The _TCC Series Thread

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 04 Aug 2013, 10:57

3. All in the first race. His car is then too damaged and/or his crew go on strike due to Neate's being an idiot.

Gerudo Dragon · Post by **Gerudo Dragon** » 04 Aug 2013, 11:31

Tordoff wins

Alextrax52 · Post by **Alextrax52** » 04 Aug 2013, 13:15

Well Neate hasn't done anything bad yet. He's probably just saving it all up for race 3.

He's a regular target for Pistonheads by the way

Awesome race 2 with Turkington holding up a large number of cars at one point. Very happy with Ford with a 3-4 finish and their first Podium of the season. In all a fantastic race with no Brainfade from Neate

Post by **Londoner** » 04 Aug 2013, 16:14

Holy shite, Plato's rolled his MG at the start! :shock:

That looked nasty...

Neal and Newsham out as well.

Alextrax52 · Post by **Alextrax52** » 04 Aug 2013, 16:15

East Londoner wrote:Holy shite, Plato's rolled his MG at the start!

Donington 2011 to a lesser extent. What on earth happened to Dave Newsham? Half a Lap and he's out.

Post by **Londoner** » 04 Aug 2013, 16:17

Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Holy shite, Plato's rolled his MG at the start!

Donington 2011 to a lesser extent. What on earth happened to Dave Newsham? Half a Lap and he's out.

Had an absolute dog of a start, then collided with Neal twice...

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 04 Aug 2013, 16:18

East Londoner wrote:Holy shite, Plato's rolled his MG at the start!

That looked nasty...

SC deployed. (watching this on ITV4)
Plato rolled his car against the wall, rather than his car dig into the grass or gravel.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 04 Aug 2013, 16:20

Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Holy shite, Plato's rolled his MG at the start!

Donington 2011 to a lesser extent. What on earth happened to Dave Newsham? Half a Lap and he's out.

Neal cut right across him. Like an idiot.

Alextrax52 · Post by **Alextrax52** » 04 Aug 2013, 16:20

good_Ralf wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Holy shite, Plato's rolled his MG at the start!

That looked nasty...

SC deployed. (watching this on ITV4)
Plato rolled his car against the wall, rather than his car dig into the grass or gravel.

Who'd have thought Snetterton would throw up an exciting meeting and Andy Neate hasn't been part of any of it

Plato looked disappointed and he should be too. This was a golden opportunity for MG to take advantage of their pace and a 2nd place is the best Plato has done. Not his fault but that's the way it goes

Post by **Londoner** » 04 Aug 2013, 16:22

Shoutout to Lea Wood, 9th in his S2000 Vectra after all the contretemps.

Bloody hell, cars all over the shop yet again at the restart. :roll:

Mat Jackson for the win maybe?

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 04 Aug 2013, 16:24

Another incident! I don't watch BTCC much at all but this is crazy! If only F1 was this chaotic.

Post by **Londoner** » 04 Aug 2013, 16:30

Shedden pulling off a "Plato" on Turkington for the lead. I like Shedden, but that was ridiculous. :evil:

Alextrax52 · Post by **Alextrax52** » 04 Aug 2013, 16:31

East Londoner wrote:Shedden pulling off a "Plato" on Turkington for the lead. I like Shedden, but that was ridiculous.

Yeah i wouldn't be surprised if Shedden gets a penalty for that. Airwaves are now 2-3 come on boys?

Post by **Londoner** » 04 Aug 2013, 16:32

Austin spins out of 5th position. :cry:

good_Ralf · Post by **good_Ralf** » 04 Aug 2013, 16:44

East Londoner wrote:Shoutout to Lea Wood, 9th in his S2000 Vectra after all the contretemps.

Now 15th with a lap to go.

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 04 Aug 2013, 16:49

Looks like Motorbase has finally sorted out the Focus. Took them long enough, maybe now we'll see Mat Jackson back to his championship-caliber self. He held on to Shedden magnificently in that last race, despite carrying 27 kilos more than the Honda.

Bit of a shame Andrew Jordan couldn't capitalise more on the battle for 3rd at the end, but he still shaves another couple of points off of Matt Neal's lead. He's got to be feeling confident for the championship after a weekend like this.

Samster · Post by **Samster** » 04 Aug 2013, 17:08

Good lord, did the Honda drivers all drive like retards. Turkington gets punted off from the lead twice, how Shedden ever thought that move was ever going to work is beyond me. And yet no drive through penalty for it or anything. And we thought the GP2 stewarding was bad. And then we had Matt Neal throwing a hissy fit over Newsham doing exactly the same thing to him as Neal to Newsham mere minutes earlier. Not that we ever got a replay (thanks again, ITV) but I wouldn't be surprised if Rob 'sharkbite' Austin's race 3 spin was caused by Jordan flat out running him over.

I suspect the way the Honda drivers drove today had something to do with compensating for the ridiculous boost handicap system. Still at least race 2 was a joy to watch with an 8 car battle for the lead before the Honda's went rogue on the field.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 04 Aug 2013, 19:09

Nice weekend all told for Jordan, took points off Neal in all 3 races

Nice to see Airwaves getting their car near the pointy end of the field, where Jackson deserves to be

RealRacingRoots · Post by **RealRacingRoots** » 04 Aug 2013, 20:05

Great run from USF1 driver JM Lopes for winning the second WTCC race at his home nation of Argentina. He has had a great weekend.

Alextrax52 · Post by **Alextrax52** » 05 Aug 2013, 13:18

Look at this

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/109188

WaffleCat · Post by **WaffleCat** » 05 Aug 2013, 13:55

Not really a series ending with TCC,but I found something quite funny yet puzzling.

Apparently, in the Superstars Series,there is a driver going by the name of "Diabolik",racing under the Adria Racing banner. Any info on who this "Diabolik" driver is?

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 05 Aug 2013, 14:35

Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:Look at this

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/109188

Andy Neate is wasted in the BTCC, his true calling is clearly comedy.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 05 Aug 2013, 15:22

Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:Look at this

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/109188

Please tell me this is some kind of wind-up?

Alextrax52 · Post by **Alextrax52** » 05 Aug 2013, 15:24

takagi_for_the_win wrote:
Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:Look at this

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/109188

Please tell me this is some kind of wind-up?

No you're not dreaming Andy Neate actually believes he can score a podium this season. Reminds me of Ricardo Rosset's profile on this site where he thought he was in the running for a Williams drive

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 05 Aug 2013, 15:31

Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:
takagi_for_the_win wrote:
Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:Look at this

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/109188

Please tell me this is some kind of wind-up?

No you're not dreaming Andy Neate actually believes he can score a podium this season. Reminds me of Ricardo Rosset's profile on this site where he thought he was in the running for a Williams drive

The only way that will get a podium is if Andy Neate isn't driving it

Pieman · Post by **Pieman** » 05 Aug 2013, 22:05

WaffleCat wrote:Not really a series ending with TCC,but I found something quite funny yet puzzling.

Apparently, in the Superstars Series,there is a driver going by the name of "Diabolik",racing under the Adria Racing banner. Any info on who this "Diabolik" driver is?

I've done a bit of research and cross-referencing, and although I am not 100% sure I got this right, apparently his real name is Gian Maria Gabbiani and he is the son of, yes, Beppe Gabbiani. http://forix.autosport.com/driver.php?l ... 110500&c=0

Post by **tommykl** » 06 Aug 2013, 00:45

Pieman wrote:
WaffleCat wrote:Not really a series ending with TCC,but I found something quite funny yet puzzling.

Apparently, in the Superstars Series,there is a driver going by the name of "Diabolik",racing under the Adria Racing banner. Any info on who this "Diabolik" driver is?

I've done a bit of research and cross-referencing, and although I am not 100% sure I got this right, apparently his real name is Gian Maria Gabbiani and he is the son of, yes, Beppe Gabbiani. http://forix.autosport.com/driver.php?l ... 110500&c=0

Nice researching, but referencing to a subscription-only website is a bit cruel

Post by **Londoner** » 07 Aug 2013, 22:58

Muller and Loeb confirmed at Citroen next year in the WTCC

And apparently, Kubica might drive the third Citroen next season.

Post by **Londoner** » 09 Aug 2013, 12:32

Paul O'Neill is back in the house.

Alextrax52 · Post by **Alextrax52** » 09 Aug 2013, 12:38

East Londoner wrote:Paul O'Neill is back in the house.

Fantastic. Tony Gillham has made an awesome choice. He'll be alongside Onslow-Cole who's given that car 3 podiums already this season What a talented and likeable line up

roblo97 · Post by **roblo97** » 09 Aug 2013, 12:40

Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Paul O'Neill is back in the house.

Fantastic. Tony Gillham has made an awesome choice. He'll be alongside Onslow-Cole who's given that car 3 podiums already this season What a talented and likeable line up

Brilliant is all I can say to that.

Post by **Londoner** » 09 Aug 2013, 13:16

Freeze-O-Kimi wrote:
East Londoner wrote:Paul O'Neill is back in the house.

Fantastic. Tony Gillham has made an awesome choice. He'll be alongside Onslow-Cole who's given that car 3 podiums already this season What a talented and likeable line up

They're in the same team, but they're driving different cars as O'Neill is in one of the Insignias.

Barbazza · Post by **Barbazza** » 18 Aug 2013, 20:08

Finally got round to watching the final BTCC race from Snetterton (yeah, I know, I've had a very busy 2 weeks) and what a shocker that was. Over the course of all 3 races, nearly everyone *except* Plato and Neate drove like idiots at some point, so the world must have gone mad.

3 things are annoying me more and more about the ITV coverage though -

1) Random replays. Sometimes we see major incidents again and again. Sometimes we don't see them at all (Bratt going off, Ollie Jackson and Welch hitting each other in the last race)

2) Endless shots of driver's families in the pits. WE DON'T CARE!

3) When there is a SC in the last race (as there nearly always is) we have the mad rush to finish the programme. It's live sport, it will over-run occasionally. You'd think they'd have learnt that by now. You wouldn't have Adrian Chiles being told to wrap up a football match that had gone into extra time in 30 seconds, would you?

Post by **Londoner** » 20 Aug 2013, 14:04

I'm now officially old.

The awkward moment when he outqualifies Mr Neate's NGTC Cruze in his older S2000 Cruze on Saturday. :lol:

Post by **tommykl** » 20 Aug 2013, 14:57

East Londoner wrote:I'm now officially old.

The awkward moment when he outqualifies Mr Neate's NGTC Cruze in his older S2000 Cruze on Saturday.

That makes quite a few of us, I believe :lol:

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 20 Aug 2013, 15:19

tommykl wrote:
East Londoner wrote:I'm now officially old.

The awkward moment when he outqualifies Mr Neate's NGTC Cruze in his older S2000 Cruze on Saturday.

That makes quite a few of us, I believe

It just makes me feel like I've wasted my life...

FullMetalJack · Post by **FullMetalJack** » 20 Aug 2013, 16:28

pasta_maldonado wrote:
tommykl wrote:
East Londoner wrote:I'm now officially old.

The awkward moment when he outqualifies Mr Neate's NGTC Cruze in his older S2000 Cruze on Saturday.

That makes quite a few of us, I believe

It just makes me feel like I've wasted my life...

He's racing in BTCC, and he's not even old enough to drive on the road in Britain.

takagi_for_the_win · Post by **takagi_for_the_win** » 21 Aug 2013, 16:56

East Londoner wrote:I'm now officially old.

The awkward moment when he outqualifies Mr Neate's NGTC Cruze in his older S2000 Cruze on Saturday.

I'm a full month older than him and I can't even drive yet!

Another youngster to watch out for is Pepe Massot; I'm a massive fan of his

Salamander · Post by **Salamander** » 21 Aug 2013, 17:05

takagi_for_the_win wrote:Another youngster to watch out for is Pepe Massot; I'm a massive fan of his

Agreed.

dinizintheoven · Post by **dinizintheoven** » 21 Aug 2013, 23:21

East Londoner wrote:I'm now officially old.
The awkward moment when he outqualifies Mr Neate's NGTC Cruze in his older S2000 Cruze on Saturday.

btcc.net wrote:Incredibly Moffat will now make his debut in Britain’s premier motor sport series aged just 16 years, ten months and 28 days to become the youngest ever BTCC driver – a record previously held by 12-time race winner Tom Chilton.

If I've got this right, this means he was born on September 27th, 1996.

I had my first driving lesson four days later.

Where did my life go?