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Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 29 Sep 2019, 17:07
by Londoner
The end of the world is upon us! Team HARD, aka Tony Gilham's mob have actually managed to WIN a BTCC race!
That was an awesome strategy call to put Jack Goff on wets before the start of the third race. Aiden Moffat finished 2nd in the friggin' Infiniti, while Michael Crees, Mark Blundell and Rob Smith also scored points.
Undisputed ROTR to Team BMR for pitting Ash Sutton as the race was restarting, putting him over a lap down in the fastest car in the field.
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 29 Sep 2019, 22:08
by 1993DonningtonNo1Mk2
I think Nic deserves respect for his performances. I mean how many racing drivers have to compete with the limitations he has?
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 01 Jan 2020, 13:10
by Spectoremg
Have Motorbase found a sponsor to replace Shredded Wheat yet?
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 16 Feb 2020, 22:30
by dinizintheoven
And look who's just joined DTM.I always thought this might have been the right move. Now, prove it.
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 04 Mar 2020, 21:16
by Barbazza
I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the wonderful news that Andy Neate is making yet another BTCC comeback. Motorbase are the team stupid enough to take his cash this time.
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 04 Mar 2020, 23:09
by dr-baker
Barbazza wrote:I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the wonderful news that Andy Neate is making yet another BTCC comeback. Motorbase are the team stupid enough to take his cash this time.
Which is bigger, the budget he brings or his crash repair bill?
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 05 Mar 2020, 16:42
by Barbazza
dr-baker wrote:Which is bigger, the budget he brings or his crash repair bill?
I think the length of his last stint with Team Dynamics gives us a fairly accurate idea.....
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 05 Mar 2020, 16:49
by dr-baker
Barbazza wrote:dr-baker wrote:Which is bigger, the budget he brings or his crash repair bill?
I think the length of his last stint with Team Dynamics gives us a fairly accurate idea.....
So is his budget bigger this time to counteract this? Otherwise where is the benefit to Motorbase?
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 04 Feb 2021, 18:56
by Pinkd56
Andy Neate BTCC Announcement day is the worst day of every year.
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 05 Feb 2021, 00:55
by Frogfoot9013
Pinkd56 wrote:Andy Neate BTCC Announcement day is the best day of every year.
Fixed.
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 05 Feb 2021, 01:16
by takagi_for_the_win
Pinkd56 wrote:Andy Neate BTCC Announcement day is the worst day of every year.
The only positive to take away from the announcement is that he’s basically funding the jobs of however many people for the next 8 months or so.
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 17 Feb 2021, 16:18
by takagi_for_the_win
Aaaaaand in some incredibly
meh news,
Stephen Jelley is taking up the third WSR seat this season.Most interesting thing about this news is that he's bringing his engineer, Andy Miller (formerly of Stewart F1 and Paul Stewart Racing), with him. Other than that, it's all a bit underwhelming.
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 01 Mar 2021, 21:51
by Alextrax52
Pinkd56 wrote:Andy Neate BTCC Announcement day is the worst day of every year.
Oh don’t tell me he’s got another drive this year?. Can’t believe I used to actually like this guy when I first joined the forum 8 years ago. He genuinely drives like he’s playing Toca 2 Touring cars and not in a good way. His antics are less amusing and more head shaking with each passing race he does
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 06 Mar 2021, 14:28
by Londoner
The big news this week,
Dan Cammish has left Dynamics, and
Gordon Shedden is his replacement! Nice to see Shedden come home after his awful WTCR stint, but Dynamics have been in the doldrums the last few seasons so it could be a while before he's back on the pace.
Interesting times at Dynamics all round, it's believed Honda's manufacturer support is about to cease due to the closure of their Swindon plant. Matt Neal still hasn't been confirmed either. If he does return, I can see this season being his last before retirement. Other rumours link Dan Rowbottom and various other pay drivers to the second Honda.
Still not particularly hyped for BTCC this year though, with Cammish out. Ingram in an unproven car, and no sign of Mat Jackson ever coming back, the season seems to be set up for yet another Sutton/Turkington title battle, and we've had quite enough of those over the last half decade for one lifetime.
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 06 Mar 2021, 21:25
by takagi_for_the_win
Londoner wrote:The big news this week,
Dan Cammish has left Dynamics, and
Gordon Shedden is his replacement! Nice to see Shedden come home after his awful WTCR stint, but Dynamics have been in the doldrums the last few seasons so it could be a while before he's back on the pace.
Interesting times at Dynamics all round, it's believed Honda's manufacturer support is about to cease due to the closure of their Swindon plant. Matt Neal still hasn't been confirmed either. If he does return, I can see this season being his last before retirement. Other rumours link Dan Rowbottom and various other pay drivers to the second Honda.
Still not particularly hyped for BTCC this year though, with Cammish out. Ingram in an unproven car, and no sign of Mat Jackson ever coming back, the season seems to be set up for yet another Sutton/Turkington title battle, and we've had quite enough of those over the last half decade for one lifetime.
With DanCam out, Tingram having to drop to a midtable team, and no sign of Jordan ever returning, it's like 2010 all over again. Nice to see Shedden back in the series but losing Cammish and gaining a paydriver instead is a shame.
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 09 May 2021, 20:22
by dr-baker
Andy Neate being his usual self, and taking Jade Edwards out where she was an innocent bystander, in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 09 May 2021, 20:29
by Alextrax52
Jade herself said on Twitter that Neate claimed he had a mechanical failure on the car and if that’s genuinely the case then fair enough
BUT whether it’s true or not the mind boggles as to how the man still gets anywhere near a touring car in 2021. He’s the Mazepin of the BTCC.
Did you also know that his son Aiden now competes in French F4?
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 10 May 2021, 06:28
by dr-baker
Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:
Did you also know that his son Aiden now competes in French F4?
Well, I know that now!
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 10 May 2021, 10:26
by takagi_for_the_win
Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:Jade herself said on Twitter that Neate claimed he had a mechanical failure on the car and if that’s genuinely the case then fair enough
The stewards put three points on his license and fined him a few grand, don't think they're buying the mechanical failure excuse at all.
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 10 May 2021, 15:48
by Londoner
You know you've messed up big time when even perennial fence-sitter Tim Harvey is laying into you on social media...
Re: The _TCC Series Thread
Posted: 10 May 2021, 18:52
by Alextrax52
Londoner wrote:You know you've messed up big time when even perennial fence-sitter Tim Harvey is laying into you on social media...
So not only has Andy Neate once again shown he’s a god awful driver, he’s also proved what a big fat liar he is too. No wonder we didn’t hear him on ITV
How must Jade Edwards feel? Neate’s car seems to have an unhealthy magnetic attraction to hers because I believe that’s the 3rd time he’s wiped her out of a race since she joined the series