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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Knockhill R19-21 Up!- 1 team availabl
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Knockhill R19-21 Up!- 1 team availabl
We will do two engine upgrades.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Knockhill R19-21 Up!- 1 team availabl
Can I have a list of pay drivers please?
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Knockhill R19-21 Up!- 1 team availabl
andrew wrote:Can I have a list of pay drivers please?
Here you go:
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Alan Taylor -PD, brings 10CR
Erkut Kilizirmak- PD, brings 10CR
Simon Blanckley - PD, brings 10CR
Richard Marsh-PD, brings 15CR
Jeff Smith- PD, brings 15CR
Arthur Forster- PD, brings 20CR
Tony Gilham - PD, brings 30CR (but requires your team to rebrand as [Team Name] Team HARD, complete with the awful livery)
You can choose any of them and run them for as little as one round and your 1CR debt will be cleared.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Knockhill R19-21 Up!- 1 team availabl
Bring in Forster for a round and try a race pace upgrade
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Knockhill R19-21 Up!- 1 team availabl
andrew wrote:Bring in Forster for a round and try a race pace upgrade
OK, though Forster may need more than a car upgrade to be competitive (not that it matters too much- I assume you're dumping him after Silverstone right?)
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Knockhill R19-21 Up!- 1 team availabl
This Could Be You wrote:andrew wrote:Bring in Forster for a round and try a race pace upgrade
OK, though Forster may need more than a car upgrade to be competitive (not that it matters too much- I assume you're dumping him after Silverstone right?)
The upgrade is more for Plato than foster, foster will be dumped after Silverstone.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Knockhill R19-21 Up!- 1 team availabl
I *might* be able to run the Silverstone races today, and if not tomorrow, so here are the upgrades for next round.
Boulevard Engine Power I:
1-70 Success, 71-100 Fail
Result=51, so new entrants Boulevard make vital upgrades to their underpowered Toledo
Boulevard Engine Power II:
1-60 Success, 61-100 Fail
Result=66, but not all their testing is successful
Seat Race Pace:
1-60 Success, 61-100 Fail
Result=43- Seat improve their car, but probably not enough to cover the incoming (through temporary) rejectfulness of Arthur Forster.
Boulevard Engine Power I:
1-70 Success, 71-100 Fail
Result=51, so new entrants Boulevard make vital upgrades to their underpowered Toledo
Boulevard Engine Power II:
1-60 Success, 61-100 Fail
Result=66, but not all their testing is successful
Seat Race Pace:
1-60 Success, 61-100 Fail
Result=43- Seat improve their car, but probably not enough to cover the incoming (through temporary) rejectfulness of Arthur Forster.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Silverstone R22-24 Up!- 1 team availa
Here are the results from Rounds 22-24 from Silverstone:
Pre-Qualifying:
With Maxtreme promoted, the pre-qualifying at Silverstone was a lot closer, with Eurotech only two seconds faster than a much improved Boulevard team, who managed to force Dynamics out of qualifying for the first time this year.
Quali-1:
Mat Jackson set another pole position (his Motorbase BMW, while hopeless in the races, seems quick in this session), with Shedden second. Championship leader Plato was third, but the WSR drivers had a poor session, with Chilton 11th and Turkington only 13th. Forster, making a one-off appearance for Seat Sport, and the second Boulevard car of Martin Depper failed to qualify.
Race 1: (video coming soon)
Jackson lead off the start, before falling prey to James Thompson who led until around the halfway mark before being passed by Shedden and a charging Jason Plato. The latter two however had to pit due to high tyre wear on lap 16, handing the lead back to Thompson, who scored his first BTCC win in three years, with Michelisz second. Turkington made up nine places in the race to salvage fourth place, only a single position behind Plato, who also set fastest lap.
Quali-2:
Jackson managed yet another pole (in direct contrast to his hopeless race pace- if there was a "Dunlop ForeverBackward" award, he'd win it easily), with Reid second in the unreliable Peugeot 406. Turkington again left himself vunerable to Plato outscoring him again by qualifying a lowly 12th compared to 3rd for the Seat driver.
Race 2 (video coming soon):
Shedden took the lead early on, but Plato soon caught him, leading to one of the most dominant performances seen this year, with the Seat driver not troubled all race, at one point having a lead in double figures. To this end, he also set fastest lap. Turkington, by contrast, finished 13th, outside the points, seriously harming his challenge for the title. Priaulx finished his first race for Boulevard, but with such an underpowered car for this circuit, it was largely a lonely race for the former WTCC champion in 20th place. Alain Menu got the reverse pole for VXR.
Race 3 (video coming soon)
Alain Menu had a terrible start and by the end of lap one, the race for the lead was essentially over- Plato lead, building such a lead (with a series of fastest laps) that he could pit to address tyre wear near the end and still come out in front! Turkington finally had luck on his side during this race, and battled his way to second, catching Plato rapidly, but it was too late.
Standings after 24 Rounds:
Drivers Championship After R1-24
1 Plato 220
2 Turkington 189
3 Shedden 161
4 Giovanardi 133
5 Chilton 102
6 Coronel 98
7 Thompson 95
8 Menu 93
9 Michelisz 78
10 O'Neill 71
11 Collard 67
12 Adam 66
13 Smith 46
14 Reid 42
15 Jackson 33
16 Onslow-Cole 32
17 Breeze 26
18 Neal 21
19 Foster 20
20 Nash 19
21 George 9
=21 Morrison 9
23 Neate 8
=23 Jones 8
25 Pinkney 4
Plato now has a more comfortable 30 point lead, while Thompson leaps from 10th to 7th with his Race 1 win
Independent Driver Championship After R1-24
1 Shedden 250
2 Coronel 195
3 O'Neill 151
4 Michelisz 142
5 Smith 115
6 Onslow-Cole 114
7 Breeze 113
8 Foster 92
9 Morrison 76
10 Reid 68
11 Neal 58
12 Jackson 57
13 George 51
14 Pinkney 33
=14 Ho 33
16 Asmer 29
17 James 9
Teams Championship after R1-24
1 WSR 291
2 Seat 228
3 VXR 226
4 Clyde Valley Racing 187
5 Arena 133
6 GR Asia 118
7 RML 114
8 Maxtreme Motorsport 82
9 Tech-Speed 80
10 Motorbase 65
11 Tempus Sport 46
12 TH 42
13 Eurotech 21
14 BTC Racing 9
15 Team Dynamics 8
Despite only a single car qualifying, Seat overtakes VXR for second in the championship, though are most likely too far away to catch WSR, who are 83 points ahead with only 100 still available
Constructors Championship after R1-24
1 WSR/BMW 291
2 Seat 228
3 VXR/Vauxhall 226
4 Arena/Ford 133
5 RML/Chevrolet 114
6 Dynamics/Honda 8
Independent Teams Championship after R1-24
1 Clyde Valley Racing 363
2 GR Asia 287
3 Tech-Speed 227
4 Maxtreme 175
5 Motorbase 171
6 Tempus 144
7 TH 101
8 Eurotech 67
9 BTC Racing 51
CVR need to outscore GR Asia by 30 points or more at Rockingham to seal the title early
Sorry the results were a day late, I was busy coaxing All4 into playing the Grand Prix without crashing all Monday evening, so ran out of time.
Anyway, feel free to sack drivers/ make upgrades before Rockingham (Arthur Forster will be sacked after Silverstone, as requested by andrew). Dexter249/Triple 8 VXR, you still need to run a pay driver before the end of the season to counter debt, but I can offer a (not brilliant) compromise if you want to keep with Giovanardi/Menu- if you end in debt, I will let you keep running 888, but you will lose Vauxhall backing, like in real life (also some money will go). This I hope is probably a little fairer, as Vauxhall did pull out because 888's BTCC operation was loss-making.
Pre-Qualifying:
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1 Matt Neal 1m 36.578s
2 Andy Priaulx 1m 37.308s
3 John George 1m 38.108s (DNPQ)
4 Chris James 1m 38.515s
5 Andy Neate 1m 38.689s (DNPQ)
6 Roberto Colciago 1m 39.032s (DNPQ)
7 Martin Depper 1m 39.601s
8 Chris Stockton 1m 43.250s (DNPQ)
Aggregate:
1. Eurotech 3m15.093
2. Boulevard 3m16.909
3. Dynamics 3m17.721 (DNPQ)
4. BTC Racing 3m21.358 (DNPQ)
With Maxtreme promoted, the pre-qualifying at Silverstone was a lot closer, with Eurotech only two seconds faster than a much improved Boulevard team, who managed to force Dynamics out of qualifying for the first time this year.
Quali-1:
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1 Mat Jackson 1m 35.947s
2 Gordon Shedden 1m 36.140s
3 Jason Plato 1m 36.246s
4 Anthony Reid 1m 36.277s
5 Alain Menu 1m 36.512s
6 James Thompson 1m 36.589s
7 Norbert Michelisz 1m 36.662s
8 Tom Coronel 1m 36.745s
9 Paul O'Neill 1m 36.757s
10 Dave Pinkney 1m 36.819s
11 Tom Chilton 1m 36.832s
12 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1m 36.864s
13 Colin Turkington 1m 36.984s
14 Matt Neal 1m 36.993s
15 Jonathan Adam 1m 37.001s
16 Rob Collard 1m 37.289s
17 James Nash 1m 37.308s
18 Carl Breeze 1m 37.453s
19 Andy Priaulx 1m 37.630s
20 Tom Onslow-Cole 1m 37.662s
21 Alan Morrison 1m 37.674s
22 Nick Foster 1m 37.701s
23 Gavin Smith 1m 38.018s
24 Henry Ho 1m 38.133s
25 Chris James 1m 38.662s
26 Marko Asmer 1m 38.664s
DNQ:
27 Arthur Forster
28 Martin Depper
Mat Jackson set another pole position (his Motorbase BMW, while hopeless in the races, seems quick in this session), with Shedden second. Championship leader Plato was third, but the WSR drivers had a poor session, with Chilton 11th and Turkington only 13th. Forster, making a one-off appearance for Seat Sport, and the second Boulevard car of Martin Depper failed to qualify.
Race 1: (video coming soon)
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³ 1st James Thompson 33m 50.668s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 2nd Norbert Michelisz +7.249s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 3rd Jason Plato +8.528s ³
³ SEAT Sport - SEAT ³
³ 4th Colin Turkington +14.033s ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 5th Alain Menu +15.260s ³
³ VXR - Vauxhall ³
³ 6th Gordon Shedden +21.211s ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 7th Tom Coronel +38.505s ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 8th Paul O'Neill +45.198s ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 9th Matt Neal +48.786s ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
³ 10th Jonathan Adam +53.806s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 11th Carl Breeze +59.102s ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 12th Tom Chilton +1m 00.399s ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 13th James Nash +1m 10.547s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 14th Alan Morrison +1m 12.613s ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 15th Rob Collard +1m 18.058s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 16th Nick Foster +1m 19.668s ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 17th Gavin Smith -1 Lap ³
³ Tempus - BMW ³
³ 18th Marko Asmer -1 Lap ³
³ Tempus - BMW ³
³ 19th Mat Jackson -1 Lap ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 20th Andy Priaulx Suspension ³
³ Boulevard - SEAT ³
³ 21st Chris James Engine ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
³ 22nd Dave Pinkney Engine ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 23rd Fabrizio Giovanardi Loose Wheel ³
³ VXR - Vauxhall ³
³ 24th Anthony Reid Puncture ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 25th Henry Ho Water Leak ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 26th Tom Onslow-Cole Engine ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
Jackson lead off the start, before falling prey to James Thompson who led until around the halfway mark before being passed by Shedden and a charging Jason Plato. The latter two however had to pit due to high tyre wear on lap 16, handing the lead back to Thompson, who scored his first BTCC win in three years, with Michelisz second. Turkington made up nine places in the race to salvage fourth place, only a single position behind Plato, who also set fastest lap.
Quali-2:
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1 Mat Jackson 1m 36.251s
2 Anthony Reid 1m 36.323s
3 Jason Plato 1m 36.410s
4 Gordon Shedden 1m 36.428s
5 Norbert Michelisz 1m 36.491s
6 James Thompson 1m 36.593s
7 Alain Menu 1m 36.639s
8 Matt Neal 1m 36.673s
9 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1m 36.728s
10 Dave Pinkney 1m 36.738s
11 Paul O'Neill 1m 36.755s
12 Colin Turkington 1m 36.798s
13 Tom Coronel 1m 36.824s
14 Tom Chilton 1m 36.896s
15 Jonathan Adam 1m 37.049s
16 Nick Foster 1m 37.197s
17 Tom Onslow-Cole 1m 37.326s
18 Rob Collard 1m 37.351s
19 Carl Breeze 1m 37.471s
20 James Nash 1m 37.473s
21 Andy Priaulx 1m 37.536s
22 Alan Morrison 1m 37.551s
23 Henry Ho 1m 37.866s
24 Gavin Smith 1m 38.086s
25 Chris James 1m 38.588s
26 Marko Asmer 1m 38.658s
DNQ:
27 Forster
28 Depper
Jackson managed yet another pole (in direct contrast to his hopeless race pace- if there was a "Dunlop ForeverBackward" award, he'd win it easily), with Reid second in the unreliable Peugeot 406. Turkington again left himself vunerable to Plato outscoring him again by qualifying a lowly 12th compared to 3rd for the Seat driver.
Race 2 (video coming soon):
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³ 1st Jason Plato 33m 58.114s ³
³ SEAT Sport - SEAT ³
³ 2nd Norbert Michelisz +5.166s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 3rd James Thompson +11.221s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 4th Gordon Shedden +13.354s ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 5th Nick Foster +20.365s ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 6th Fabrizio Giovanardi +24.157s ³
³ VXR - Vauxhall ³
³ 7th Alain Menu +25.535s ³
³ VXR - Vauxhall ³
³ 8th Alan Morrison +47.849s ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 9th Tom Coronel +56.940s ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 10th Dave Pinkney +56.950s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 11th Carl Breeze +59.267s ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 12th Jonathan Adam +1m 01.012s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 13th Colin Turkington +1m 03.680s ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 14th James Nash +1m 08.138s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 15th Paul O'Neill +1m 10.595s ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 16th Rob Collard +1m 11.233s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 17th Tom Chilton +1m 15.235s ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 18th Tom Onslow-Cole +1m 25.224s ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 19th Gavin Smith -1 Lap ³
³ Tempus - BMW ³
³ 20th Andy Priaulx -1 Lap ³
³ Boulevard - SEAT ³
³ 21st Chris James -1 Lap ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
³ 22nd Marko Asmer -1 Lap ³
³ Tempus - BMW ³
³ 23rd Mat Jackson -1 Lap ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 24th Anthony Reid Engine ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 25th Henry Ho Engine ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 26th Matt Neal Water Leak ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
Shedden took the lead early on, but Plato soon caught him, leading to one of the most dominant performances seen this year, with the Seat driver not troubled all race, at one point having a lead in double figures. To this end, he also set fastest lap. Turkington, by contrast, finished 13th, outside the points, seriously harming his challenge for the title. Priaulx finished his first race for Boulevard, but with such an underpowered car for this circuit, it was largely a lonely race for the former WTCC champion in 20th place. Alain Menu got the reverse pole for VXR.
Race 3 (video coming soon)
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³ 1st Jason Plato 33m 52.057s ³
³ SEAT Sport - SEAT ³
³ 2nd Colin Turkington +5.194s ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 3rd Fabrizio Giovanardi +6.954s ³
³ VXR - Vauxhall ³
³ 4th Alain Menu +12.580s ³
³ VXR - Vauxhall ³
³ 5th James Thompson +31.142s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 6th Norbert Michelisz +34.862s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 7th Gordon Shedden +35.112s ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 8th Nick Foster +35.836s ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 9th Dave Pinkney +51.190s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 10th Jonathan Adam +55.037s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 11th Rob Collard +59.153s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 12th James Nash +1m 00.400s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 13th Carl Breeze +1m 04.787s ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 14th Matt Neal +1m 09.152s ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
³ 15th Alan Morrison +1m 11.140s ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 16th Tom Onslow-Cole +1m 20.214s ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 17th Tom Chilton +1m 20.451s ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 18th Tom Coronel -1 Lap ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 19th Henry Ho -1 Lap ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 20th Marko Asmer -1 Lap ³
³ Tempus - BMW ³
³ 21st Gavin Smith -1 Lap ³
³ Tempus - BMW ³
³ 22nd Mat Jackson -1 Lap ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 23rd Paul O'Neill -2 Laps ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 24th Andy Priaulx Engine ³
³ Boulevard - SEAT ³
³ 25th Anthony Reid Suspension ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 26th Chris James Engine ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
Alain Menu had a terrible start and by the end of lap one, the race for the lead was essentially over- Plato lead, building such a lead (with a series of fastest laps) that he could pit to address tyre wear near the end and still come out in front! Turkington finally had luck on his side during this race, and battled his way to second, catching Plato rapidly, but it was too late.
Standings after 24 Rounds:
Drivers Championship After R1-24
1 Plato 220
2 Turkington 189
3 Shedden 161
4 Giovanardi 133
5 Chilton 102
6 Coronel 98
7 Thompson 95
8 Menu 93
9 Michelisz 78
10 O'Neill 71
11 Collard 67
12 Adam 66
13 Smith 46
14 Reid 42
15 Jackson 33
16 Onslow-Cole 32
17 Breeze 26
18 Neal 21
19 Foster 20
20 Nash 19
21 George 9
=21 Morrison 9
23 Neate 8
=23 Jones 8
25 Pinkney 4
Plato now has a more comfortable 30 point lead, while Thompson leaps from 10th to 7th with his Race 1 win
Independent Driver Championship After R1-24
1 Shedden 250
2 Coronel 195
3 O'Neill 151
4 Michelisz 142
5 Smith 115
6 Onslow-Cole 114
7 Breeze 113
8 Foster 92
9 Morrison 76
10 Reid 68
11 Neal 58
12 Jackson 57
13 George 51
14 Pinkney 33
=14 Ho 33
16 Asmer 29
17 James 9
Teams Championship after R1-24
1 WSR 291
2 Seat 228
3 VXR 226
4 Clyde Valley Racing 187
5 Arena 133
6 GR Asia 118
7 RML 114
8 Maxtreme Motorsport 82
9 Tech-Speed 80
10 Motorbase 65
11 Tempus Sport 46
12 TH 42
13 Eurotech 21
14 BTC Racing 9
15 Team Dynamics 8
Despite only a single car qualifying, Seat overtakes VXR for second in the championship, though are most likely too far away to catch WSR, who are 83 points ahead with only 100 still available
Constructors Championship after R1-24
1 WSR/BMW 291
2 Seat 228
3 VXR/Vauxhall 226
4 Arena/Ford 133
5 RML/Chevrolet 114
6 Dynamics/Honda 8
Independent Teams Championship after R1-24
1 Clyde Valley Racing 363
2 GR Asia 287
3 Tech-Speed 227
4 Maxtreme 175
5 Motorbase 171
6 Tempus 144
7 TH 101
8 Eurotech 67
9 BTC Racing 51
CVR need to outscore GR Asia by 30 points or more at Rockingham to seal the title early
Sorry the results were a day late, I was busy coaxing All4 into playing the Grand Prix without crashing all Monday evening, so ran out of time.
Anyway, feel free to sack drivers/ make upgrades before Rockingham (Arthur Forster will be sacked after Silverstone, as requested by andrew). Dexter249/Triple 8 VXR, you still need to run a pay driver before the end of the season to counter debt, but I can offer a (not brilliant) compromise if you want to keep with Giovanardi/Menu- if you end in debt, I will let you keep running 888, but you will lose Vauxhall backing, like in real life (also some money will go). This I hope is probably a little fairer, as Vauxhall did pull out because 888's BTCC operation was loss-making.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Silverstone R22-24 Up!- 1 team availa
If i have any remaining money, I would like to perform a engine upgrade.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Silverstone R22-24 Up!- 1 team availa
You only have 1CR left, but the Toledo's so hopeless I'll let you have one anyway (for half price), just so Boulevard can actually compete (I assume no one else has any real complaints about this). Remember, it is still possible for this upgrade to fail.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Silverstone R22-24 Up!- 1 team availa
Well it's about time Jimmy T pulled his finger out!
Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Silverstone R22-24 Up!- 1 team availa
Arena will take a race pace upgrade please 
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Silverstone R22-24 Up!- 1 team availa
Seat sport uk will attempt another race pace upgrade,
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Anyway, feel free to sack drivers/ make upgrades before Rockingham (Arthur Forster will be sacked after Silverstone, as requested by andrew). Dexter249/Triple 8 VXR, you still need to run a pay driver before the end of the season to counter debt, but I can offer a (not brilliant) compromise if you want to keep with Giovanardi/Menu- if you end in debt, I will let you keep running 888, but you will lose Vauxhall backing, like in real life (also some money will go). This I hope is probably a little fairer, as Vauxhall did pull out because 888's BTCC operation was loss-making.[/quote]
TCBY, how about if he doesn't reply, you pick a pay driver to replace Menu for him at brands hatch. You need to be consistent with the rules I personally think as it could be deemed unfair that I had to run a pay driver and yet he doesn't need to.
I'm just taking on the role of Jason Plato (moaning at every possible opportunity) joking. But seriously I think you should apply the pay driver rule to all.
Anyway, feel free to sack drivers/ make upgrades before Rockingham (Arthur Forster will be sacked after Silverstone, as requested by andrew). Dexter249/Triple 8 VXR, you still need to run a pay driver before the end of the season to counter debt, but I can offer a (not brilliant) compromise if you want to keep with Giovanardi/Menu- if you end in debt, I will let you keep running 888, but you will lose Vauxhall backing, like in real life (also some money will go). This I hope is probably a little fairer, as Vauxhall did pull out because 888's BTCC operation was loss-making.[/quote]
TCBY, how about if he doesn't reply, you pick a pay driver to replace Menu for him at brands hatch. You need to be consistent with the rules I personally think as it could be deemed unfair that I had to run a pay driver and yet he doesn't need to.
I'm just taking on the role of Jason Plato (moaning at every possible opportunity) joking. But seriously I think you should apply the pay driver rule to all.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Silverstone R22-24 Up!- 1 team availa
I'm still hoping he replies at some point, but I see your point and will.mull it over. As for the lack of Rockingham results, I am very, very busy at the moment so may have to wait until mid- next week when normal service will be resumed. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Silverstone R22-24 Up!- 1 team availa
andrew wrote:TCBY, how about if he doesn't reply, you pick a pay driver to replace Menu for him at brands hatch. You need to be consistent with the rules I personally think as it could be deemed unfair that I had to run a pay driver and yet he doesn't need to.
I'm just taking on the role of Jason Plato (moaning at every possible opportunity) joking. But seriously I think you should apply the pay driver rule to all.
That is in itself inconsistent. If you are making management decisions on behalf of someone else, ones that aren't grinding the entire game to a halt (an exception might be a regular driver getting injured and a replacement not being nominated in a timely fashion), then it's unfair that the role of the series runner to intervene in a way that aids one of the competitors. It is not their place to save competitors from themselves. Participants should be free to run teams into the ground if their negligence leads them there.
Let VXR run the same lineup until the end of the season, and go bankrupt as a consequence. It's standard practise everywhere else in the PMMF, so should be the case here too.
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DemocalypseNow wrote:andrew wrote:TCBY, how about if he doesn't reply, you pick a pay driver to replace Menu for him at brands hatch. You need to be consistent with the rules I personally think as it could be deemed unfair that I had to run a pay driver and yet he doesn't need to.
I'm just taking on the role of Jason Plato (moaning at every possible opportunity) joking. But seriously I think you should apply the pay driver rule to all.
That is in itself inconsistent. If you are making management decisions on behalf of someone else, ones that aren't grinding the entire game to a halt (an exception might be a regular driver getting injured and a replacement not being nominated in a timely fashion), then it's unfair that the role of the series runner to intervene in a way that aids one of the competitors. It is not their place to save competitors from themselves. Participants should be free to run teams into the ground if their negligence leads them there.
Let VXR run the same lineup until the end of the season, and go bankrupt as a consequence. It's standard practise everywhere else in the PMMF, so should be the case here too.
I was trying to be diplomatic about it, something seat never were. That would have been my next suggestion as well because if we look at this objectively he was in debt as soon as the silly season ended. TCBY informed both me and him of the rule on the 25th of October a week later he replied so he knows of the rule. Certainly letting VXR goimg bankrupt could help me in the long case (and I have completely lost the point I am making here so will stop)
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That was my idea with the original compromise solution, as I feel cautious about choosing other people's actions or bankrupting them while they're not there. Oh well, I guess we'll just have problems if/ when MG appears.
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This Could Be You wrote:I'm still hoping he replies at some point, but I see your point and will.mull it over. As for the lack of Rockingham results, I am very, very busy at the moment so may have to wait until mid- next week when normal service will be resumed. Sorry for the inconvenience caused.
We'll run a paydriver In place of Menu for the next round, as Menu is out of contention for the championship, Giovanardi will stay for the full season.
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Thank you for responding- you can choose any from the list I gave Andrew earlier that provide over 15CR and your debt is cleared.
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This Could Be You wrote:Thank you for responding- you can choose any from the list I gave Andrew earlier that provide over 15CR and your debt is cleared.
Arthur Forster will run for the next round to clear our debt.
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OK- Forster will drive for you at Rockingham.
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The way things are going, I might be able to post Rockingham results as early as Monday the coming week, so here the upgrade RNGs prior to the event:
Boulevard Engine Power:
1-60 Success, 61-100 Fail
Result=42, so Boulevard find more power after being given special discretion by the organisers to do so, for the sake of ensuring a vague semblance of competitiveness
Seat Race Pace:
1-50 Success, 51-100 Fail
Result= 57, so the Leon TDI's constant development has hit a brick wall
Arena Race Pace:
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result=69, meaning Arena's final upgrades of the year are successful, which should help them fend off the closing GR Asia for 5th in the championship
Boulevard Engine Power:
1-60 Success, 61-100 Fail
Result=42, so Boulevard find more power after being given special discretion by the organisers to do so, for the sake of ensuring a vague semblance of competitiveness
Seat Race Pace:
1-50 Success, 51-100 Fail
Result= 57, so the Leon TDI's constant development has hit a brick wall
Arena Race Pace:
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result=69, meaning Arena's final upgrades of the year are successful, which should help them fend off the closing GR Asia for 5th in the championship
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Um... Guys, I'm having an issue running the Rockingham races- everybody's crashing with tyre failures. I did a test run and Chris James won with only four finishers, so this can't be right. Any ideas?
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This Could Be You wrote:Um... Guys, I'm having an issue running the Rockingham races- everybody's crashing with tyre failures. I did a test run and Chris James won with only four finishers, so this can't be right. Any ideas?
Have you messed with the track magic data or tyre wear rates at all?
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This Could Be You wrote:Um... Guys, I'm having an issue running the Rockingham races- everybody's crashing with tyre failures. I did a test run and Chris James won with only four finishers, so this can't be right. Any ideas?
Given my championship position I am likely to come up with a biased option, so therefore will not suggest anything.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Rockingham R25-27 Up!- Plato Champion
Sorry for all the delays, but I have now managed to fix the magic data issue (it was actually running out of fuel, strangely corrected by reducing the CC fuel 
), so here are long delayed results for the penultimate rounds at Rockingham:
Pre-Quali:
Erm... unfortunately I accidentally overwrote this file when trying to fix the data, but (from memory) Eurotech easily made it through, though Boulevard were much closer with clear air between them and a slumping Dynamics, who were alongside tail-enders BTC in not pre-qualifying.
Quali-1:
Anthony Reid took pole at the circuit where he showed much pace on Media Day, with Jackson alongside him on the front row. Championship leader Plato lined up fourth, but WSR put on a mediocre showing, Chilton ninth and Turkington a poor twelfth.
Race 1 (video here
Shedden had the best start, and led almost the entire race. He did not have it easy, however, as, well ahead of the main field, he was involved in a three-way battle with Thompson and Coronel, with Plato joining in later, having set fastest lap catching up- the Scotsman held off all three. Matt Neal finally got to show the speed of the C30 again with a fine, albeit rather lonely fifth place, while for the most of the race almost everybody else was sixth, stuck in a Trulli Jackson Train, most making it past the BMW driver, including Andy Priaulx, who managed to drag the recalcitrant Toledo into ninth in a furious midfield. At the other end of this queue, Colin Turkington had a torrid time, finishing well outside the points after suffering a poor start and getting caught up in a number of collisions with tail-enders. In fact, no BMWs made it into the top 10 in Race 1 at all, suffering from a complete lack of pace.
Quali-2:
Reid got pole again, with Race 1 winner Shedden alongside. Plato qualified third, but Turkington struggled again, lining up 10th. Depper and VXR substitute Arthur Forster failed to qualify.
Race 2: (video http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x54tfld)
Reid led for the first lap, but was soon passed by a stream of cars led by eventual winner Shedden. The Arena cars performed much better in Race 2, Collard a season-best second place with Adam fourth, being split by Plato, who also set fastest lap, signalling the death-knell for Turkington's championship ambitions. The WSR driver had a decent getaway and was closing in on the points places in the early stages of the race, before being sent spinning into a gravel trap by Norbert Michelisz, dropping him to the back from which he could only recover to 20th. Matt Neal and Anthony Reid again had decent, breakdown-free races, in fifth and seventh respectively. Michelisz got the most power for the reverse grid, (but Chilton got the pole).
Race 3: (video here)
Tom Chilton led from lights to flag, but when lapping backmarkers, the chasing Reid (who managed to get his first podium of the year) and Plato (who set fastest lap again got very close (Within a second) to him, leading to a tense few closing laps. Turkington, after starting from a lowly position again, put in a spirited drive to fight his way to fourth place, only two seconds behind Plato, but it was too little, too late- he had lost the championship.
Standings After Round 27
Drivers Championship After R1-27
1 Plato 251
2 Turkington 197
3 Shedden 195
4 Giovanardi 142
5 Chilton 121
6 Thompson 113
7 Coronel 108
8 Menu 93
9 Michelisz 83
10 Collard 79
11 Adam 77
12 O'Neill 72
13 Reid 66
14 Smith 46
15 Neal 33
=15 Jackson 33
17 Onslow-Cole 32
=17 Breeze 32
19 Foster 24
20 Nash 19
21 Morrison 10
22 George 9
23 Neate 8
=23 Jones 8
25 Pinkney 5
26 Priaulx 2
Being 54 points ahead with only 50 left to earn, Jason Plato is the 2009 TCBY Virtual BTCC Champion. However, the battle for second will go down to the wire at Brands Hatch, Shedden closing to within two points of Turkington after the latter's nightmare weekend.
Independent Driver Championship After R1-27
1 Shedden 288
2 Coronel 209
3 O'Neill 160
4 Michelisz 162
5 Breeze 125
6 Smith 118
=6 Onslow-Cole 118
8 Foster 106
9 Reid 101
10 Morrison 83
11 Neal 81
12 Jackson 59
13 George 51
14 Pinkney 47
15 Ho 33
16 Asmer 29
17 James 9
18 Priaulx 5
Gordon Shedden also sealed the Independent crown for himself, being 79 points ahead of Coronel.
Teams Championship after R1-27
1 WSR 318
2 Seat 259
3 VXR 235
4 Clyde Valley Racing 227
5 Arena 156
6 GR Asia 132
=6 RML 132
8 Maxtreme Motorsport 88
9 Tech-Speed 82
10 TH 66
11 Motorbase 65
12 Tempus Sport 46
13 Eurotech 33
14 BTC Racing 9
15 Team Dynamics 8
16 Boulevard Team Racing 2
The teams championship is yet to be decided however, as Seat is only 68 points behind WSR, though it is likely the latter will take the title. RML and GR Asia are now on identical points in sixth, and CVR have closed on VXR for third. All teams have now scored.
Constructors Championship after R1-27
1 WSR/BMW 318
2 Seat 259
3 VXR/Vauxhall 235
4 Arena/Ford 156
5 RML/Chevrolet 132
6 Dynamics/Honda 8
Independent Teams Championship after R1-27
1 Clyde Valley Racing 413
2 GR Asia 315
3 Tech-Speed 243
4 Maxtreme 209
5 Motorbase 177
6 Tempus 144
7 TH 134
8 Eurotech 90
9 BTC Racing 51
10 Boulevard Team Racing 5
Clyde Valley Racing has managed to win the Independent Teams' title in their debut year, with a 98 point lead all but confirming them as champions.
Although three of the five championships have been finalised, there is still anticipation to see who takes the teams' (and constructors' ) crown at the season finale at the Brands Hatch circuit. Feel free to make upgrades or sack drivers (though methinks you're leaving it a bit late) before the final round, which I plan to run by next Monday at the latest.
), so here are long delayed results for the penultimate rounds at Rockingham:Pre-Quali:
Erm... unfortunately I accidentally overwrote this file when trying to fix the data, but (from memory) Eurotech easily made it through, though Boulevard were much closer with clear air between them and a slumping Dynamics, who were alongside tail-enders BTC in not pre-qualifying.
Quali-1:
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1 Anthony Reid 1m 21.132s
2 Mat Jackson 1m 21.158s
3 Gordon Shedden 1m 21.196s
4 Jason Plato 1m 21.373s
5 Norbert Michelisz 1m 21.404s
6 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1m 21.589s
7 Paul O'Neill 1m 21.632s
8 Tom Coronel 1m 21.674s
9 Tom Chilton 1m 21.760s
10 James Thompson 1m 21.788s
11 Dave Pinkney 1m 21.799s
12 Colin Turkington 1m 21.841s
13 Matt Neal 1m 21.842s
14 Carl Breeze 1m 21.879s
15 Nick Foster 1m 22.030s
16 Tom Onslow-Cole 1m 22.046s
17 Jonathan Adam 1m 22.049s
18 Rob Collard 1m 22.205s
19 James Nash 1m 22.248s
20 Andy Priaulx 1m 22.369s
21 Henry Ho 1m 22.405s
22 Alan Morrison 1m 22.437s
23 Gavin Smith 1m 22.548s
24 Adam Jones 1m 22.554s
25 Marko Asmer 1m 23.069s
26 Chris James 1m 23.191s
DNQ:
27 Arthur Forster
28 Martin Depper
Anthony Reid took pole at the circuit where he showed much pace on Media Day, with Jackson alongside him on the front row. Championship leader Plato lined up fourth, but WSR put on a mediocre showing, Chilton ninth and Turkington a poor twelfth.
Race 1 (video here
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³ 1st Gordon Shedden 28m 01.892s ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 2nd James Thompson +2.330s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 3rd Tom Coronel +5.534s ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 4th Jason Plato +5.610s ³
³ SEAT Sport - SEAT ³
³ 5th Matt Neal +8.758s ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
³ 6th Anthony Reid +12.112s ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 7th Nick Foster +15.991s ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 8th Jonathan Adam +28.773s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 9th Andy Priaulx +36.905s ³
³ Boulevard - SEAT ³
³ 10th Paul O'Neill +39.849s ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 11th Dave Pinkney +49.928s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 12th James Nash +52.571s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 13th Norbert Michelisz +57.267s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 14th Alan Morrison +1m 00.873s ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 15th Rob Collard +1m 00.951s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 16th Colin Turkington +1m 03.238s ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 17th Adam Jones +1m 07.531s ³
³ SEAT Sport - SEAT ³
³ 18th Tom Onslow-Cole +1m 14.649s ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 19th Chris James +1m 18.868s ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
³ 20th Fabrizio Giovanardi +1m 21.146s ³
³ VXR - Vauxhall ³
³ 21st Gavin Smith -1 Lap ³
³ Tempus - BMW ³
³ 22nd Henry Ho -1 Lap ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 23rd Tom Chilton -1 Lap ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 24th Marko Asmer -1 Lap ³
³ Tempus - BMW ³
³ 25th Mat Jackson -1 Lap ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 26th Carl Breeze Didn't Finish ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
Shedden had the best start, and led almost the entire race. He did not have it easy, however, as, well ahead of the main field, he was involved in a three-way battle with Thompson and Coronel, with Plato joining in later, having set fastest lap catching up- the Scotsman held off all three. Matt Neal finally got to show the speed of the C30 again with a fine, albeit rather lonely fifth place, while for the most of the race almost everybody else was sixth, stuck in a Trulli Jackson Train, most making it past the BMW driver, including Andy Priaulx, who managed to drag the recalcitrant Toledo into ninth in a furious midfield. At the other end of this queue, Colin Turkington had a torrid time, finishing well outside the points after suffering a poor start and getting caught up in a number of collisions with tail-enders. In fact, no BMWs made it into the top 10 in Race 1 at all, suffering from a complete lack of pace.
Quali-2:
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1 Anthony Reid 1m 19.497s
2 Gordon Shedden 1m 19.502s
3 Jason Plato 1m 19.534s
4 Jonathan Adam 1m 19.592s
5 Mat Jackson 1m 19.602s
6 Matt Neal 1m 19.672s
7 Rob Collard 1m 19.753s
8 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1m 19.764s
9 Norbert Michelisz 1m 19.782s
10 Colin Turkington 1m 19.809s
11 James Thompson 1m 19.880s
12 Carl Breeze 1m 19.905s
13 Paul O'Neill 1m 20.031s
14 Dave Pinkney 1m 20.075s
15 Tom Chilton 1m 20.152s
16 Tom Coronel 1m 20.232s
17 Andy Priaulx 1m 20.383s
18 Tom Onslow-Cole 1m 20.513s
19 James Nash 1m 20.580s
20 Gavin Smith 1m 20.589s
21 Adam Jones 1m 20.650s
22 Marko Asmer 1m 20.753s
23 Nick Foster 1m 20.798s
24 Henry Ho 1m 21.049s
25 Alan Morrison 1m 21.078s
26 Chris James 1m 21.122s
DNQ:
27 Arthur Forster
28 Martin Depper
Reid got pole again, with Race 1 winner Shedden alongside. Plato qualified third, but Turkington struggled again, lining up 10th. Depper and VXR substitute Arthur Forster failed to qualify.
Race 2: (video http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x54tfld)
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³ 1st Gordon Shedden 27m 56.437s ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 2nd Rob Collard +0.549s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 3rd Jason Plato +0.824s ³
³ SEAT Sport - SEAT ³
³ 4th Jonathan Adam +3.324s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 5th Matt Neal +5.965s ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
³ 6th Fabrizio Giovanardi +10.853s ³
³ VXR - Vauxhall ³
³ 7th Anthony Reid +13.164s ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 8th Tom Chilton +14.762s ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 9th Norbert Michelisz +19.241s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 10th Dave Pinkney +32.927s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 11th James Thompson +34.651s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 12th James Nash +48.427s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 13th Paul O'Neill +48.508s ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 14th Nick Foster +50.542s ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 15th Adam Jones +52.113s ³
³ SEAT Sport - SEAT ³
³ 16th Gavin Smith +53.187s ³
³ Tempus - BMW ³
³ 17th Tom Coronel +53.273s ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 18th Tom Onslow-Cole +1m 02.527s ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 19th Henry Ho +1m 06.067s ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 20th Colin Turkington +1m 08.683s ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 21st Alan Morrison +1m 10.474s ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 22nd Chris James +1m 16.673s ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
³ 23rd Andy Priaulx +1m 17.593s ³
³ Boulevard - SEAT ³
³ 24th Mat Jackson -1 Lap ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 25th Carl Breeze Didn't Finish ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 26th Marko Asmer Didn't Finish ³
³ Tempus - BMW ³
Reid led for the first lap, but was soon passed by a stream of cars led by eventual winner Shedden. The Arena cars performed much better in Race 2, Collard a season-best second place with Adam fourth, being split by Plato, who also set fastest lap, signalling the death-knell for Turkington's championship ambitions. The WSR driver had a decent getaway and was closing in on the points places in the early stages of the race, before being sent spinning into a gravel trap by Norbert Michelisz, dropping him to the back from which he could only recover to 20th. Matt Neal and Anthony Reid again had decent, breakdown-free races, in fifth and seventh respectively. Michelisz got the most power for the reverse grid, (but Chilton got the pole).
Race 3: (video here)
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³ 1st Tom Chilton 28m 11.201s ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 2nd Anthony Reid +1.802s ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 3rd Jason Plato +6.302s ³
³ SEAT Sport - SEAT ³
³ 4th Colin Turkington +11.600s ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 5th Carl Breeze +17.736s ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 6th James Thompson +33.799s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 7th Fabrizio Giovanardi +34.639s ³
³ VXR - Vauxhall ³
³ 8th Norbert Michelisz +40.450s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 9th Gordon Shedden +44.401s ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 10th Alan Morrison +1m 00.058s ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 11th Dave Pinkney +1m 14.282s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 12th Nick Foster +1m 19.054s ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 13th Tom Onslow-Cole +1m 20.735s ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 14th Adam Jones -1 Lap ³
³ SEAT Sport - SEAT ³
³ 15th Mat Jackson -1 Lap ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 16th Jonathan Adam -1 Lap ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 17th Rob Collard -1 Lap ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 18th Matt Neal -1 Lap ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
³ 19th Marko Asmer -1 Lap ³
³ Tempus - BMW ³
³ 20th Henry Ho -1 Lap ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 21st James Nash -1 Lap ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 22nd Chris James -1 Lap ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
³ 23rd Andy Priaulx -1 Lap ³
³ Boulevard - SEAT ³
³ 24th Gavin Smith -1 Lap ³
³ Tempus - BMW ³
³ 25th Paul O'Neill -3 Laps ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 26th Tom Coronel -3 Laps ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
Tom Chilton led from lights to flag, but when lapping backmarkers, the chasing Reid (who managed to get his first podium of the year) and Plato (who set fastest lap again got very close (Within a second) to him, leading to a tense few closing laps. Turkington, after starting from a lowly position again, put in a spirited drive to fight his way to fourth place, only two seconds behind Plato, but it was too little, too late- he had lost the championship.
Standings After Round 27
Drivers Championship After R1-27
1 Plato 251
2 Turkington 197
3 Shedden 195
4 Giovanardi 142
5 Chilton 121
6 Thompson 113
7 Coronel 108
8 Menu 93
9 Michelisz 83
10 Collard 79
11 Adam 77
12 O'Neill 72
13 Reid 66
14 Smith 46
15 Neal 33
=15 Jackson 33
17 Onslow-Cole 32
=17 Breeze 32
19 Foster 24
20 Nash 19
21 Morrison 10
22 George 9
23 Neate 8
=23 Jones 8
25 Pinkney 5
26 Priaulx 2
Being 54 points ahead with only 50 left to earn, Jason Plato is the 2009 TCBY Virtual BTCC Champion. However, the battle for second will go down to the wire at Brands Hatch, Shedden closing to within two points of Turkington after the latter's nightmare weekend.
Independent Driver Championship After R1-27
1 Shedden 288
2 Coronel 209
3 O'Neill 160
4 Michelisz 162
5 Breeze 125
6 Smith 118
=6 Onslow-Cole 118
8 Foster 106
9 Reid 101
10 Morrison 83
11 Neal 81
12 Jackson 59
13 George 51
14 Pinkney 47
15 Ho 33
16 Asmer 29
17 James 9
18 Priaulx 5
Gordon Shedden also sealed the Independent crown for himself, being 79 points ahead of Coronel.
Teams Championship after R1-27
1 WSR 318
2 Seat 259
3 VXR 235
4 Clyde Valley Racing 227
5 Arena 156
6 GR Asia 132
=6 RML 132
8 Maxtreme Motorsport 88
9 Tech-Speed 82
10 TH 66
11 Motorbase 65
12 Tempus Sport 46
13 Eurotech 33
14 BTC Racing 9
15 Team Dynamics 8
16 Boulevard Team Racing 2
The teams championship is yet to be decided however, as Seat is only 68 points behind WSR, though it is likely the latter will take the title. RML and GR Asia are now on identical points in sixth, and CVR have closed on VXR for third. All teams have now scored.
Constructors Championship after R1-27
1 WSR/BMW 318
2 Seat 259
3 VXR/Vauxhall 235
4 Arena/Ford 156
5 RML/Chevrolet 132
6 Dynamics/Honda 8
Independent Teams Championship after R1-27
1 Clyde Valley Racing 413
2 GR Asia 315
3 Tech-Speed 243
4 Maxtreme 209
5 Motorbase 177
6 Tempus 144
7 TH 134
8 Eurotech 90
9 BTC Racing 51
10 Boulevard Team Racing 5
Clyde Valley Racing has managed to win the Independent Teams' title in their debut year, with a 98 point lead all but confirming them as champions.
Although three of the five championships have been finalised, there is still anticipation to see who takes the teams' (and constructors' ) crown at the season finale at the Brands Hatch circuit. Feel free to make upgrades or sack drivers (though methinks you're leaving it a bit late) before the final round, which I plan to run by next Monday at the latest.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Rockingham R25-27 Up!- Plato Champion
Clyde Valley Racing will sack Gordon Shedd.... 
Huzzah! Winning both of the titles we were only ever realistically in contention for, with a weekend to go, is a fantastic result for the season. I just hope the resulting prize money means we can hire a non-pleb for the other car in 2010.
Huzzah! Winning both of the titles we were only ever realistically in contention for, with a weekend to go, is a fantastic result for the season. I just hope the resulting prize money means we can hire a non-pleb for the other car in 2010.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Rockingham R25-27 Up!- Plato Champion
Would you guys be okay with me running the final rounds tomorrow, as i have the day off. It would mean that any upgrades (though why you are doing this so late I have no idea) will have to be told to me rather quickly (before midday tomorrow probably)
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This Could Be You wrote:Would you guys be okay with me running the final rounds tomorrow, as i have the day off. It would mean that any upgrades (though why you are doing this so late I have no idea) will have to be told to me rather quickly (before midday tomorrow probably)
One thing I'd like to know quickly before you press ahead is whether left over budgets from this year will roll over into the next season.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Rockingham R25-27 Up!- Plato Champion
Yes they will, and all teams will get prize money (in a hierarchy from first to last) as well.
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I just need confirmation from Dexter249 whether Menu will be back in the second Vauxhall at Brands Hatch and I can run those rounds. (nobody seems to want to upgrade or sack drivers)
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Rockingham R25-27 Up!- Plato Champion
I've been eyeing this thread over-and-over and resisting, but can I make a ridiculously late entry to save Alternative Fuel Motorsports from disappearing forever?This Could Be You wrote:I just need confirmation from Dexter249 whether Menu will be back in the second Vauxhall at Brands Hatch and I can run those rounds. (nobody seems to want to upgrade or sack drivers)
Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Rockingham R25-27 Up!- Plato Champion
This Could Be You wrote:I just need confirmation from Dexter249 whether Menu will be back in the second Vauxhall at Brands Hatch and I can run those rounds. (nobody seems to want to upgrade or sack drivers)
Menu Will be in the Second Vauxhall this round,
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Rockingham R25-27 Up!- Plato Champion
CVR will sack Carl Breeze and replace him with Tony Gilham.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Rockingham R25-27 Up!- Plato Champion
BioBiro wrote:I've been eyeing this thread over-and-over and resisting, but can I make a ridiculously late entry to save Alternative Fuel Motorsports from disappearing forever?This Could Be You wrote:I just need confirmation from Dexter249 whether Menu will be back in the second Vauxhall at Brands Hatch and I can run those rounds. (nobody seems to want to upgrade or sack drivers)
Sure, although if you waited, you could take over Amd Tuning or Forster next year instead. Post your car and driver choices in the next couple of days and you can be there at Brands Hatch.
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OK, thanks! Here we go!This Could Be You wrote:Sure, although if you waited, you could take over Amd Tuning or Forster next year instead. Post your car and driver choices in the next couple of days and you can be there at Brands Hatch.
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If we don't get the above, then we'll need to figure out conversion to diesel or LPG or something for some of the other cars on offer, because we refuse to use anything that runs on petrol, unless we're dead broke, in which case we might.
Driver #1
- Dan Eaves, to lead the team (15CR)
- OK, Tom Boardman will do, then (10CR)
- Nick Leason (2CR)
Driver #2
- My man, mah mayn mahn, Tom Ferrier, will be getting the chance he deserves in a competitve car in the BTCC. I know you haven't got any money, Tom, but I'll give you a free ride in my car (0CR)
- Eugene O'Brien (-5CR). I must be mad letting him return to the BTCC in one of my cars.
- Heck, I'll do it myself; Rick Kerry (0CR)
This outing at Brands Hatch will be mostly a test session for us.
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Your entry seems OK, although I'll have to make up talent files for Ferrier based on his past results.
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Re: 2009 Virtual BTCC- Rockingham R25-27 Up!- Plato Champion
As promised (though admittedly a bit late) here the results for the final rounds of the 2009 Virtual BTCC:
Pre-Qualifying:
The AFM Racing team made their belated return to the series for Brand Hatch GP pre-qualifying, and surprised everyone by topping the session, having two consistent drivers paying off. Eurotech also pre-qualified, though not as safely as Boulevard got very close to beating them.
Quali-1:
Shedden took pole for round 28, putting in him just one point behind Turkington in the fight for second, with Jackson second. Both AFM cars qualified, Eaves and Ferrier dragging the underdeveloped 120ds to credible 16th and 17th places on the grid. Tempus' Marko Asmer and Eurotech's Chris James therefore failed to qualify.
Race 1 (video here, there are some display issues with it)
Shedden got the best start and led the first half of the race, Giovanardi shading him. The Italian then managed to take the lead, but by then Jason Plato, after a series of fastest laps, had caught them up, taking the lead and then building an unassailable gap; the newly crowned champion clearing wasn't resting on his laurels. WSR was still struggling to find any pace in their BMWs, with Turkington only 7th and Chilton outside the points, dropping the former to third in the championship. At the back of the field, the AFM BMWs of Eaves and Ferrier, which had dropped back at the start both retired with suspension failure mere metres from eachother.
Quali-2:
This time Mat Jackson scored the point for pole, with Shedden beside him. Tom Coronel was an impressive third, and Dan Eaves improved his grid position by one place to 15th for Race 2. Marko Asmer and Henry Ho in the Peugeot 407 failed to qualify.
Race 2: (video http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x55gj5t)
Shedden again took an early lead, being chased by Coronel this time round. The Dutchman took the lead off Shedden, but much like Giovanardi in Race 1, he immediately had a charging Plato in a factory Seat in his mirrors. Coronel fended the faster car off well for several laps, but the champion got past on lap 14. Turkington had a much better race, but continued to fall behind Shedden in the championship as he failed to beat the CVR driver, even after he spun late in the race. AFM recorded their first finish, albeit last of the runners and with crash damage on Ferrier's car after a pile-up involving the 888 drivers. James Nash, who finished eighth got the reverse pole.
Race 3: (video here
Nash lost the lead by the first corner, with Arena's Rob Collard instead placing himself into a position he wouldn't relinquish for the rest of the race, taking his only victory of the year, and a comfortable one at that. Behind however, things were more interesting; the RML cars of Nash and Thompson initially ran second and third, but when the 2004 champion made past, Nash was quickly caught by a chasing pack of Plato, Shedden and Michelisz, the four-car group squabbling for position all race. Also notable was the attrition; Tom Ferrier had the ingominy of engine failure within the first couple of laps, and Colin Turkington's ultimately disappointing season ended quietly with suspension failure not long after, which led to many unfancied cars vying for point, such as Onslow-Cole in the Motorbase car in 9th, Dan Eaves also looking on target before his engine detonated likes his teammate when running in 13th. Jason Plato set the final fastest lap of the season.
So, with the season over, here are the final standings for 2009:
Drivers Championship After R1-30
1 Plato 296
2 Shedden 226
3 Turkington 209
4 Giovanardi 159
5 Thompson 137
6 Chilton 122
=6 Coronel 122
8 Collard 102
9 Michelisz 99
10 Menu 97
11 Adam 85
12 O'Neill 73
13 Reid 66
14 Smith 46
15 Jackson 34
=15 Onslow-Cole 34
17 Neal 33
18 Breeze 32
19 Nash 27
20 Foster 24
21 Morrison 10
22 George 9
=22 Pinkney 9
24 Neate 8
=24 Jones 8
26 Priaulx 2
NC James 0
NC Ho 0
NC Asmer 0
NC Colciago 0
NC Eaves 0
NC Ferrier 0
NC Gilham 0
NC Stockton 0
NC Depper 0
NC Forster 0
NC Kilizirmak 0
Plato's final winning margin was a relatively large 70 points over Gordon Shedden, who pipped Turkington for second place in the championship at the final round. The Motorbase drivers were completely equally matched in the end on 34 points, while Adam Jones' points total of only 8 highlighted a very disappointing season full of poor luck and missed oppurtunities. 11 drivers failed to score over the course of the season.
Independent Driver Championship After R1-30
1 Shedden 333
2 Coronel 230
3 Michelisz 196
4 O'Neill 171
5 Onslow-Cole 142
6 Smith 125
=6 Breeze 125
8 Foster 116
9 Reid 107
10 Morrison 89
11 Neal 81
12 Pinkney 65
13 Jackson 60
14 George 51
15 Ho 40
16 Asmer 29
17 James 9
=17 Gilham 9
19 Priaulx 5
20 Eaves 3
21 Ferrier 2
NC Stockton 0
NC Depper 0
NC Kilizirmak 0
Shedden won by over 100 points from Coronel, with Michelisz taking a stunning third in the independents' ranking after only a half season at debutants Maxtreme.
Teams Championship after R1-30
1 WSR 331
2 Seat 304
3 Clyde Valley Racing 258
4 VXR 256
5 Arena 187
6 RML 164
7 GR Asia 146
8 Maxtreme Motorsport 108
9 Tech-Speed 83
10 Motorbase 68
11 TH 66
12 Tempus Sport 46
13 Eurotech 33
14 BTC Racing 9
15 Team Dynamics 8
16 Boulevard Team Racing 2
NC AFM Racing 0
Even after choking away their chances at a drivers' title and seeming off the pace in the final few races, West Surrey Racing held onto the Teams championship, albeit with a much reduced margin. CVR improved to an incredible third place in their first year in the series, beating reigning champions VX Racing among others, while series stalwarts such as Motorbase, Eurotech and Dynamics floundered, the latter recording its worst finish ever of 15th. Only late entry AFM failed to score.
Constructors Championship after R1-30
1 WSR/BMW 331
2 Seat 304
3 VXR/Vauxhall 256
4 Arena/Ford 187
5 RML/Chevrolet 164
6 Dynamics/Honda 8
Independent Teams Championship after R1-30
1 Clyde Valley Racing 458
2 GR Asia 346
3 Tech-Speed 260
4 Maxtreme 261
5 Motorbase 202
6 Tempus 154
7 TH 147
8 Eurotech 90
9 BTC Racing 51
10 Boulevard Team Racing 5
=10 AFM Racing 5
CVR won the Independent teams' championship by a huge margin to top off a near-perfect debut, GR Asia over 100 points behind in second (yet nearly 100 ahead of everybody else). Only Boulevard and AFM scored less than 50 points in what was a very competitive season as a whole.
To recap:
Drivers' Champion: Jason Plato (GBR, Seat Sport UK)
Teams' Champion: West Surrey Racing
Constructors' Champion: West Surrey Racing/ BMW
Independent Drivers' Champion : Gordon Shedden (GBR, Clyde Valley Racing)
Independent Teams' Champion : Clyde Valley Racing
There is still one award left to give, and that up to you to award: the John B&Q Reject of the Year Award 2009! Simply nominate your top three worst drivers/teams/cars and these will be collated (alongside my opinion) to award this. You have until next week to nominate your picks, and feel free to offer any feedback which can be used to help improve the running of this series for 2010 (I know it hasn't been perfect, what with the repeat races, Seat issues and GP2 self-destructing twice, but oh well).
Pre-Qualifying:
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1 Matt Neal 1m 19.837s
2 Andy Priaulx 1m 19.853s (DNPQ)
3 Tom Ferrier 1m 20.207s
4 Dan Eaves 1m 20.453s
5 John George 1m 20.913s (DNPQ)
6 Chris James 1m 21.537s
7 Andy Neate 1m 21.722s (DNPQ)
8 Roberto Colciago 1m 21.923s (DNPQ)
9 Martin Depper 1m 22.292s (DNPQ)
10 Chris Stockton 1m 26.826s (DNPQ)
Aggregate:
1 AFM Racing 3m 00.660s
2 Eurotech 3m 01.374s
3 Boulevard 3m 02.145s (DNPQ)
4 Dynamics 3m 03.645s (DNPQ)
5 BTC Racing 3m 07.739s (DNPQ)
The AFM Racing team made their belated return to the series for Brand Hatch GP pre-qualifying, and surprised everyone by topping the session, having two consistent drivers paying off. Eurotech also pre-qualified, though not as safely as Boulevard got very close to beating them.
Quali-1:
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1 Gordon Shedden 1m 19.035s
2 Mat Jackson 1m 19.138s
3 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1m 19.214s
4 James Thompson 1m 19.446s
5 Norbert Michelisz 1m 19.509s
6 Dave Pinkney 1m 19.639s
7 Anthony Reid 1m 19.641s
8 Tom Coronel 1m 19.650s
9 Jason Plato 1m 19.713s
10 Matt Neal 1m 19.735s
11 Colin Turkington 1m 19.777s
12 Jonathan Adam 1m 19.790s
13 Rob Collard 1m 19.868s
14 Paul O'Neill 1m 19.887s
15 Alain Menu 1m 19.982s
16 Dan Eaves 1m 20.122s
17 Tom Ferrier 1m 20.356s
18 Tom Onslow-Cole 1m 20.365s
19 Tom Chilton 1m 20.502s
20 James Nash 1m 20.510s
21 Nick Foster 1m 20.868s
22 Henry Ho 1m 20.954s
23 Tony Gilham 1m 21.042s
24 Gavin Smith 1m 21.049s
25 Adam Jones 1m 21.090s
26 Alan Morrison 1m 21.148s
DNQ:
27 Asmer
28 James
Shedden took pole for round 28, putting in him just one point behind Turkington in the fight for second, with Jackson second. Both AFM cars qualified, Eaves and Ferrier dragging the underdeveloped 120ds to credible 16th and 17th places on the grid. Tempus' Marko Asmer and Eurotech's Chris James therefore failed to qualify.
Race 1 (video here, there are some display issues with it)
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³ 1st Jason Plato 27m 34.826s ³
³ SEAT Sport - SEAT ³
³ 2nd Fabrizio Giovanardi +12.802s ³
³ VXR - Vauxhall ³
³ 3rd Gordon Shedden +15.250s ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 4th Jonathan Adam +16.324s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 5th James Thompson +18.860s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 6th Norbert Michelisz +19.107s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 7th Colin Turkington +22.474s ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 8th Rob Collard +22.627s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 9th Dave Pinkney +37.936s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 10th Alain Menu +40.129s ³
³ VXR - Vauxhall ³
³ 11th Adam Jones +43.062s ³
³ SEAT Sport - SEAT ³
³ 12th Tom Chilton +45.624s ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 13th Tom Onslow-Cole +1m 14.389s ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 14th Henry Ho +1m 15.294s ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 15th James Nash +1m 21.647s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 16th Tony Gilham -1 Lap ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 17th Alan Morrison -1 Lap ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 18th Gavin Smith -1 Lap ³
³ Tempus - BMW ³
³ 19th Paul O'Neill -1 Lap ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 20th Nick Foster -1 Lap ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 21st Mat Jackson -1 Lap ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 22nd Anthony Reid -2 Laps ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 23rd Tom Coronel Engine ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 24th Tom Ferrier Suspension ³
³ AFM - BMW ³
³ 25th Dan Eaves Suspension ³
³ AFM - BMW ³
³ 26th Matt Neal Electrical ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
Shedden got the best start and led the first half of the race, Giovanardi shading him. The Italian then managed to take the lead, but by then Jason Plato, after a series of fastest laps, had caught them up, taking the lead and then building an unassailable gap; the newly crowned champion clearing wasn't resting on his laurels. WSR was still struggling to find any pace in their BMWs, with Turkington only 7th and Chilton outside the points, dropping the former to third in the championship. At the back of the field, the AFM BMWs of Eaves and Ferrier, which had dropped back at the start both retired with suspension failure mere metres from eachother.
Quali-2:
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1 Mat Jackson 1m 19.143s
2 Gordon Shedden 1m 19.179s
3 Tom Coronel 1m 19.321s
4 Norbert Michelisz 1m 19.508s
5 Anthony Reid 1m 19.564s
6 James Thompson 1m 19.619s
7 Jason Plato 1m 19.632s
8 Colin Turkington 1m 19.672s
9 Matt Neal 1m 19.682s
10 Jonathan Adam 1m 19.727s
11 Paul O'Neill 1m 19.774s
12 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1m 19.794s
13 Rob Collard 1m 19.951s
14 Dave Pinkney 1m 20.003s
15 Dan Eaves 1m 20.052s
16 Tom Onslow-Cole 1m 20.209s
17 Alain Menu 1m 20.260s
18 James Nash 1m 20.325s
19 Tom Chilton 1m 20.374s
20 Nick Foster 1m 20.384s
21 Tom Ferrier 1m 20.413s
22 Tony Gilham 1m 20.936s
23 Alan Morrison 1m 20.974s
24 Chris James 1m 20.995s
25 Adam Jones 1m 21.026s
26 Gavin Smith 1m 21.187s
DNQ:
27 Ho
28 Asmer
This time Mat Jackson scored the point for pole, with Shedden beside him. Tom Coronel was an impressive third, and Dan Eaves improved his grid position by one place to 15th for Race 2. Marko Asmer and Henry Ho in the Peugeot 407 failed to qualify.
Race 2: (video http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x55gj5t)
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1st Jason Plato 27m 42.917s ³
³ SEAT Sport - SEAT ³
³ 2nd Tom Coronel +2.171s ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 3rd Gordon Shedden +7.175s ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 4th Colin Turkington +7.274s ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 5th James Thompson +14.313s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 6th Norbert Michelisz +15.689s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 7th Rob Collard +24.576s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 8th James Nash +32.702s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 9th Dave Pinkney +35.792s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 10th Tom Chilton +36.058s ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 11th Fabrizio Giovanardi +45.129s ³
³ VXR - Vauxhall ³
³ 12th Tom Onslow-Cole +56.339s ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 13th Adam Jones +1m 04.676s ³
³ SEAT Sport - SEAT ³
³ 14th Nick Foster +1m 05.301s ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 15th Jonathan Adam +1m 05.885s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 16th Tony Gilham +1m 15.454s ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 17th Dan Eaves +1m 16.249s ³
³ AFM - BMW ³
³ 18th Tom Ferrier +1m 18.806s ³
³ AFM - BMW ³
³ 19th Gavin Smith -1 Lap ³
³ Tempus - BMW ³
³ 20th Alain Menu -1 Lap ³
³ VXR - Vauxhall ³
³ 21st Mat Jackson -1 Lap ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 22nd Anthony Reid Suspension ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 23rd Chris James Transmission ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
³ 24th Matt Neal Oil Leak ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
³ 25th Alan Morrison Water Leak ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 26th Paul O'Neill Electrical ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
Shedden again took an early lead, being chased by Coronel this time round. The Dutchman took the lead off Shedden, but much like Giovanardi in Race 1, he immediately had a charging Plato in a factory Seat in his mirrors. Coronel fended the faster car off well for several laps, but the champion got past on lap 14. Turkington had a much better race, but continued to fall behind Shedden in the championship as he failed to beat the CVR driver, even after he spun late in the race. AFM recorded their first finish, albeit last of the runners and with crash damage on Ferrier's car after a pile-up involving the 888 drivers. James Nash, who finished eighth got the reverse pole.
Race 3: (video here
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³ 1st Rob Collard 27m 33.239s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 2nd James Thompson +5.426s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 3rd Jason Plato +14.225s ³
³ SEAT Sport - SEAT ³
³ 4th Gordon Shedden +18.074s ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 5th Norbert Michelisz +20.865s ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 6th James Nash +23.731s ³
³ RML - Chevrolet ³
³ 7th Fabrizio Giovanardi +26.101s ³
³ VXR - Vauxhall ³
³ 8th Alain Menu +28.804s ³
³ VXR - Vauxhall ³
³ 9th Tom Onslow-Cole +37.397s ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 10th Paul O'Neill +38.682s ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 11th Anthony Reid +51.863s ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 12th Nick Foster +52.988s ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 13th Tom Coronel +53.494s ³
³ GR Asia - SEAT ³
³ 14th Adam Jones +1m 01.358s ³
³ SEAT Sport - SEAT ³
³ 15th Jonathan Adam +1m 15.399s ³
³ Arena - Ford ³
³ 16th Gavin Smith +1m 17.679s ³
³ Tempus - BMW ³
³ 17th Alan Morrison +1m 20.622s ³
³ Tech-Speed - Alfa Romeo ³
³ 18th Henry Ho +1m 23.967s ³
³ TH - Peugeot ³
³ 19th Matt Neal -2 Laps ³
³ Eurotech - Volvo ³
³ 20th Mat Jackson Suspension ³
³ Motorbase - BMW ³
³ 21st Tom Chilton Engine ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 22nd Dan Eaves Oil Leak ³
³ AFM - BMW ³
³ 23rd Tony Gilham Electrical ³
³ Clyde Valley - SEAT ³
³ 24th Colin Turkington Suspension ³
³ Team RAC - BMW ³
³ 25th Dave Pinkney Suspension ³
³ Maxtreme - BMW ³
³ 26th Tom Ferrier Oil Leak ³
³ AFM - BMW ³
Nash lost the lead by the first corner, with Arena's Rob Collard instead placing himself into a position he wouldn't relinquish for the rest of the race, taking his only victory of the year, and a comfortable one at that. Behind however, things were more interesting; the RML cars of Nash and Thompson initially ran second and third, but when the 2004 champion made past, Nash was quickly caught by a chasing pack of Plato, Shedden and Michelisz, the four-car group squabbling for position all race. Also notable was the attrition; Tom Ferrier had the ingominy of engine failure within the first couple of laps, and Colin Turkington's ultimately disappointing season ended quietly with suspension failure not long after, which led to many unfancied cars vying for point, such as Onslow-Cole in the Motorbase car in 9th, Dan Eaves also looking on target before his engine detonated likes his teammate when running in 13th. Jason Plato set the final fastest lap of the season.
So, with the season over, here are the final standings for 2009:
Drivers Championship After R1-30
1 Plato 296
2 Shedden 226
3 Turkington 209
4 Giovanardi 159
5 Thompson 137
6 Chilton 122
=6 Coronel 122
8 Collard 102
9 Michelisz 99
10 Menu 97
11 Adam 85
12 O'Neill 73
13 Reid 66
14 Smith 46
15 Jackson 34
=15 Onslow-Cole 34
17 Neal 33
18 Breeze 32
19 Nash 27
20 Foster 24
21 Morrison 10
22 George 9
=22 Pinkney 9
24 Neate 8
=24 Jones 8
26 Priaulx 2
NC James 0
NC Ho 0
NC Asmer 0
NC Colciago 0
NC Eaves 0
NC Ferrier 0
NC Gilham 0
NC Stockton 0
NC Depper 0
NC Forster 0
NC Kilizirmak 0
Plato's final winning margin was a relatively large 70 points over Gordon Shedden, who pipped Turkington for second place in the championship at the final round. The Motorbase drivers were completely equally matched in the end on 34 points, while Adam Jones' points total of only 8 highlighted a very disappointing season full of poor luck and missed oppurtunities. 11 drivers failed to score over the course of the season.
Independent Driver Championship After R1-30
1 Shedden 333
2 Coronel 230
3 Michelisz 196
4 O'Neill 171
5 Onslow-Cole 142
6 Smith 125
=6 Breeze 125
8 Foster 116
9 Reid 107
10 Morrison 89
11 Neal 81
12 Pinkney 65
13 Jackson 60
14 George 51
15 Ho 40
16 Asmer 29
17 James 9
=17 Gilham 9
19 Priaulx 5
20 Eaves 3
21 Ferrier 2
NC Stockton 0
NC Depper 0
NC Kilizirmak 0
Shedden won by over 100 points from Coronel, with Michelisz taking a stunning third in the independents' ranking after only a half season at debutants Maxtreme.
Teams Championship after R1-30
1 WSR 331
2 Seat 304
3 Clyde Valley Racing 258
4 VXR 256
5 Arena 187
6 RML 164
7 GR Asia 146
8 Maxtreme Motorsport 108
9 Tech-Speed 83
10 Motorbase 68
11 TH 66
12 Tempus Sport 46
13 Eurotech 33
14 BTC Racing 9
15 Team Dynamics 8
16 Boulevard Team Racing 2
NC AFM Racing 0
Even after choking away their chances at a drivers' title and seeming off the pace in the final few races, West Surrey Racing held onto the Teams championship, albeit with a much reduced margin. CVR improved to an incredible third place in their first year in the series, beating reigning champions VX Racing among others, while series stalwarts such as Motorbase, Eurotech and Dynamics floundered, the latter recording its worst finish ever of 15th. Only late entry AFM failed to score.
Constructors Championship after R1-30
1 WSR/BMW 331
2 Seat 304
3 VXR/Vauxhall 256
4 Arena/Ford 187
5 RML/Chevrolet 164
6 Dynamics/Honda 8
Independent Teams Championship after R1-30
1 Clyde Valley Racing 458
2 GR Asia 346
3 Tech-Speed 260
4 Maxtreme 261
5 Motorbase 202
6 Tempus 154
7 TH 147
8 Eurotech 90
9 BTC Racing 51
10 Boulevard Team Racing 5
=10 AFM Racing 5
CVR won the Independent teams' championship by a huge margin to top off a near-perfect debut, GR Asia over 100 points behind in second (yet nearly 100 ahead of everybody else). Only Boulevard and AFM scored less than 50 points in what was a very competitive season as a whole.
To recap:
Drivers' Champion: Jason Plato (GBR, Seat Sport UK)
Teams' Champion: West Surrey Racing
Constructors' Champion: West Surrey Racing/ BMW
Independent Drivers' Champion : Gordon Shedden (GBR, Clyde Valley Racing)
Independent Teams' Champion : Clyde Valley Racing
There is still one award left to give, and that up to you to award: the John B&Q Reject of the Year Award 2009! Simply nominate your top three worst drivers/teams/cars and these will be collated (alongside my opinion) to award this. You have until next week to nominate your picks, and feel free to offer any feedback which can be used to help improve the running of this series for 2010 (I know it hasn't been perfect, what with the repeat races, Seat issues and GP2 self-destructing twice, but oh well).
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Named after HRT, now on HRT
Named after HRT, now on HRT