BTCC 2013

Slider S15 wrote:(PS: Am I the only one who thinks Tom Onslow-Cole would have been better off staying at Tony Gilham Racing rather than moving to Motorbase?)

I completely agree. He's not exactly doing any better than he did in the Passat...

TOC has no loyalty and jumps instantly to the biggest team available; he's done this before when going from AMD Tuning (VW Golf) to AON (Ford) although it's understandable to be honest. The Passat is abit of a mess right now and to an extent still not finished (probably because TEAM HARD are constantly having to rebuild or repair the Insignia's) but the Focus is only slightly a mess but has a more capable team. Also Jake Hill will drive Will Bratts Audi next race

^^^ Agreed! TOC's lack of loyalty ALWAYS seems to bite him too.

Everyone's favourite BTCC Driver Andy Neate will miss the season Finale this weekend as he has contracted pneumonia....

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/10/10/andy-neate-to-miss-season-finale-due-to-illness/

Also Shaun Hollamby will return to give the AMD VW Golf S2000 its final send off....

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/10/10/last-outing-for-the-amd-volkwagen-golf-this-weekend/

I'll drive Andy's car if he wants

Great racing so far in really tricky conditions

If ANYONE has the ability to watch this I can't tell you enough how much you should be watching this right now!!

It's ALL kicked off, The Championship will go down to the wire!

ITV4 4:45(GMT) DO NOT MISS THIS RACE!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to 2013 BTCC Champion Andrew Jordan!!!

Have to admit I wasn't too thrilled about another Honda winning it but glad it wasn't Shedden!

Have to shout out Jack Goff (despite his funny name, Say it several times fast and you'll see what I mean! lol) pushing Shedden for race victory in the POS Team Hard Insignia and being generally impressive all day. Hopefully it's enough to give him and the team a decent budget to move forward in 2014.

What a last day! Was very very good, fair play to him, he deserved it that's for sure.  

Very happy that Jordan won, hes going to few I reckon, plus I can see him taking over from Neal in 2015/2016 maybe

Had a great weekend at Brands, just a shame about the weather. Congrats to Andy Jordan, well deserved.

Fantastic day at Brands even though the weather was foul! Tense last race! So happy that Andy (My favorite for many years), got the win! Worth the run from the southbank, round Druids, up Paddock Hill Bend and to the start line for the podium!

Awesome drive by Goff for 2nd Managed to get Goff, Jordan, Sheddan and Austins autographs too Love BTCC! Much more exiting than F1.

Lets just wait for everyone to get out of Andrew Jordans Arse

But I do hope Dan Welch can battle for some podiums next year.

What do you expect? He's got a hell of a lot of fans who are glad to see him win rather than Plato or Neal.

Oh I know, I'm not putting him down or anything and he more than deserved it. It'sjust that everyone seems to be an Andrew Jordan fan now

I like Dan Welch because he had a chat with me at Croft in 2012, very down to earth person, and funny!

I'll admit, a few people suddenly became fans of his.. But still it's worth it for us fans who've supported him for a while :3

Dan Welch is a good lad! Respect for him for racing in Silverstone with his bad coccyx... That's gotta hurt!

Jordan deserved the championship, but I'm not a fan. Great driver but I don't cheer him on during a race.

jgroves1996 wrote:Respect for him for racing in Silverstone with his bad coccyx... That's gotta hurt!

Must've felt like somebody had one of these rammed up his jacksie, on full hammer no less...

BG Beanz wrote:

jgroves1996 wrote:Respect for him for racing in Silverstone with his bad coccyx... That's gotta hurt!

Must've felt like somebody had one of these rammed up his jacksie, on full hammer no less...

Or one of these...

Spoiler:

Awesome!

Ive been a fan since he entered BTCC, I remember being a wee kid and watching his dad race GTs in the Lister Storm, both are great drivers!

nickyf1 wrote:Awesome!

That's an awesome video :') Glad to see they included a brief shot of him on the championship podium at the end :3 Was just the width of the track away from him then :')

Now I think it's a good time to watch all the races on YouTube now.  

2013 was a great year for the championship.  We just need a few more professional teams (not necessarily manufacturers) to join Dynamics, Eurotech, WSR and Triple Eight - Teams that could be true forces in the title.  There's far too many dodgy looking private builds in the field!

There are plenty of great teams out there that would be a real quality addition to the field (RML, TWR, Prodrive.. to name a few).  Still though, plenty to look forward to for next season.  Should be some new cars to oggle at.  BTCC pre-season is always fun with these NGTC regs.

I'd also love to see one or two proper feature races over the season. It'd be great to see how the NGTC cars perform over longer distances... F1 support at Silverstone and the second visit to Brands would be great opportunites for these.

I'd love to see them go back to supporting the F1 race!

Matt Neal's race 2 fire.


He does the one thing all marshals are taught not to do, lift the bonnet. Luckily here, the flash happens before he does that otherwise I can see the flames coming forward and hitting the marshals and Matt.