BTCC Rejects

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I'll add a few more notables to the list:

Hyla Breese - Best finish 21st. Possibly the unluckiest driver ever in the BTCC. Spent the second half of 2002 in a Team B&Q Accord in the Production Class, but only managed to start three races. Had so many engine changes, he became the only driver in BTCC history to score minus points...

Until Derek Palmer Jr in 2015 and Mark Howard in 2016.

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Roll on the start of the 2023 British Touring Car Championship at Donington Park this weekend!

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Yeah, it was so rejectful for Lewis Hamilton in 2008 and Jenson Button in 2009!




What am I supposed to be thinking?

I should have been more clear. I was referring to the fact that the numbers on the rear window are all cockeyed. They got it right on the other side.

Oh, I did notice that. I just assumed it was stylised or something. But if the number is straight on the other side, than that is a very strange thing indeed!

Seems to have brought him good luck though, scored his first points in a wet Race 2 at Donington Park, finished P7.

Sam Osborne is probably the luckiest bastard in recent BTCC History, P4 on the road, promoted to his first podium after newcomer Ronan Pearson was disqualified.

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https://www.autosport.com/btcc/news/the ... /10468190/

Before it ends up as "Reject of the Year" material.

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Wish someone would do an article commemorating Team HARD now that Tony Gilham's outfit has folded and sold off some of their Cupras.

[dr-baker]

Wish someone would do an article commemorating Team HARD now that Tony Gilham's outfit has folded and sold off some of their Cupras.

You could do it perhaps?

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Wish someone would do an article commemorating Team HARD now that Tony Gilham's outfit has folded and sold off some of their Cupras.

You could do it perhaps?

Yes, that's a thought, I have been entertaining the idea.

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Wish someone would do an article commemorating Team HARD now that Tony Gilham's outfit has folded and sold off some of their Cupras.

You could do it perhaps?

Yes, that's a thought, I have been entertaining the idea.

Can't do that just yet, the team has survived but downsized to just a single entry for the time being.

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Think a thread bump is in store here

What about John Thorne in the awful Thorney motorsport team? did just 2 meetings in 2012 with a best finish of 16th and 3 DNS's at Donington

Can someone please tel me a little bit about Farique Hairuman so I don't have to ask about it anymore?

In their final season, Proton decided to sign two seemingly random foreign rookies in South African, Shaun Watson-Smith and Malaysian, Farique Hairuman. While SWS proved to be halfway decent, even scoring a couple of fastest laps, Hairuman was hopelessly slow and prone to accidents, only ever being ahead of John George and Richard Marsh in their awful S2000 Civics on a regular basis. His performance can be summed up by the fact he was the only driver all season to fail to score either overall points or indy points (for which he was of course ineligible for), even Marsh and George managed to score soem indy points.

SW-S also counts as a reject in this respect. Best results were a pair of 7th places.

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What about drivers who shone in the Production Class but not in the Touring Class?