncomfortable....

Yeah, the Civic was looking brutally quick, wasn't it?

Shedden FTchampionshipW!

As for Plato, I think today was as much getting used to the car and running on the Dunlops. Although it's a different compound from the rest of the season, he said himself after his race one podium that they were going to go cut the tyre up and see what was happening to it. I think this race and probably Rockingham next they'll see as data collecting while scoring consistent points.

At the end of the day, despite his measured approach, he's walked away second in the championship following a second, fourth and third places, as well as picking up points for fastest lap in race 2. Remember that it's not race wins that win a championship, it's consistency, and clearly Jason's got that in his head straight from the off.

Plato FTchampionshipW!

Even then I think that if they can get the funding for Gio's season, on yesterday's showing he can really push Plato for it. I still think Plato will win the 2010 driver's championship, but with Gio there I can see it being another season going down to the wire on the last day. The guy really is quick in that Vectra, especially after being race rusty and not taking part in any of the pre-season testing. Pure class.

Giovanardi FTchampionshipW!

Oh, wait, I am sounding like Bernie now...

Cant believe your not considering Matt Jackson for the Title...

He nearly did it in his old BMW and this non-privateer car should theoretically have more potential....

My pick for dark horse....

I've always said Jackson will be there contending for the championship win. I just can't place the order I think they'll come in. I reckon it's between Shedden, Gio, Jackson, Plato, and Neal.

Nah not Shedden for me gets caught up in too much drama to win it. It will be Neal, Plato and Gio if he sats plus Turkington if he returns

I Dont think Turkington even if he can get the money together for a drive.

Even though he's defending champion i dont think he's got another one in him.

And I think your right about Shedden nick. Dont think he can keep himself out of trouble enough to make any points headway.