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MSVR races are generally live streamed on YouTube and Facebook. Some rounds the coverage is on par with TV and others it's a lot of fixed cameras.
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Nobody forces them to go I suspect when Ginetta bailed TOCA were overwhelmed with series wanting to be part of the show. Why the constant griping about TOCA? Without them British motorsport wound still be in the 80's
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There's also track time to consider. Look at the last round. It's certainly not the BTCC that loses track time even when they are the cause of the delays. Different strokes for different folks. |
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It's nice that they have a variety of different support races this year. Gives exposure to other series rather than just the regulars
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The Vectras of the late 90s were perhaps my fav supports, then the Fiestas and Clios.
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Agreed, it has been nice. I wonder what the format will be next year? British F4 has confirmed that (unlike this year) all 10 of their rounds will support BTCC in 2024 and I think the MINI JCW/MINI Trophy as well as the two Porsche series have contracts running with TOCA until 2025 or 2026.
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https://www.btcc.net/2023/05/18/wide...at-snetterton/
I case anyone had forgotten (I had), it's a double option tyre weekend. Drivers have to use a different compound of tyre (soft/medium/hard) in each race. Also it's regular qualifying this week, no top ten shootout. |
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Especially with the already confusing hybrid, they just need to keep it the same every round. |
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so an extra £600 including the friday testing and big crowds and live tv is a bit of bargain which is probably why they have so many cars |
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Kind of feel they're going quite hard for the manufactured variation of results this season. Especially with running 3 tyre compounds. It's touring cars not f1.
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When I first went to a BTCC meeting in 98 the Vectras were on the bill. And little did I know at the time, but I can say I was there when Button scored his first car race win.
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Two practice sessions down. Sutton fastest in FP1 (1min 54.952s), Cammish fastest in FP2 (1min 55.814s).
Hard to read too much into the practice times, especially with the fastest FP1 lap being nearly 1sec faster than the fastest FP2 lap. TSL wasn't giving information on tyre compounds being used. From FP1 - Sutton was fastest by nearly 7 tenths from Cammish. Everyone set laps except Halstead. From FP2 - NAPA seem very strong - all 4 cars in the top 5 in FP2. Cook only 3 tenths off the top in the Honda. Halstead more than 6 seconds off the pace. No running from Thompson. Other things I noticed. No Toyota in the top 10 in either session. The best CUPRA in both sessions was Dan Lloyd - 15th in FP1 and 18th in FP2. Maybe Snetterton doesn't suit the CUPRA? |
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Yeah all 4 Fords in the top 5 is looking ominous. Think they were really the only ones to do substantial pre-season testing here, so could be a walkover tomorrow! |
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Ah ok, thank you.
Whilst the BMW didn't seem too far off in FP2, I think NAPA are definitely the team to beat this weekend. Could one of the NAPA Ford drivers become the first driver since Plato in '09 to win three races in one day? |
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