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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Donington R7-9 Up!- 3 teams available

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novitopoli wrote:Can I take over Maxtreme Motorsport?

Sure. Post your bids using the remaining drivers and chassis within the next 4-5 days and you can be racing for Oulton Park.


Do I need to name three choices or can I just take what I want from what's left? If it's the latter, then:

BMW 320i e46 (25 CR) (the second batch should still be around)
Honda Accord(WTCC) (25 CR)
Seat Toledo (25 CR)
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Norbert Michelisz (10CR)
Tom Boardman (10CR)
David Pinkney (10CR)
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Dave Pinkley (-10CR)
Alan Taylor (-10CR)
Richard Marsh (-10CR)
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Donington R7-9 Up!- 2 teams available

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Your bids are fine- you get all your first choices, and will be racing at Oulton Park. This also means that pre-qualifying will have to be ran, as there are now 15 teams and only 28 quali places - Dynamics, BTC Racing and you will have to fight it out for the last two entries into main qualifying, as elaborated in the first post. Since a slot can only have one team, teams get in to main via an aggregate of the two drivers times (I know it's a bit rubbish, but it's the only thing I can do, what with GP2's limitations).
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Donington R7-9 Up!- 2 teams available

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FLASH GORDON :glasses:

This Could Be You wrote:Since a slot can only have one team, teams get in to main via an aggregate of the two drivers times (I know it's a bit rubbish, but it's the only thing I can do, what with GP2's limitations).

Anyone familiar with AutoReject World Series is very accustomed to this. :vergne:
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Donington R7-9 Up!- 2 teams available

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Due to another opening in my free time, the races will again be run on Sunday (barring Ubuntu 16.10 throwing an error), so therefore I will do the upgrade RNGs now.

Arena Race Pace
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result= 91, so Race pace improvement attempts fail

Eurotech Reliability I
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result=65, so Eurotech might be able to score some points in what has been a hopelessly unreliable Volvo.

Eurotech Reliability II
1-60 Succeed, 61-100 Fail
Result=1, further decreasing the chances of a fifth consecutive double-DNF

TH Reliability
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result=29, so TH will also have improved reliability for Oulton Park
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Oulton Park R10-12 Up!- 2 teams avail

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Here are the results for Rounds 10-12 at Oulton Park, complete with the worst highlights footage so far (Lag + inadvertent esc key pressing does not end well).

Pre-Qualifying:

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Pre-Q Times:
1.Michelisz 1m33.618
2.Pinkney 1m33.708
3.George 1m34.283
4.Neate 1m34.972
5.Colciago 1m35.063
6.Stockton 1m39.137

Aggregate Pre-Q Times:
1. Maxtreme 3m07.326 Agg.
2. Dynamics 3m10.035 Agg.
3. (DNPQ) BTC Racing 3m13.420 Agg.

New entrants Maxtreme pre-qualified with ease, with Dynamics scraping through due to the utter hopelessness of Chris Stockton (George would have managed it on his own).

Quali-1:

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       1 Mat Jackson      1m 32.545s      
       2 Anthony Reid     1m 32.616s                   
       3 Gordon Shedden  1m 32.768s
       4 Jason Plato           1m 32.891s                   
       5  Paul O'Neill          1m 33.095s      ³       
       6  Fabrizio Giovanardi  1m 33.105s                   
       7  Matt Neal                  1m 33.106s       
       8  Colin Turkington        1m 33.119s               
       9  Tom Chilton               1m 33.130s         
       10 James Thompson     1m 33.178s                     
       11 Tom Coronel             1m 33.179s         
       12 Alain Menu                1m 33.190s                   
       13 Nick Foster                1m 33.364s       
       14 Jonathan Adam          1m 33.463s                       
       15 Norbert Michelisz        1m 33.648s       
       16 Rob Collard                 1m 33.658s                   
       17 Tom Onslow-Cole       1m 33.682s       
       18 James Nash                1m 33.704s                   
       19 Carl Breeze                 1m 33.803s         
       20 Alan Morrison              1m 33.908s                   
       21 Dave Pinkney               1m 34.075s     
       22 Adam Jones                 1m 34.103s                   
       23 Gavin Smith                  1m 34.155s     
       24 Henry Ho                      1m 34.237s                     
       25 Chris James                  1m 34.767s         
       26 Marko Asmer                 1m 34.865s
       DNQ:
       27. Andy Neate
       28.Roberto Colciago   

Mat Jackson took his third pole of the year with Anthony Reid joining him on the front row. Both Maxtreme cars qualified, leaving the Dynamics out in the cold in 27th and 28th place.

Race 1 (Video coming soon)

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   ³  1st  Colin Turkington            32m 27.959s    ³              
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³  2nd  James Thompson              +7.777s        ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³  3rd  Jason Plato                 +12.864s       ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³  4th  Tom Coronel                 +14.221s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³  5th  Tom Chilton                 +14.813s       ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³  6th  Jonathan Adam               +16.963s       ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³  7th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +19.656s       ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³  8th  Paul O'Neill                +23.067s       ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³  9th  Alain Menu                  +24.137s       ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³ 10th  Norbert Michelisz           +25.333s       ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 11th  Gordon Shedden              +42.816s       ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³ 12th  Carl Breeze                 +53.394s       ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³ 13th  James Nash                  +1m 01.961s    ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³ 14th  Rob Collard                 +1m 02.476s    ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 15th  Nick Foster                 +1m 07.002s    ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³ 16th  Gavin Smith                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 17th  Marko Asmer                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 18th  Dave Pinkney                -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 19th  Mat Jackson                 -3 Laps        ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 20th  Henry Ho                    Engine         ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 21st  Anthony Reid                Oil Leak       ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 22nd  Alan Morrison               Loose Wheel    ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 23rd  Adam Jones                  Engine         ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³ 24th  Tom Onslow-Cole             Engine         ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 25th  Chris James                 Puncture       ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 26th  Matt Neal                   Loose Wheel    ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³ 

Jackson had an awful start, with Shedden first taking the lead with Neal in second. Reid passed them both, shortly before Neal's engine expired again. This fate befell Reid himself on lap 14, with Turkington capitalising, having overtaking Shedden for second a couple of laps earlier. Shedden himself spun off later on, causing him to drop to eleventh, promoting Norbert Michelisz to 10th, making him the first Hungarian to score points in the BTCC. Also benefiting from the chaos was Thompson who finished second for RML, their best finish yet. Turkington also set his fourth fastest lap of the season.

Quali-1:

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       1 Mat Jackson      1m 32.545s      
       2 Anthony Reid     1m 32.616s                   
       3 Gordon Shedden  1m 32.768s
       4 Jason Plato           1m 32.891s                   
       5  Paul O'Neill          1m 33.095s      ³       
       6  Fabrizio Giovanardi  1m 33.105s                   
       7  Matt Neal                  1m 33.106s       
       8  Colin Turkington        1m 33.119s               
       9  Tom Chilton               1m 33.130s         
       10 James Thompson     1m 33.178s                     
       11 Tom Coronel             1m 33.179s         
       12 Alain Menu                1m 33.190s                   
       13 Nick Foster                1m 33.364s       
       14 Jonathan Adam          1m 33.463s                       
       15 Norbert Michelisz        1m 33.648s       
       16 Rob Collard                 1m 33.658s                   
       17 Tom Onslow-Cole       1m 33.682s       
       18 James Nash                1m 33.704s                   
       19 Carl Breeze                 1m 33.803s         
       20 Alan Morrison              1m 33.908s                   
       21 Dave Pinkney               1m 34.075s     
       22 Adam Jones                 1m 34.103s                   
       23 Gavin Smith                  1m 34.155s     
       24 Henry Ho                      1m 34.237s                     
       25 Chris James                  1m 34.767s         
       26 Marko Asmer                 1m 34.865s
       DNQ:
       27. Andy Neate
       28.Roberto Colciago   

Remarkably (and for reasons so far unknown) everybody qualified in the exact same positions in the second qualifying (again I am confused as to how this happened, but oh well)

Race 2 (Video coming soon)

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   ³  1st  Colin Turkington            32m 27.959s    ³              
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³  2nd  James Thompson              +7.777s        ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³  3rd  Jason Plato                 +12.864s       ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³  4th  Tom Coronel                 +14.221s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³  5th  Tom Chilton                 +14.813s       ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³  6th  Jonathan Adam               +16.963s       ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³  7th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +19.656s       ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³  8th  Paul O'Neill                +23.067s       ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³  9th  Alain Menu                  +24.137s       ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³ 10th  Norbert Michelisz           +25.333s       ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 11th  Gordon Shedden              +42.816s       ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³ 12th  Carl Breeze                 +53.394s       ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³ 13th  James Nash                  +1m 01.961s    ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³ 14th  Rob Collard                 +1m 02.476s    ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 15th  Nick Foster                 +1m 07.002s    ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³ 16th  Gavin Smith                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 17th  Marko Asmer                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 18th  Dave Pinkney                -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 19th  Mat Jackson                 -3 Laps        ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 20th  Henry Ho                    Engine         ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 21st  Anthony Reid                Oil Leak       ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 22nd  Alan Morrison               Loose Wheel    ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 23rd  Adam Jones                  Engine         ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³ 24th  Tom Onslow-Cole             Engine         ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 25th  Chris James                 Puncture       ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 26th  Matt Neal                   Loose Wheel    ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³ 

Even more confusingly, Race 2 was a carbon copy of Race 1 (the video link will be for Round 10 as the Round 11 feed broke), with Turkington again winning and setting fastest lap. Michelisz, finishing 10th again, got the most power for quali-3, but Menu got pole.

Race 3 (video coming soon)

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  ³  1st  Jason Plato                 32m 16.742s    ³              
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³  2nd  Alain Menu                  +7.127s        ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³  3rd  Tom Coronel                 +14.496s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³  4th  James Thompson              +19.861s       ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³  5th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +21.368s       ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³  6th  Gordon Shedden              +22.378s       ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³  7th  Tom Chilton                 +24.834s       ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³  8th  Nick Foster                 +32.387s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³  9th  Tom Onslow-Cole             +33.607s       ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 10th  Norbert Michelisz           +36.310s       ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 11th  Matt Neal                   +38.484s       ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 12th  Carl Breeze                 +39.791s       ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³ 13th  Alan Morrison               +40.783s       ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 14th  James Nash                  +42.996s       ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³ 15th  Adam Jones                  +48.940s       ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³ 16th  Anthony Reid                +49.191s       ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 17th  Henry Ho                    +58.668s       ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 18th  Rob Collard                 +1m 00.635s    ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 19th  Gavin Smith                 +1m 07.365s    ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 20th  Marko Asmer                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 21st  Mat Jackson                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 22nd  Colin Turkington            Engine         ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 23rd  Paul O'Neill                Puncture       ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 24th  Chris James                 Engine         ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 25th  Jonathan Adam               Oil Leak       ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 26th  Dave Pinkney                Transmission   ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³         

Paul O'Neill got the best start, leading from Menu on lap one, but was passed by Menu and a charging Jason Plato, who took the lead, his Alfa succumbing to reliability issues not long after. Michelisz ran third for most of the race, but came into the pits with technical issues two laps from the end, dropping him to tenth and promoting WTCC rival Coronel onto the rostrum instead. For the first time since Brands Hatch, a Eurotech car finished, but annoyingly for them the C30s were way down the order- Neal charged through however, and was unlucky to finish only 11th, but still scoring a point for fastest lap.

Standings after Round 12

Drivers Championship After R1-12
1 Turkington 112
2 Plato 101
3 Chilton 92
4 Giovanardi 71
5 Shedden 52
6 Adam 46
7 Menu 45
8 Thompson 44
9 O'Neill 42
10 Collard 40
11 Coronel 36
12 Reid 29
13 Smith 26
14 Onslow-Cole 23
15 Neal 17
16 Jackson 16
17 George 9
18 Foster 7
19 Morrison 6
20 Breeze 4
21 Nash 3
=21 Michelisz 3
23 Jones 1

Independent Driver Championship After R1-12
1 Shedden 110
3 O'Neill 89
8 Coronel 86
2 Onslow-Cole 80
4 Smith 66
5 George 51
6 Reid 48
=6 Foster 48
8 Breeze 45
9 Morrison 42
10 Neal 32
=10 Jackson 32
12 Michelisz 26
13 Ho 18
14 Asmer 17
15 James 4
=15 Pinkney 4

Teams Championship after R1-12
1 WSR 204
2 VXR 116
3 Seat 102
4 Arena 86
5 Clyde Valley Racing 56
6 Tech-Speed 48
7 RML 47
8 GR Asia 43
9 Motorbase 39
10 TH 29
11 Tempus Sport 26
12 Eurotech 17
13 BTC Racing 9
14 Maxtreme Motorsport 3

Constructors Championship after R1-12
1 WSR/BMW 204
2 VXR/Vauxhall 116
3 Seat 102
4 Arena/Ford 86
5 RML/Chevrolet 47

Independent Teams Championship after R1-12
1 Clyde Valley Racing 165
2 GR Asia 134
3 Tech-Speed 131
4 Motorbase 112
5 Tempus 83
6 TH 66
7 BTC Racing 51
8 Eurotech 36
9 Maxtreme 30

Oulton Park seemed to be a very buggy track, with strange floating cars and perfomance issues, (plus the weird Race 2 issue) so apologies for that.

As always, feel free to Upgrade/Sack drivers (the Dynamics drivers/Stockton can't be feeling too safe) before Croft. Remember that after Croft, if you sack a pay driver you employed at the start, you will still receive their full funding.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Oulton Park R10-12 Up!- 2 teams avail

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Regarding Race 2 - you need to re-seed. If you run the same quali result twice, it will give you the same end result. The entire race is pre-scripted, and unless you finish the race and start over, the race will play out the same way every time.

I don't know GP2 too well, but there are other people here who can explain this in more detail than I can.
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Seat Sport Uk will attempt 1 of each upgrade
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Biscione wrote:Regarding Race 2 - you need to re-seed. If you run the same quali result twice, it will give you the same end result. The entire race is pre-scripted, and unless you finish the race and start over, the race will play out the same way every time.

I don't know GP2 too well, but there are other people here who can explain this in more detail than I can.


I normally run Race 1 and then start over, preventing the issue, but due to the lag in race 1 (which has also made it impossible to upload due to it being too long :facepalm: ) which was caused by me leaving Firefox on, I had to exit and open again. Anyway, Turkington domination in both races isn't too unrealistic...
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Slight problem... All the videos are way too long due to the lag and hence cannot be uploaded to Dailymotion, and may take a while to fix :facepalm:
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This Could Be You wrote:
Biscione wrote:Regarding Race 2 - you need to re-seed. If you run the same quali result twice, it will give you the same end result. The entire race is pre-scripted, and unless you finish the race and start over, the race will play out the same way every time.

I don't know GP2 too well, but there are other people here who can explain this in more detail than I can.


I normally run Race 1 and then start over, preventing the issue, but due to the lag in race 1 (which has also made it impossible to upload due to it being too long :facepalm: ) which was caused by me leaving Firefox on, I had to exit and open again. Anyway, Turkington domination in both races isn't too unrealistic...


Especially in 2009.
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Sorry about the lack of posts, I have somewhat busy with other things. The races will probably run on Monday, but full highlights may have to wait a day as I am busy Monday evening. Henchforth, here are the upgrade RNGs (there aren't all that many of them):

Seat Quali Pace:
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result = 92, so Seat's first attempt to improve performance fails.

Seat Race Pace:
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result=46, meaning race pace improvements do however succeed.

Seat Reliability:
1-60 Succeed, 61-100 Fail
Result=84, again highlighting mixed success for Seat Sport's testing.

Seat Engine Power:
1-60 Succeed, 61-100 Fail
Result = 90, again using up development money to no avail.

After all that, Seat Sport UK is actually on -1 credits, so will have to run a pay driver (any will do, even if you dump them after one race) or skip Knockhill to remain solvent and gain an entry for 2010. This also applies to VX Racing, which is on -15CR.
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Don't we get prize money?
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Yes, but I don't want to encourage teams massively overspending to ensure competitiveness to gain prize money, as it would defeat the purpose of the team's budgets and make it unrealistic. Therefore, I introduced this rule to cap excessive spending. Anyway, you only need to receive a single credit anyway to get out of debt.
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Could I hire a pay driver for 1 event and then put Jones back in the car?
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andrew wrote:Could I hire a pay driver for 1 event and then put Jones back in the car?

Yep, though I would recommend doing it after Croft (next round) as it would delay the running of the races a bit to do this for tomorrow's event
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erm... the Ubuntu 16.10 update has broken Dosbox (it crashes as soon as I boot any program), so the race results may have to wait a couple of days while I work out a solution (probably running inside a VM).
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After the many issues of the last few weeks (and Dosbox failing yesterday, which I fixed by running a SVN version) here's the belated results of Rounds 13-15 of the 2009 Virtual BTCC from Croft.

Pre-Qualifying:

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1 Norbert Michelisz  1m 11.298s                   
2 Dave Pinkney       1m 11.540s       
3 John George        1m 11.955s (DNPQ)                   
4 Andy Neate         1m 12.425s             
5 Roberto Colciago   1m 12.689s                   
6 Chris Stockton     1m 15.863s (DNPQ)   

Both Maxtreme cars again easily pre-qualify, and Dynamics makes it through as Stockton is slow enough to drag George out on aggregate.

Quali-1

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1 Mat Jackson   1m 10.597s                   
2 Gordon Shedden 1m 10.712s       
3 Anthony Reid   1m 10.736s                   
4 Jason Plato    1m 10.823s           
5 James Thompson 1m 10.984s                   
6 Tom Coronel    1m 10.985s     
7 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1m 10.987s                   
8 Colin Turkington  1m 11.001s       
9 Jonathan Adam     1m 11.006s                 
10 Matt Neal        1m 11.041s     
11 Paul O'Neill     1m 11.078s                 
12 Alain Menu       1m 11.084s       
13 Tom Chilton      1m 11.140s                 
14 Rob Collard      1m 11.305s       
15 Nick Foster      1m 11.412s                 
16 Tom Onslow-Cole  1m 11.419s       
17 Norbert Michelisz 1m 11.431s                 
18 Carl Breeze      1m 11.462s       
19 Alan Morrison    1m 11.673s                 
20 James Nash       1m 11.774s     
21 Adam Jones       1m 11.859s                 
22 Gavin Smith      1m 11.912s       
23 Henry Ho         1m 11.947s                 
24 Marko Asmer      1m 12.275s         
25 Chris James      1m 12.283s                 
26 Dave Pinkney     1m 12.399s
DNQ:
27 Andy Neate
28 Roberto Colciago   

Mat Jackson took his fifth pole of the year, with Shedden joining him on the front row. Both Dynamics cars failed to qualify.
Race 1 (video here):

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          ³  1st  Gordon Shedden              25m 15.419s    ³              
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³  2nd  Anthony Reid                +0.570s        ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³  3rd  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +5.635s        ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³  4th  Jason Plato                 +33.233s       ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³  5th  Mat Jackson                 +1m 12.849s    ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³  6th  Colin Turkington            +1m 13.133s    ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³  7th  Paul O'Neill                +1m 13.590s    ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³  8th  James Thompson              +1m 14.003s    ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³  9th  Tom Coronel                 +1m 14.563s    ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³ 10th  Tom Chilton                 +1m 14.932s    ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 11th  Nick Foster                 +1m 15.401s    ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³ 12th  Adam Jones                  +1m 15.805s    ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³ 13th  James Nash                  +1m 16.331s    ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³ 14th  Carl Breeze                 +1m 16.892s    ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³ 15th  Gavin Smith                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 16th  Marko Asmer                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 17th  Norbert Michelisz           -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 18th  Rob Collard                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 19th  Dave Pinkney                -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 20th  Alan Morrison               -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 21st  Chris James                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 22nd  Henry Ho                    -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 23rd  Tom Onslow-Cole             -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 24th  Matt Neal                   -3 Laps        ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 25th  Alain Menu                  Engine         ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³ 26th  Jonathan Adam               Puncture       ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³       

Jackson had a decent start and led for the first few laps, before Shedden passed him and built up a commanding lead. The rest of the field seemed to decide to play dodgems- there were many offs, and the Arena and GR Asia cars both collided with eachother, the latter ruining Collard's race. Tom Onslow-Cole, running in clean air after a spin, set fastest lap.

Quali-2

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1 Gordon Shedden 1m 10.567s                   
2 Mat Jackson    1m 10.588s     
3 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1m 10.899s                 
4 Anthony Reid   1m 10.907s       
5 Matt Neal      1m 10.981s                   
6 Alain Menu     1m 10.987s       
7 Jonathan Adam  1m 10.998s                   
8 Tom Coronel    1m 11.034s       
9 Carl Breeze    1m 11.140s                 
10 Colin Turkington 1m 11.144s     
11 Paul O'Neill     1m 11.152s                 
12 James Thompson 1m 11.228s       
13 Rob Collard    1m 11.229s                 
14 Nick Foster    1m 11.304s       
15 Norbert Michelisz 1m 11.331s                 
16 Dave Pinkney   1m 11.384s         
17 Tom Onslow-Cole 1m 11.534s                 
18 Jason Plato    1m 11.630s       
19 Tom Chilton    1m 11.699s                 
20 James Nash     1m 11.745s       
21 Adam Jones     1m 11.778s                 
22 Alan Morrison  1m 11.973s     
23 Gavin Smith    1m 12.076s                 
24 Henry Ho       1m 12.174s       
25 Andy Neate     1m 12.417s                 
26 Marko Asmer    1m 12.427s


Race 1 winner Shedden scored another point for pole, but more notable was the positions of Plato and Chilton in 18th and 19th, seriously hurting their chance of scoring. Andy Neate qualified a Civic for the first time since Donington, denying his teammate and Eurotech's Chris James a place on the grid.

Race 2 (video here):

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 ³  1st  Gordon Shedden              24m 53.421s    ³              
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³  2nd  Colin Turkington            +29.286s       ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³  3rd  Rob Collard                 +43.799s       ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³  4th  Paul O'Neill                +53.089s       ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³  5th  Norbert Michelisz           +54.566s       ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³  6th  Carl Breeze                 +57.864s       ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³  7th  Tom Onslow-Cole             +1m 00.169s    ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³  8th  Tom Coronel                 +1m 01.111s    ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³  9th  James Thompson              +1m 05.645s    ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³ 10th  Jason Plato                 +1m 06.540s    ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³ 11th  Tom Chilton                 +1m 08.672s    ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 12th  Gavin Smith                 +1m 10.248s    ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 13th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +1m 13.467s    ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³ 14th  Marko Asmer                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 15th  Jonathan Adam               -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 16th  Dave Pinkney                -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 17th  Adam Jones                  -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³ 18th  Alain Menu                  -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³ 19th  Alan Morrison               -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 20th  James Nash                  -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³ 21st  Nick Foster                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³ 22nd  Matt Neal                   -2 Laps        ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 23rd  Andy Neate                  -3 Laps        ³             
              ³       Dynamics - Honda                           ³             
              ³ 24th  Mat Jackson                 Transmission   ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 25th  Anthony Reid                Engine         ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 26th  Henry Ho                    Engine         ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³   

Shedden didn't receive any real challenge from Jackson this time, and built up an unassailable lead by halfway, also setting fastest lap. Michelisz, after yet another retirement by Neal's Volvo while in third (more on that later) tripled Maxtreme's points tally with fifth place, and even though Onslow-Cole got the most power, received the reverse grid pole.

Race 3 (video here)

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          ³  1st  Norbert Michelisz           25m 16.868s    ³              
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³  2nd  Paul O'Neill                +0.769s        ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³  3rd  Colin Turkington            +8.381s        ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³  4th  Carl Breeze                 +9.399s        ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³  5th  Rob Collard                 +24.396s       ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³  6th  Jason Plato                 +29.972s       ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³  7th  Gordon Shedden              +35.656s       ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³  8th  Tom Onslow-Cole             +45.139s       ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³  9th  James Thompson              +45.908s       ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³ 10th  Tom Coronel                 +50.221s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³ 11th  Adam Jones                  +1m 00.486s    ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³ 12th  Dave Pinkney                -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 13th  Matt Neal                   -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 14th  Alan Morrison               -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 15th  Mat Jackson                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 16th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³ 17th  James Nash                  -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³ 18th  Alain Menu                  -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³ 19th  Marko Asmer                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 20th  Chris James                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 21st  Gavin Smith                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 22nd  Tom Chilton                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 23rd  Nick Foster                 -3 Laps        ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³ 24th  Jonathan Adam               Engine         ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 25th  Anthony Reid                Transmission   ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 26th  Henry Ho                    Transmission   ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³ 

In only his sixth race, with a team new to the series just last round, Norbert Michelisz managed to hold onto the lead from lights to flag despite a stern challenge from Paul O'Neill, becoming Hungary's first BTCC winner. Turkington extended his points tally however, meaning normal service was somewhat resumed, with him finishing third and with fastest lap. Carl Breeze also acheived his best finish of the year so far with fourth.

Standings after Rounds 1-15
Drivers Championship After R1-15
1 Turkington 139
2 Plato 115
3 Chilton 93
4 Shedden 89
5 Giovanardi 81
6 O'Neill 66
7 Collard 56
8 Thompson 51
9 Adam 46
10 Menu 45
11 Coronel 42
12 Reid 41
13 Onslow-Cole 31
14 Smith 26
15 Jackson 25
=15 Michelisz 25
17 Neal 17
18 Breeze 12
19 George 9
20 Foster 7
21 Morrison 6
22 Nash 3
23 Jones 1

Independent Driver Championship After R1-12
1 Shedden 151
2 O'Neill 121
3 Coronel 102
4 Onslow-Cole 93
5 Smith 73
6 Breeze 63
7 Reid 60
8 Foster 53
9 Michelisz 52
10 George 51
11 Jackson 45
12 Morrison 44
13 Neal 35
14 Asmer 22
15 Ho 18
16 Pinkney 9
17 James 4

Teams Championship after R1-15
1 WSR 232
2 VXR 126
3 Seat 116
4 Arena 102
5 Clyde Valley Racing 100
6 Tech-Speed 72
7 Motorbase 56
8 RML 54
9 GR Asia 49
10 TH 41
11 Tempus Sport 26
12 Maxtreme Motorsport 25
13 Eurotech 17
14 BTC Racing 9


Constructors Championship after R1-15
1 WSR/BMW 232
2 VXR/Vauxhall 126
3 Seat 116
4 Arena/Ford 102
5 RML/Chevrolet 54

Independent Teams Championship after R1-15
1 Clyde Valley Racing 214
2 Tech-Speed 165
3 GR Asia 155
4 Motorbase 138
5 Tempus 95
6 TH 78
7 Maxtreme 61
8 BTC Racing 51
9 Eurotech 39

Feel free to sack drivers or upgrade before Snetterton. Remember, if you sack a pay driver you employed at the start of the season from now, you still get all their money, and VXR and Seat still need to run pay driver(s) for a race or two to counter debt (if you highlight which one you want in the next few days I can run them next race, but you may want to time it to one of the weaker tracks for your car)

Finally, I have decided to give Eurotech special dispensation to improve the reliability of their car (i.e: I will reduce the failure prob.), as I am getting sick of it breaking down so often (the C30 is unreliable, but this is ridiculous) and they have virtually no money left- it's unfair on them.
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So with it being the halfway point, let's go ahead and spend the rest of CVR's money, with 4cr on engine power.
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I will take over Boulevard Team Racing.
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Normal32 wrote:I will take over Boulevard Team Racing.

OK- post your driver and car bids (out of the remaining choices) in the next few days and you can be racing for Snetterton.
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Car: Seat Toledo (-25CR)
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Tempus is beginning to slump a little bit, but ne'er mind.
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Normal32 wrote:Car: Seat Toledo (-25CR)
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Andy Priaulx (-40CR)
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Martin Depper (+20CR)


Your bids are fine, although you already have no money for upgrades. I've updated the list and wiki accordingly.
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Aislabie wrote:Tempus is beginning to slump a little bit, but ne'er mind.


You could always upgrade the car- you still have money left.
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That's nice! Barely there and already on top!

I'll do a quali pace update ;)
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The races will probably be run tomorrow or Tuesday, so let's see who's upgrades succeed:

CVR Engine Power:
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result=27, so CVR has now blown all of it's money for the season, but has even more engine power.

Maxtreme Quali Pace:
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result=29, so Maxtreme also succeed with their first upgrade in their truncated season.

SEAT and VXR have until 10AM UK time tomorrow morning to signal any intent to run a pay driver at Snetterton if you want to run one, specifying which. (the deadline is just so I can get the races run, if it sounds Draconian)
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This Could Be You wrote:The races will probably be run tomorrow or Tuesday, so let's see who's upgrades succeed:

CVR Engine Power:
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result=27, so CVR has now blown all of it's money for the season, but has even more engine power.

Maxtreme Quali Pace:
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result=29, so Maxtreme also succeed with their first upgrade in their truncated season.

SEAT and VXR have until 10AM UK time tomorrow morning to signal any intent to run a pay driver at Snetterton if you want to run one, specifying which. (the deadline is just so I can get the races run, if it sounds Draconian)

We won't run a paydriver because we'll be out of the hole by the end of the season.
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Actually no you won't- as I mentioned to Andrew, teams have to be solvent (with 0CR or more) at the end of the season to gain an entry for 2010. I know this rule sounds weird and a bit harsh, but without it teams would massively overspend, defeating the purpose of the budgets and making the series unrealistic. Anyway, in theory you could just run one who pays at least 15CR at the final round and gain sufficient money, or run one that pays 30CR ( and get half their money) for any of the remaining rounds once, and then put Menu back in.
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This Could Be You wrote:Actually no you won't- as I mentioned to Andrew, teams have to be solvent (with 0CR or more) at the end of the season to gain an entry for 2010. I know this rule sounds weird and a bit harsh, but without it teams would massively overspend, defeating the purpose of the budgets and making the series unrealistic. Anyway, in theory you could just run one who pays at least 15CR at the final round and gain sufficient money, or run one that pays 30CR ( and get half their money) for any of the remaining rounds once, and then put Menu back in.

And thus, TCBY, you learn one of the first rules of running a PMMF series. When you declare open season on entries for manufacturer teams, big names are going to end up nosediving competitively and outright bankrupting in a hurry. :badoer:
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(Edited as I completely misread you) Vauxhall pulled out anyway after 2009 (as did many others) due to overspending so it doesn't screw up continuity too badly if 888 do nosedive (this is not a threat) at least until MG shows up and needs someone to run them. Again sorry if the rule seems draconian, but I prefer this to a lack of performance realism and competition.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Snetterton R16-18 Up!- 1 team availab

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Here and the slightly belated results (again) from Rounds 16-18 at Snetterton:

Pre-Qualifying:

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Pre-Qualifying:
1. Norbert Michelisz  1m 08.759s
2. Dave Pinkney 1m 08.932s
3. Andy Priaulx  1m 09.397s  (DNPQ)
4. John George  1m 09.826s (DNPQ)
5. Roberto Colciago 1m 10.290s   
6. Andy Neate 1m 10.351s
7. Chris Stockton 1m 12.669s (DNPQ)
8. Martin Depper 1m 12.734s (DNPQ)

Aggregate:
1. Maxtreme 2m17.631s
2. Dynamics 2m20.641s
3. Boulevard 2m22.131s (DNPQ)
4. BTC Racing 2m22.495 (DNPQ)

the newly upgraded Maxtreme BMWs made it through easily, but behind them it was very close, with the Dynamics cars just making through on aggregate due to BTC Racing and new entrants Boulevard being hamstrung with one much slower driver.

Quali-1:

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1 Mat Jackson       1m 08.460s        
2 Gordon Shedden    1m 08.500s                   
3 Anthony Reid     1m 08.559s     
4 Jason Plato      1m 08.682s                   
5 Matt Neal        1m 08.792s       
6 Colin Turkington    1m 08.858s                   
7 Fabrizio Giovanardi    1m 08.925s       
8 Paul O'Neill     1m 08.933s                   
9 Alain Menu            1m 08.942s       
10 James Thompson       1m 08.943s                 
11 Dave Pinkney         1m 08.947s       
12 Tom Coronel          1m 08.957s                 
13 Norbert Michelisz    1m 09.032s     
14 Jonathan Adam        1m 09.037s                 
15 Tom Chilton          1m 09.108s       
16 Nick Foster          1m 09.192s                 
17 Rob Collard          1m 09.203s       
18 Tom Onslow-Cole      1m 09.373s                 
19 Alan Morrison        1m 09.466s       
20 Carl Breeze          1m 09.466s                 
21 James Nash           1m 09.501s     
22 Adam Jones           1m 09.550s                 
23 Gavin Smith          1m 09.688s       
24 Henry Ho             1m 09.908s                 
25 Chris James          1m 09.920s       
26 Marko Asmer          1m 10.087s

DNQ:
27.Neate
28.Colciago   

Mat Jackson put the Motorbase BMW on pole for the sixth time this year, with Shedden joining him on the front row. However, championship contender Tom Chilton had a very poor run, starting only fifteenth alongside the equally unimpressive Arena drivers. The Dynamics Hondas both failed to qualify.

Race 1 (video here):

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  1st  Jason Plato                 23m 31.951s    ³              
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³  2nd  Gordon Shedden              +9.226s        ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³  3rd  Alain Menu                  +20.822s       ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³  4th  Tom Chilton                 +22.288s       ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³  5th  Tom Coronel                 +22.763s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³  6th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +31.799s       ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³  7th  Norbert Michelisz           +36.397s       ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³  8th  Carl Breeze                 +45.593s       ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³  9th  Matt Neal                   +48.460s       ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 10th  Tom Onslow-Cole             +53.149s       ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 11th  James Thompson              +1m 01.527s    ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³ 12th  Dave Pinkney                +1m 03.889s    ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 13th  Paul O'Neill                +1m 08.694s    ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 14th  James Nash                  +1m 10.256s    ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³ 15th  Jonathan Adam               +1m 10.777s    ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 16th  Chris James                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 17th  Gavin Smith                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 18th  Alan Morrison               -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 19th  Nick Foster                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³ 20th  Anthony Reid                -2 Laps        ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 21st  Mat Jackson                 -3 Laps        ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 22nd  Marko Asmer                 Transmission   ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 23rd  Adam Jones                  Suspension     ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³ 24th  Colin Turkington            Transmission   ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 25th  Henry Ho                    Suspension     ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 26th  Rob Collard                 Transmission   ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³ 

Jackson had a decent start and led for the first couple of laps, before being passed by Plato, Reid and Shedden, who had a very poor start. Plato didn't exactly pull away from the CVR driver, but maintained enough of an advantage to win, also setting fastest lap. This was especially crucial for him as his main championship rival, Colin Turkington, didn't finish, closing the gap between them significantly. Matt Neal scored points in a race for the first time since Brands Hatch, even after a pitstop brought him way down the order.

Quali-2:

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1 Gordon Shedden   1m 08.470s       
2 Dave Pinkney          1m 08.786s                   
3 Norbert Michelisz     1m 08.788s     
4 Colin Turkington      1m 08.792s                   
5 Anthony Reid          1m 08.792s     
6 Jason Plato           1m 08.835s                   
7 Mat Jackson           1m 08.921s   
8 Tom Coronel           1m 08.923s                   
9 Jonathan Adam         1m 08.955s       
10 Matt Neal        1m 08.956s                 
11 Tom Onslow-Cole      1m 09.003s     
12 Carl Breeze          1m 09.020s                 
13 Rob Collard          1m 09.116s       
14 James Thompson       1m 09.124s                 
15 Tom Chilton          1m 09.127s         
16 Alain Menu           1m 09.141s                 
17 Paul O'Neill         1m 09.297s         
18 Fabrizio Giovanardi  1m 09.305s                 
19 James Nash           1m 09.488s     
20 Gavin Smith          1m 09.572s                 
21 Adam Jones           1m 09.637s       
22 Alan Morrison        1m 09.735s                 
23 Nick Foster          1m 09.756s         
24 Chris James          1m 09.796s                 
25 Andy Neate           1m 09.948s       
26 Henry Ho             1m 10.036s   

Shedden put his car on pole for race 2, but main story was the stunning performance of the Maxtreme cars- Pinkney was on the front row with teammate Michelisz just behind. Chilton ran poorly again, but was surrounded this time by the two Vauxhalls. Andy Neate somehow qualified, leaving his teammate and Tempus' Marko Asmer out in the cold.

Race 2 (video here, with broken sound):

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   ³  1st  Tom Coronel                 23m 23.406s    ³              
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³  2nd  Jason Plato                 +5.252s        ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³  3rd  Norbert Michelisz           +14.787s       ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³  4th  Carl Breeze                 +24.325s       ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³  5th  Colin Turkington            +27.320s       ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³  6th  Rob Collard                 +38.952s       ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³  7th  Andy Neate                  +44.443s       ³             
              ³       Dynamics - Honda                           ³             
              ³  8th  James Nash                  +49.686s       ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³  9th  Alain Menu                  +50.499s       ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³ 10th  Jonathan Adam               +51.026s       ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 11th  Adam Jones                  +56.665s       ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³ 12th  Alan Morrison               +1m 04.959s    ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 13th  Gordon Shedden              +1m 07.530s    ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³ 14th  Gavin Smith                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 15th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³ 16th  James Thompson              -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³ 17th  Paul O'Neill                -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 18th  Chris James                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 19th  Mat Jackson                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 20th  Matt Neal                   -3 Laps        ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 21st  Henry Ho                    Transmission   ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 22nd  Nick Foster                 Engine         ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³ 23rd  Tom Onslow-Cole             Electrical     ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 24th  Tom Chilton                 Didn't Finish  ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 25th  Anthony Reid                Water Leak     ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 26th  Dave Pinkney                Transmission   ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             

Race 2 was manic. Shedden initally took the lead, but held on to it for less than a lap after being spun round by Michelisz, which meant by lap two, Dave Pinkney was leading ( :shock: ), scoring his first points of the year for leading a lap before spinning and then retiring. Most of the field then proceeded to take eachother out, with both WSR cars spun round, and Chilton retiring. This led to a very strange result: Tom Coronel, from 8th on the grid, won with Plato a useful second, Michelisz recovering to third. James Nash scored for the first time since Thruxton, and even more remarkably, by staying out of trouble, Andy Neate finished in 7th, scoring Dynamics first points all year. Collard was drawn for reverse grid pole, but Nash actually got it. Turkington at least managed fastest lap, so it wasn't all weird.

Race 3 (video here):

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              ³  1st  Gordon Shedden              23m 39.443s    ³              
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³  2nd  James Nash                  +14.027s       ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³  3rd  Alain Menu                  +17.097s       ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³  4th  Jason Plato                 +17.805s       ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³  5th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +22.313s       ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³  6th  Colin Turkington            +22.725s       ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³  7th  Andy Neate                  +25.491s       ³             
              ³       Dynamics - Honda                           ³             
              ³  8th  James Thompson              +27.413s       ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³  9th  Paul O'Neill                +33.308s       ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 10th  Tom Coronel                 +34.619s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³ 11th  Norbert Michelisz           +38.774s       ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 12th  Alan Morrison               +44.680s       ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 13th  Nick Foster                 +50.066s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³ 14th  Adam Jones                  +55.991s       ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³ 15th  Dave Pinkney                +57.478s       ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 16th  Jonathan Adam               +58.078s       ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 17th  Henry Ho                    -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 18th  Tom Chilton                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 19th  Carl Breeze                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³ 20th  Matt Neal                   -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 21st  Mat Jackson                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 22nd  Gavin Smith                 Oil Leak       ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 23rd  Rob Collard                 Electrical     ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 24th  Anthony Reid                Engine         ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 25th  Tom Onslow-Cole             Engine         ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 26th  Chris James                 Loose Wheel    ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             

Nash led off the line, and stayed there for half the race and then proceeded to spin, dropping him to fifth, allowing Shedden (who had had a brilliant start) to take advantage and win although the RML driver recovered impressively to second after those in front bickered. Alain Menu, starting on the front row, completed the podium. Andy Neate scored again, while Plato extended his points haul from this weekend with fastest lap again.

Standings After Round 18:

Drivers Championship After R1-18
1 Plato 153
2 Turkington 150
3 Shedden 117
4 Chilton 101
5 Giovanardi 92
6 O'Neill 68
7 Menu 67
8 Coronel 65
9 Collard 61
10 Thompson 54
11 Adam 47
12 Reid 41
13 Michelisz 39
14 Onslow-Cole 32
15 Jackson 27
16 Smith 26
17 Breeze 23
18 Neal 19
=18 Nash 19
20 George 9
21 Neate 8
22 Foster 7
23 Morrison 6
24 Jones 1
=24 Pinkney 1

Plato has taken the championship lead from Turkington after a torrid weekend for WSR, with top independent Shedden up to third.

Independent Driver Championship After R1-18
1 Shedden 186
2 O'Neill 140
=2 Coronel 140
4 Onslow-Cole 98
5 Breeze 83
6 Michelisz 82
7 Smith 79
8 Reid 60
9 Foster 58
10 George 51
11 Morrison 50
12 Jackson 48
13 Neal 43
14 Asmer 22
15 Ho 21
16 Pinkney 17
17 James 9

Teams Championship after R1-18
1 WSR 251
2 VXR 159
3 Seat 154
4 Clyde Valley Racing 140
5 Arena 108
6 Tech-Speed 74
8 RML 73
9 GR Asia 72
7 Motorbase 58
10 TH 41
12 Maxtreme Motorsport 40
11 Tempus Sport 26
13 Eurotech 19
14 BTC Racing 9
15 Team Dynamics 8
Seat has closed up to VXR for second in the teams championship, while CVR is now up to fourth.

Constructors Championship after R1-18
1 WSR/BMW 251
2 VXR/Vauxhall 159
3 Seat 154
4 Arena/Ford 108
5 RML/Chevrolet 73
6 Dynamics/Honda 8
All six constructors now have points on the board thanks to Andy Neate's two 7th place finishes

Independent Teams Championship after R1-18
1 Clyde Valley Racing 269
2 GR Asia 198
3 Tech-Speed 190
4 Motorbase 146
5 Tempus 101
6 Maxtreme 99
7 TH 81
8 Eurotech 52
9 BTC Racing 51

Sorry for the delay (I've been busy due to homework). Feel free to upgrade cars/sack drivers before Knockhill. Remember, Knockhill can be skipped to gain a 5CR rebate for teams that can't make it to Scotland, so remember to tell me if your going to skip it. I'm also thinking of doing a mid-season team and driver review akin to the one after Media Day in the next few days, as well as updating the wiki (which has lagged behind).
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Arena will take a Race Pace upgrade
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Race Pace for Dynamics if it's allowed
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It's allowed though if I were you I'd spend on quali pace as well- you have cash to burn! (Don't take this too literally though, spare money does carry over to next year)
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I will skip Knockhill.
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Normal32 wrote:I will skip Knockhill.

OK- you now have 5CR left of your budget.
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WSR will do another race pace upgrade
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RML/Chevrolet will take a engine upgrade.
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Sorry for the delay, but here are upgrades for the rounds at Knockhill, which will be posted later today or tomorrow.

Dynamics Race Pace
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result=34, so Dynamics have a successful test on the back of their first points of the year.

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1-60 Succeed, 61-100 Fail
Result=23, meaning WSR will most probably be back at the front after a poor Snetterton.

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1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result=35 (the RNG is being nice today)- RML will have more power in their Lacettis for Knockhill
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Here are the Results of Rounds 19-21, the BTCC's annual trip to Knockhill in Scotland:

Pre-Qualifying:

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1 Dave Pinkney      45.239s
2 Norbert Michelisz 45.338s     
3 John George       45.883s (DNPQ)
4 Roberto Colciago  46.044s       
5 Andy Neate        48.706s                     
6 Chris Stockton    48.969s (DNPQ)
Aggregate:
1 Maxtreme   1m30.577
2 Dynamics   1m34.750
3 BTC Racing   1m34.852 (DNPQ)

With the Boulevard team electing to save money by not making the trip to Scotland, there were only six cars in pre-qualifying at Knockhill. The Maxtreme cars breezed through in what should be their last pre-qualifying session, but behind them Andy Neate's poor time meant that Dynamics scraped through by just a tenth of a second- BTC were unlucky not to pre-qualify.

Quali-1:

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1 Gordon Shedden   44.921s                      
2 Mat Jackson           44.998s       
3 Anthony Reid          45.004s                     
4 Jason Plato           45.165s         
5 Colin Turkington      45.207s                     
6 Tom Coronel           45.233s     
7 James Thompson        45.244s                     
8 Paul O'Neill          45.253s       
9 Alain Menu            45.267s                     
10 Matt Neal            45.268s     
11 Jonathan Adam        45.278s                     
12 Tom Chilton          45.326s       
13 Fabrizio Giovanardi  45.345s                     
14 Norbert Michelisz    45.390s       
15 Dave Pinkney         45.432s                     
16 Rob Collard          45.452s       
17 Tom Onslow-Cole      45.515s                     
18 Nick Foster          45.521s       
19 Alan Morrison        45.610s                     
20 James Nash           45.675s     
21 Carl Breeze          45.745s                     
22 Adam Jones           45.852s         
23 Gavin Smith          45.858s                     
24 Henry Ho             45.923s     
25 Chris James          46.071s                     
26 Marko Asmer          46.095s
DNQ:
27 Roberto Colciago
28 Andy Neate                       

Shedden delighted his home crowd by putting his Seat on pole, with Jackson narrowly averting an all-Scottish front row, Reid just behind him.

Race 1 (video here):

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   ³  1st  Jason Plato                 20m 56.084s    ³              
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³  2nd  Tom Coronel                 +15.877s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³  3rd  Norbert Michelisz           +18.625s       ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³  4th  Alain Menu                  +20.779s       ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³  5th  Adam Jones                  +28.220s       ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³  6th  Gavin Smith                 +38.910s       ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³  7th  James Thompson              +39.064s       ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³  8th  Mat Jackson                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³  9th  Jonathan Adam               -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 10th  Anthony Reid                -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 11th  Carl Breeze                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³ 12th  Matt Neal                   -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 13th  James Nash                  -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³ 14th  Alan Morrison               -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 15th  Dave Pinkney                -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 16th  Nick Foster                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³ 17th  Chris James                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 18th  Henry Ho                    -2 Laps        ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 19th  Tom Chilton                 -2 Laps        ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 20th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         Transmission   ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³ 21st  Tom Onslow-Cole             Suspension     ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 22nd  Marko Asmer                 Transmission   ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 23rd  Paul O'Neill                Didn't Finish  ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 24th  Rob Collard                 Didn't Finish  ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 25th  Gordon Shedden              Didn't Finish  ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³ 26th  Colin Turkington            Didn't Finish  ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³       

Shedden and Reid got the best starts, meaning the crowd went wild at the prospect of a Scottish one-two, but this was not to last, with Reid pitting with damage and dropping down the field. Shedden's demise however, was more interesting- in what may prove to be a pivotal moment in the championship, Turkington caught Shedden (setting fastest lap in the process), but collided with him when passing, taking both cars out with suspension damage. Plato, then third, therefore cruised to an easy win. The sheer amount of spins and collisions during the race made for some surprising names in the points; Chris James was ninth before spinning himself, while in the end Adam Jones recorded a season-best of fifth from 22nd on the grid, with Gavin Smith in the Tempus BMW joining him!

Quali-2:

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1 Gordon Shedden   44.915s
2 Tom Coronel           45.090s     
3 Jonathan Adam         45.145s                     
4 Anthony Reid          45.164s     
5 Mat Jackson           45.176s                     
6 Jason Plato           45.192s     
7 Fabrizio Giovanardi   45.199s                     
8 Paul O'Neill          45.229s
9 Matt Neal             45.252s                     
10 Rob Collard          45.282s       
11 Colin Turkington     45.314s                     
12 Norbert Michelisz    45.335s       
13 Dave Pinkney         45.396s                     
14 Alain Menu           45.403s       
15 Nick Foster          45.421s                     
16 James Thompson       45.422s       
17 Carl Breeze          45.441s                     
18 Tom Chilton          45.614s       
19 Tom Onslow-Cole      45.750s                     
20 Gavin Smith          45.766s     
21 Adam Jones           45.784s                     
22 Henry Ho             45.849s                       
23 James Nash           45.918s                     
24 Alan Morrison        46.019s         
25 Andy Neate           46.090s
26 Chris James          46.157s
DNQ:
27 Marko Asmer
28 Roberto Colciago     

Shedden repeated his quali performance (no, not like at Oulton Park :P ) to put the CVR car on pole again, this time joined by Tom Coronel. Andy Neate somehow dragged the Civic onto grid for a Race 2 for the third time in a row, denying his teammate and Marko Asmer a place on the grid.

Race 2: (video here)

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 ³  1st  Gordon Shedden              20m 18.792s    ³              
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³  2nd  Jonathan Adam               +1.325s        ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³  3rd  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +2.867s        ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³  4th  Tom Coronel                 +3.470s        ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³  5th  Colin Turkington            +15.523s       ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³  6th  Jason Plato                 +23.902s       ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³  7th  Rob Collard                 +27.466s       ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³  8th  Carl Breeze                 +29.069s       ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³  9th  Gavin Smith                 +35.664s       ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 10th  Adam Jones                  +36.745s       ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³ 11th  Andy Neate                  +39.513s       ³             
              ³       Dynamics - Honda                           ³             
              ³ 12th  Tom Onslow-Cole             +41.156s       ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 13th  Alan Morrison               +45.242s       ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 14th  Tom Chilton                 +45.465s       ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 15th  Henry Ho                    +48.689s       ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 16th  Norbert Michelisz           -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 17th  Alain Menu                  -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³ 18th  Anthony Reid                -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 19th  Dave Pinkney                -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 20th  Nick Foster                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³ 21st  Chris James                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 22nd  Matt Neal                   -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 23rd  Paul O'Neill                Transmission   ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 24th  James Thompson              Engine         ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³ 25th  James Nash                  Didn't Finish  ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³ 26th  Mat Jackson                 Didn't Finish  ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³ 

Shedden and Adam got off the line the best and were virtually untouchable all race, much to the delight of the crowd, even if it did make the race a bit duller. The fight for third, however was close run between Coronel and Giovanardi, with each building gaps before spinning off, but the Italian pulled through, albeit with Coronel taking fastest lap. Jones and Smith scored again, Neate just missing out. Gavin Smith, finishing ninth, got the reverse grid pole.

Race 3: (video coming soon)

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          ³  1st  Fabrizio Giovanardi         20m 56.843s    ³              
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³  2nd  Gavin Smith                 +0.872s        ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³  3rd  Colin Turkington            +2.523s        ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³  4th  Gordon Shedden              +8.557s        ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³  5th  Tom Coronel                 +12.420s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³  6th  James Thompson              +25.981s       ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³  7th  Nick Foster                 +28.734s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³  8th  Jonathan Adam               +32.981s       ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³  9th  Rob Collard                 +34.943s       ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 10th  Tom Chilton                 +35.487s       ³             
              ³       Team RAC - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 11th  Marko Asmer                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Tempus - BMW                               ³             
              ³ 12th  Tom Onslow-Cole             -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 13th  Carl Breeze                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - SEAT                        ³             
              ³ 14th  Alain Menu                  -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       VXR - Vauxhall                             ³             
              ³ 15th  Henry Ho                    -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 16th  Alan Morrison               -2 Laps        ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 17th  Mat Jackson                 -2 Laps        ³             
              ³       Motorbase - BMW                            ³             
              ³ 18th  Paul O'Neill                Transmission   ³             
              ³       Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo                    ³             
              ³ 19th  Matt Neal                   Oil Leak       ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³             
              ³ 20th  Anthony Reid                Didn't Finish  ³             
              ³       TH - Peugeot                               ³             
              ³ 21st  James Nash                  Engine         ³             
              ³       RML - Chevrolet                            ³             
              ³ 22nd  Jason Plato                 Engine         ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³ 23rd  Adam Jones                  Puncture       ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport - SEAT                          ³             
              ³ 24th  Norbert Michelisz           Didn't Finish  ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 25th  Dave Pinkney                Transmission   ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - BMW                             ³             
              ³ 26th  Chris James                 Transmission   ³             
              ³       Eurotech - Volvo                           ³

Gavin Smith bogged down off the line and was already fourth by the first corner, with Jason Plato taking the lead. Any hopes of extending his championship lead, however, were soon dashed when his diesel engine detonated on him. Turkington then led ahead of Shedden and Coronel, but bizarrely all three came into the pits with mechanical trouble, gifting Giovanardi the win and Gavin Smith (who had done the same as the leading three and dropped to sixth) second place. Marko Asmer narrowly missed out on points, while Turkington recovered at least some of the lost points with another fastest lap.

Championship Standings After 21 Rounds:

Drivers Championship After R1-21
1 Plato 174
2 Turkington 169
3 Shedden 143
4 Giovanardi 118
5 Chilton 102
6 Coronel 92
7 Menu 75
8 O'Neill 68
9 Collard 67
10 Adam 64
11 Thompson 63
12 Michelisz 49
13 Smith 46
14 Reid 42
15 Onslow-Cole 32
16 Jackson 30
17 Breeze 26
18 Neal 19
=18 Nash 19
20 Foster 11
21 George 9
22 Neate 8
=22 Jones 8
24 Morrison 6
25 Pinkney 1

The Driver's championship is looking increasing like a two-horse race between Plato and Turkington, with only Shedden really close enough to hope to challenge them.

Independent Driver Championship After R1-21
1 Shedden 213
2 Coronel 177
3 O'Neill 140
4 Onslow-Cole 109
5 Smith 112
6 Breeze 98
7 Michelisz 94
8 Reid 68
9 Foster 67
11 Morrison 60
12 Jackson 57
10 George 51
13 Neal 47
15 Ho 32
14 Asmer 28
16 Pinkney 20
17 James 9

Teams Championship after R1-21
1 WSR 276
2 VXR 193
3 Seat 182
4 Clyde Valley Racing 169
5 Arena 131
6 GR Asia 103
7 RML 82
8 Tech-Speed 74
9 Motorbase 62
10 Maxtreme Motorsport 50
11 Tempus Sport 46
12 TH 42
13 Eurotech 19
14 BTC Racing 9
15 Team Dynamics 8

Constructors Championship after R1-21
1 WSR/BMW 276
2 VXR/Vauxhall 193
3 Seat 182
4 Arena/Ford 131
5 RML/Chevrolet 82
6 Dynamics/Honda 8

Independent Teams Championship after R1-21
1 Clyde Valley Racing 311
2 GR Asia 244
3 Tech-Speed 200
4 Motorbase 166
5 Tempus 140
6 Maxtreme 114
7 TH 100
8 Eurotech 56
9 BTC Racing 51

Feel free to make upgrades, sack drivers or run pay drivers before Silverstone. Also, the teams who have to pre-qualify have changed based on the championship standings- Maxtreme have escaped, leaving Eurotech, Dynamics, BTC Racing and Boulevard Team Racing fighting for grid slots.
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