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Can I get any money back for selling my BMW 320s? I know I can't spend money I get back on upgrading the SEATs; this is fine.
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DemocalypseNow wrote:Can I get any money back for selling my BMW 320s? I know I can't spend money I get back on upgrading the SEATs; this is fine.

I don't think that would be particularly fair unless I let everybody else sell their '09 cars, which would mess up the budgets; sorry, you can't as of yet.
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Re: 2010 Virtual BTCC- Brands Hatch GP Up!

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Here are the upgrade RNGs before the rounds at Oulton Park:

Motorbase Race Pace I
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result:27, meaning Motorbase makes some improvements to their Civics in their quest to avoid having to pre-qualify...

Motorbase Race Pace II
1-60 Succeed, 61-100 Fail
Result: 9, ...and follow this up with further developments

Motorbase Quali Pace
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result:96, so attempts to improve the horrendous qualifying performances this year are not successful.

Boulevard Engine Power I
1-50 Succeed, 51-100 Fail
Result: 75, meaning Boulevard blows more money on fruitless development

Boulevard Engine Power II
1-50 Succeed, 51-100 Fail
Result: 92, leaving Boulevard with no development and an even bigger funding deficit

Maxtreme Engine Power
1-60 Succeed, 61-100 Fail
Result: 14, meaning Maxtreme will have a more powerful engine to aid them in holding on to their lead...
Maxtreme Race Pace
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result:80 ...but are unable to find any extra race pace

The actual races will probably be up in the next couple of days.
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I'll sign up into the waiting list, if possible.

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Reject_Dom wrote:I'll sign up into the waiting list, if possible.

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I'm deee~lighted to announce that enthusiastic team owner-to-be, Reject_Dom, has made me an offer I cannot refuse, and purchased Alternative Fuel Motorsport.

I'll remember my time in the British Touring Car Championship with considerable fondness, and wish him all the success in the world!
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Re: 2010 Virtual BTCC- Oulton Park Up!

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Really late again (I did have to races done by Monday night, but have been stupidly busy since) but here are the results from Rounds 10-12 at Oulton Park:

Pre-Qualifying:

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1 Matt Neal                    
1m 33.603s (DNPQ)                 
2 Stephen Kane                 
1m 33.864s               
3 Andy Neate                   
1m 33.952s (DNPQ)                   
4 Gavin Smith                                           
1m 34.031s (DNPQ)               
5 John George                   
1m 34.077s                   
6 Tom Onslow-Cole                     
1m 34.338s (DNPQ)                       
7 Tom Ferrier                 
1m 34.454s                 
8 Dan Eaves                                         
1m 34.535s                   
9 James Kaye                   
1m 34.553s (DNPQ)                 
10 Martin Depper                                           
1m 35.111s (DNPQ)                   
11 Alex MacDowell                   
1m 35.301s (DNPQ)
12 Carl Breeze                                         
1m 35.695s (DNPQ)       
13 Chris James                 
1m 35.736s (DNPQ)                   
14 Paul O'Neill                                           
No Time (DNPQ)

Aggregate:
1 BTC Racing 3m 07.941s
2 AFM Racing 3m 08.989
3 AmD Tuning 3m 09.142 (DNPQ)
4 Eurotech   3m 09.449 (DNPQ)
5 Boulevard  3m 09.688 (DNPQ)
6 Forster    3m 10.248 (DNPQ)
NC Tech-Speed No Time   (DNPQ)     
       

In the final pre-qualifying before it's recalculation, Matt Neal topped the times for Tech-Speed, but the 407's awful reliability meant that O'Neill couldn't set a time, taking the team out of the equation entirely for the session. Instead it was BTC Racing who topped the aggregate times at the scene of their first DNPQ last year, helped by a lacklustre time by Alex MacDowell scuppering AmD's chances against them. In fact, the Scot's time was so poor that the second team to make it out of the session was in fact the more consistent AFM lineup, albeit over a second off the pace of BTC Racing; this must surely be a boost for the team however as rumours of a management buyout linger around the paddock. Debutants Forster were the last team classified in the session, half a second off decidedly lacklustre efforts from Boulevard and the faltering Eurotech squad.

Quali-1:

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1 Tom Chilton                     
1m 31.102s                     
2 Yvan Muller                                             
1m 31.631s           
3 Alain Menu                     
1m 31.826s                     
4 Jordi Gene                                             
1m 31.875s                       
5 Jonathan Adam                   
1m 31.917s                     
6 Norbert Michelisz                                         
1m 32.011s             
7 Jason Plato                     
1m 32.286s                     
8 Gordon Shedden                                           
1m 32.816s                     
9 Colin Turkington                   
1m 32.894s                     
10 James Thompson                                           
1m 32.935s                   
11 Augusto Farfus                   
1m 33.047s                     
12 Tom Coronel                                           
1m 33.542s                   
13 Stephen Kane                     
1m 33.630s                   
14 Nick Foster                                           
1m 33.706s                 
15 Andrew Jordan                   
1m 33.771s                     
16 Jeff Smith                                             
1m 33.882s                   
17 Fabrizio Giovanardi               
1m 33.895s                     
18 James Nash                                             
1m 33.910s                     
19 Ben Collins                   
1m 34.092s                     
20 John George                                             
1m 34.115s                     
21 Mat Jackson                     
1m 34.121s                     
22 Dave Pinkney                                             
1m 34.142s                   
23 Arthur Forster                   
1m 34.481s                     
24 Tom Ferrier                                             
1m 34.495s                       
25 Dan Eaves                     
1m 34.676s                     
26 Mehdi Bennani                                           
1m 34.703s
DNQ:
27 Tony Gilham
28 Rob Collard     

It was a Chilton-Muller front row for race 1, with championship challengers (it really is a two-horse race already...) Menu and Michelisz in 3rd and 6th respectively. Stephen Kane turned heads with another impressive quali session, putting his BMW 13th, one place behind Tom Coronel, who seemed to be able to extract more pace from the Focus than has been shown of late; not that serial poor qualifier Rob Collard could do anything with it, as he failed to qualify, joining Tony Gilham on the sidelines.

Race 1: (video coming soon)

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³  1st  Alain Menu                  32m 09.636s    ³              
              ³       WSR - BMW                                  ³             
              ³  2nd  Norbert Michelisz           +2.625s        ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - SEAT                            ³             
              ³  3rd  Jonathan Adam               +12.046s       ³             
              ³       Triple Eight - Vauxhall                    ³             
              ³  4th  Yvan Muller                 +13.120s       ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - Seat                        ³             
              ³  5th  Colin Turkington            +14.334s       ³             
              ³       Sp. Tuning - Honda                         ³             
              ³  6th  Jordi Gene                  +20.825s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³  7th  Jason Plato                 +26.891s       ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport  - SEAT                         ³             
              ³  8th  Nick Foster                 +28.576s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³  9th  Jeff Smith                  +33.079s       ³             
              ³       RML  - Chevrolet                           ³             
              ³ 10th  Stephen Kane                +35.414s       ³             
              ³       BTC Racing - BMW                           ³             
              ³ 11th  James Nash                  +37.045s       ³             
              ³       Bamboo - Chevrolet                         ³             
              ³ 12th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +39.424s       ³             
              ³       Triple Eight - Vauxhall                    ³             
              ³ 13th  Ben Collins                 +43.235s       ³             
              ³       Bamboo - Chevrolet                         ³             
              ³ 14th  John George                 +46.979s       ³             
              ³       BTC Racing - BMW                           ³             
              ³ 15th  Augusto Farfus              +47.284s       ³             
              ³       Honda Racing - Honda                       ³             
              ³ 16th  Tom Ferrier                 +58.184s       ³             
              ³       AFM - BMW                                  ³             
              ³ 17th  Arthur Forster              +1m 13.515s    ³             
              ³       Sp. Tuning - Honda                         ³             
              ³ 18th  Gordon Shedden              +1m 27.601s    ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - Seat                        ³             
              ³ 19th  Tom Chilton                 -3 Laps        ³             
              ³       WSR - BMW                                  ³             
              ³ 20th  Dan Eaves                   Loose Wheel    ³             
              ³       AFM - BMW                                  ³             
              ³ 21st  Dave Pinkney                Transmission   ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - SEAT                            ³             
              ³ 22nd  James Thompson              Engine         ³             
              ³       RML  - Chevrolet                           ³             
              ³ 23rd  Andrew Jordan               Didn't Finish  ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport  - SEAT                         ³             
              ³ 24th  Mat Jackson                 Didn't Finish  ³             
              ³       Motorbase - Honda                          ³             
              ³ 25th  Tom Coronel                 Transmission   ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 26th  Mehdi Bennani               Transmission   ³             
              ³       Honda Racing - Honda                       ³

After making it past his teammate on Lap 1, Alain Menu dominated what turned out to be a race of attrition, with no less than seven cars failing to finish, including said teammate Chilton, who's transmission packed up three laps from home. Indeed, transmission failure appeared to be a bit of an issue on the undulating Oulton Park Circuit, with Coronel and Bennani both suffering failures in the early laps, joined also by Pinkney by half distance, while Jordan and Jackson were both taken out in a bizarre incident when trying to avoid the smoking, slow-moving Cruze of James Thompson, both cars subsequently suffering front-end damage. Back at the front, Michelisz finished second after setting fastest lap, while Jonathan Adam managed another podium finish in the unfancied Vectra, although he himself narrowly avoiding falling off the track, something Gordon Shedden sadly didn't, spinning while running strongly at Oulton for the third time in two years, and in the same place!. Stephen Kane also scored BTC's first points of the year in 10th, while Ferrier's AFM BMW made the finish in a distant 16th, after a wheel fell off Eaves' car.

Quali-2:

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1 Tom Chilton                     
1m 31.508s                     
2 Jason Plato                                             
1m 31.690s             
3 Jordi Gene                     
1m 31.848s                     
4 Alain Menu                                             
1m 31.856s               
5 Yvan Muller                     
1m 31.903s                     
6 Jonathan Adam                                           
1m 31.946s               
7 Norbert Michelisz                 
1m 32.099s                     
8 Gordon Shedden                                           
1m 32.573s               
9 Tom Coronel                     
1m 33.209s                     
10 James Thompson                                           
1m 33.277s                 
11 Augusto Farfus                   
1m 33.478s                     
12 Dave Pinkney                                           
1m 33.728s                   
13 Andrew Jordan                 
1m 33.848s                     
14 Jeff Smith                                             
1m 33.950s               
15 Stephen Kane                     
1m 34.040s                   
16 Rob Collard                                           
1m 34.047s                     
17 John George                     
1m 34.057s                     
18 Fabrizio Giovanardi                                         
1m 34.112s                     
19 Tony Gilham                   
1m 34.277s                     
20 Ben Collins                                             
1m 34.288s                       
21 Dan Eaves                     
1m 34.366s                     
22 James Nash                                             
1m 34.446s                     
23 Mehdi Bennani                   
1m 34.457s                     
24 Mat Jackson                                             
1m 34.476s                       
25 Nick Foster                     
1m 34.570s                     
26 Tom Ferrier                                             
1m 34.714s
DNQ:
27 Arthur Forster
28 Colin Turkington                                                                                                                                                                   

Jason Plato joined Chilton on the front row for race 2, with Gene and Menu again just behind, while Tom Coronel again impressed by qualifying ninth. Tony Gilham put in a surprisingly competitive time in his Civic to qualify 19th, ahead of Bennani's works car, although off the grid were the other set of Hondas, with Turkington and Forster seemingly unable to get the Accords running properly during the session.

Race 2 (video coming soon)

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³  1st  Jason Plato                 32m 11.386s    ³              
              ³       SEAT Sport  - SEAT                         ³             
              ³  2nd  Norbert Michelisz           +2.065s        ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - SEAT                            ³             
              ³  3rd  Alain Menu                  +2.914s        ³             
              ³       WSR - BMW                                  ³             
              ³  4th  Yvan Muller                 +9.251s        ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - Seat                        ³             
              ³  5th  Jonathan Adam               +13.567s       ³             
              ³       Triple Eight - Vauxhall                    ³             
              ³  6th  Jordi Gene                  +15.216s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³  7th  Gordon Shedden              +25.734s       ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - Seat                        ³             
              ³  8th  Dave Pinkney                +30.735s       ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - SEAT                            ³             
              ³  9th  Jeff Smith                  +37.864s       ³             
              ³       RML  - Chevrolet                           ³             
              ³ 10th  Mehdi Bennani               +38.849s       ³             
              ³       Honda Racing - Honda                       ³             
              ³ 11th  John George                 +46.255s       ³             
              ³       BTC Racing - BMW                           ³             
              ³ 12th  Nick Foster                 +47.783s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³ 13th  Rob Collard                 +52.510s       ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 14th  Ben Collins                 +53.451s       ³             
              ³       Bamboo - Chevrolet                         ³             
              ³ 15th  James Nash                  +54.528s       ³             
              ³       Bamboo - Chevrolet                         ³             
              ³ 16th  Tom Ferrier                 +58.009s       ³             
              ³       AFM - BMW                                  ³             
              ³ 17th  Tom Coronel                 +58.517s       ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 18th  Tony Gilham                 Transmission   ³             
              ³       Motorbase - Honda                          ³             
              ³ 19th  Augusto Farfus              Engine         ³             
              ³       Honda Racing - Honda                       ³             
              ³ 20th  Stephen Kane                Water Leak     ³             
              ³       BTC Racing - BMW                           ³             
              ³ 21st  Mat Jackson                 Transmission   ³             
              ³       Motorbase - Honda                          ³             
              ³ 22nd  James Thompson              Engine         ³             
              ³       RML  - Chevrolet                           ³             
              ³ 23rd  Andrew Jordan               Transmission   ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport  - SEAT                         ³             
              ³ 24th  Dan Eaves                   Oil Leak       ³             
              ³       AFM - BMW                                  ³             
              ³ 25th  Tom Chilton                 Oil Leak       ³             
              ³       WSR - BMW                                  ³             
              ³ 26th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         Transmission   ³             
              ³       Triple Eight - Vauxhall                    ³ 

Jason Plato fended off first Alain Menu (having swapped places over the first few laps and then Norbert Michelisz to take a long-overdue first win this year, after a somewhat muted start to his championship defence. This was another race of attrition; even by turn two on lap 1, there had been a retirement, with Fabrizio Giovanardi's gearbox losing its enthusiasm for transferring power to the wheels rather quickly, while Chilton and Eaves both had oil leaks not long after, and Thompson joining them in being consecutive retirees over the weekend. This meant that by lap 15, after Coronel had destroyed the front end of his Focus while running ninth, Tony Gilham was in 10th, just one place away from one that would save Motorbase from pre-qualifying. As luck would have it, Augusto Farfus' engine blew handing him ninth place...

...for the grand total of two corners, as his suspension failed, cruelly landing him in the same gravel trap that Farfus parked his Civic in moments later. Mehdi Bennani therefore scored his first ever BTCC points (and I believe the first ever scored by a Moroccan... feel free to correct me).In the meantime, Norbert Michelisz set fastest lap, and by virtue of finishing sixth, Jordi Gene got the most power for Quali-3 (although he didn't get pole).

Race 3 (video coming soon)

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³  1st  Norbert Michelisz           32m 07.769s    ³              
              ³       Maxtreme - SEAT                            ³             
              ³  2nd  Jonathan Adam               +3.188s        ³             
              ³       Triple Eight - Vauxhall                    ³             
              ³  3rd  Alain Menu                  +5.519s        ³             
              ³       WSR - BMW                                  ³             
              ³  4th  Jordi Gene                  +10.145s       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³  5th  Yvan Muller                 +12.722s       ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - Seat                        ³             
              ³  6th  Jason Plato                 +16.463s       ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport  - SEAT                         ³             
              ³  7th  James Thompson              +16.931s       ³             
              ³       RML  - Chevrolet                           ³             
              ³  8th  Gordon Shedden              +19.912s       ³             
              ³       Clyde Valley - Seat                        ³             
              ³  9th  Tom Chilton                 +23.912s       ³             
              ³       WSR - BMW                                  ³             
              ³ 10th  Tom Coronel                 +31.980s       ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 11th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +37.885s       ³             
              ³       Triple Eight - Vauxhall                    ³             
              ³ 12th  Jeff Smith                  +38.508s       ³             
              ³       RML  - Chevrolet                           ³             
              ³ 13th  Andrew Jordan               +39.398s       ³             
              ³       SEAT Sport  - SEAT                         ³             
              ³ 14th  Colin Turkington            +46.630s       ³             
              ³       Sp. Tuning - Honda                         ³             
              ³ 15th  Ben Collins                 +50.781s       ³             
              ³       Bamboo - Chevrolet                         ³             
              ³ 16th  Dan Eaves                   +57.143s       ³             
              ³       AFM - BMW                                  ³             
              ³ 17th  Tom Ferrier                 +59.508s       ³             
              ³       AFM - BMW                                  ³             
              ³ 18th  Rob Collard                 +1m 02.763s    ³             
              ³       Arena - Ford                               ³             
              ³ 19th  James Nash                  +1m 16.972s    ³             
              ³       Bamboo - Chevrolet                         ³             
              ³ 20th  Stephen Kane                -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       BTC Racing - BMW                           ³             
              ³ 21st  Mat Jackson                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       Motorbase - Honda                          ³             
              ³ 22nd  John George                 -1 Lap         ³             
              ³       BTC Racing - BMW                           ³             
              ³ 23rd  Augusto Farfus              Engine         ³             
              ³       Honda Racing - Honda                       ³             
              ³ 24th  Nick Foster                 Puncture       ³             
              ³       GR Asia - SEAT                             ³             
              ³ 25th  Arthur Forster              Engine         ³             
              ³       Sp. Tuning - Honda                         ³             
              ³ 26th  Dave Pinkney                Puncture       ³             
              ³       Maxtreme - SEAT                            ³         

Norbert Michelisz carved his way through the field at the start to take a commanding win by the end, although many eyes were on Jonathan Adam, who put in a fighting if rather wayward drive to finish a season best second some way ahead of Menu in third in rather more orthodox top 10 than in the previous two races, although Coronel finally managed to keep his Focus running cleanly and was rewarded with Arena's first points in a while, just behind Tom Chilton who at least finished a race without a technical failure for once. After their double-DNQ in Quali-2, Forster at least made the grid but had a miserable third race, with Forster suffering an early engine failure and Turkington spinning on the first lap, rejoining at the back; he only climbed his way up to fourteenth by the end of the race, while AFM ran their most competitive race in a long while, benefitting from attrition but not actually running last for a good deal of the race with their hopelessly underpowered cars. Alain Menu set fastest lap.

Championship Standings After 12 Rounds
Driver's Championship
1 Norbert Michelisz 136
2 Alain Menu 130
3 Jordi Gene 83
4 Jonathan Adam 80
5 Jason Plato 71
6 Yvan Muller 65
7 Colin Turkington 54
8 Tom Chilton 43
9 Augusto Farfus 37
10 Gordon Shedden 29
11 James Thompson 28
12 Rob Collard 12
13 Andrew Jordan 10
=13 Jeff Smith 10
15 Tom Coronel 9
16 Nick Foster 8
17 Paul O'Neill 3
=17 Dave Pinkney 3
19 Chris James 2
20 Mat Jackson 1
=20 Stephen Kane 1
=20 Mehdi Bennani 1
Michelisz still holds a six point lead over Menu in the driver's championship, which is effectively a two-horse race even at this early stage, with third placed Jordi Gene nearly fifty points behind already.

Independent Driver's Championship
1 Norbert Michelisz 153
2 Jordi Gene 123
3 Yvan Muller 110
4 Colin Turkington 86
5 Gordon Shedden 80
6 Nick Foster 55
7 Dave Pinkney 30
8 James Nash 28
9 Ben Collins 18
10 Stephen Kane 17
11 Mat Jackson 12
12 Paul O'Neill 9
13 Alex MacDowell 8
=13 Gavin Smith 8
15 Tom Ferrier 7
=15 Andy Neate 7
=15 Matt Neal 7
=15 John George 7
19 Chris James 5
=19 Arthur Forster 5
=19 Dan Eaves 5
22 Tom Onslow-Cole 1
If the main championship is a two-horse race, then the Indy title race surely has only one- Michelisz is erring towards the unbeatable with a thirty point lead over Gene, although Yvan Muller is gaining ground in the standings fast.

Team's Championship
1 WSR 173
2 Maxtreme 139
4 CVR 94
3 GR Asia 91
5 Seat 81
6 888 80
7 Special Tuning 54
8 Honda 38
9 RML 38
10 Arena 21
11 Tech-Speed 3
12 Boulevard 2
13 Motorbase 1
=13 BTC Racing 1
WSR and Maxtreme are still holding their postitions in the championship, over sixty points ahead of anyone else. Elsewhere there has been no movement in this championship, besides BTC Racing's appearance in joint thirteenth and last.

Independent Team's Championship
1 CVR 190
2 Maxtreme 183
3 GR Asia 178
4 Special Tuning 91
5 Bamboo 46
6 BTC Racing 24
7 Tech-Speed 16
=7 AmD Tuning 16
9 Boulevard 12
=9 Motorbase 12
=9 AFM 12
12 Eurotech 1
A far closer battle is apparent in the Independent Team's standings, with the top three separated by just 12 points, with Maxtreme having overtaken GR Asia for second. Interestingly, Boulevard, Motorbase and AFM are equal points, despite doing massively differing amounts of rounds- and being well behind BTC, who've only qualified for two weekends!



Constructor's Championship
1 WSR/BMW 198
2 Seat 116
3 888/Vauxhall 108
4 Honda 70
5 RML/Chevrolet 67
6 Arena/Ford 52
WSR are still a long way ahead of Seat and Vauxhall, who are neck-and-neck at the moment, as are Honda and Chevrolet, with Ford still lagging behind after a disappointing Oulton Park.

Finally, the moment you've all been waiting for, the pre-qualifying calculation

Leaving Pre-Qualifying
Tech-Speed (11th in TC, 3pts)
Boulevard (12th in TC, 2pts)

Entering Pre-Qualfying
Motorbase (=13th in TC, 1pt)
Bamboo Engineering (NC in TC, 0pts, best finish 11th)

Staying in Pre-Qualfying
BTC Racing (=13th in TC, 1pt)
AmD Tuning (NC in TC, 0pts, best finish 12th)
AFM Racing (NC in TC, 0pts, best finish 14th)
Eurotech (NC in TC, 0pts, best finish 21st)
Forster Motorsport (NC in TC, 0pts, best finish DNPQ)
This will be recalculated again after Silverstone.

In the meantime before Croft, feel free to make upgrades/sack drivers/despair about falling into pre-qualifying.
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888 will take out Giovanardi for the next event in place of a pay-driver.
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GR Asia will take 2 Race Pace upgrades and 1 Quali Pace upgrade.
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The Croft races will be ran shortly, so here are the RNG Upgrade results prior to this running:

GR Asia Race Pace I
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result: 24
GR Asia Race Pace II
1-60 Succeed, 61-100 Fail
Result: 4
GR Asia Quali Pace
1-50 Succeed, 51-100 Fail
Result: 92
Therefore GR Asia will have much improved race pace, but their qualifying form is unchanged.


Also, as you forgot to name which paydriver you are getting monies from, Dexter249, Giovanardi will be running in the #888 Vectra at Croft.
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Motorbase will purchase a quali pace update, two engine power upgrades - one with cheese - and a large soda.
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Could I have a list of Available pay drivers please?
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Ataxia wrote:Motorbase will purchase a quali pace update, two engine power upgrades - one with cheese - and a large soda.

As you only missed the arbitrary cut-off time by about five minutes and I haven't booted up GP2 yet, I'll run your upgrade RNG prior to Croft now:

Motorbase Quali Pace
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result: 96, meaning Motorbase yet again fail to improve their abysmal Qualifying performance
Motorbase Engine Power I
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result: 14- Motorbase finally do a thing!
Motorbase Engine Power II
1-60 Succeed, 61-100 Fail
Result:53, ...and also make a second engine upgrade!

[quote=andrew]Could I have a list of Available pay drivers please?[/quote]
Sure! (though I'm unsure why you left this so late, as it is now too late to have someone in the car for Croft)

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Alan Blencowe: PD, brings 5CR
Martin Byford: PD, brings 5CR
Henry Ho: PD, brings 10CR
Tony Hughes: PD, brings 15CR
Liam Griffin; PD, brings 15CR

I have added some more (mostly 2011) drivers due to a lack of pay drivers on the old list.
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This Could Be You wrote:

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Alan Blencowe: PD, brings 5CR
Martin Byford: PD, brings 5CR
Henry Ho: PD, brings 10CR
Tony Hughes: PD, brings 15CR
Liam Griffin; PD, brings 15CR

I have added some more (mostly 2011) drivers due to a lack of pay drivers on the old list.


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Griffin will replace Jordan at the next available opportunity, Seat will also attempt a qualifying and race pace upgrade (after Croft)
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This Could Be You wrote:The Croft races will be ran shortly, so here are the RNG Upgrade results prior to this running:

GR Asia Race Pace I
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result: 24
GR Asia Race Pace II
1-60 Succeed, 61-100 Fail
Result: 4
GR Asia Quali Pace
1-50 Succeed, 51-100 Fail
Result: 92
Therefore GR Asia will have much improved race pace, but their qualifying form is unchanged.


Also, as you forgot to name which paydriver you are getting monies from, Dexter249, Giovanardi will be running in the #888 Vectra at Croft.

John George will run the #888
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John George is already in the second BTC Racing car. Pick again- the only available options are in the list I provided for andrew, and he's already taken Griffin.
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This Could Be You wrote:John George is already in the second BTC Racing car. Pick again- the only available options are in the list I provided for andrew, and he's already taken Griffin.

Tony Hughes then.
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2 Qual pace Upgrades and 1 Race Pace Upgrade
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Really, really late yet again (exams again) but here are the results from Croft:

Pre-Qualifying:

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1 Stephen Kane                                             
1m 11.455s                 
2 John George                     
1m 11.521s                     
3 Mat Jackson                                             
1m 11.617s                                             
4 James Nash                     
1m 11.803s (DNPQ)                     
5 Gavin Smith                                             
1m 11.870s (DNPQ)                                           
6 Tom Ferrier                     
1m 11.983s (DNPQ)                     
7 Carl Breeze                                             
1m 12.022s (DNPQ)                                           
8 Tom Onslow-Cole                   
1m 12.031s (DNPQ)                     
9 James Kaye                                             
1m 12.230s (DNPQ)                                         
10 Tony Gilham                     
1m 12.287s                     
11 Ben Collins                                             
1m 12.423s (DNPQ)                                         
12 Martin Depper                   
1m 12.547s (DNPQ)                     
13 Dan Eaves                                             
No Time    (DNPQ)
14 Alex MacDowell   
No Time    (DNPQ)


Aggregate
1. BTC Racing 2m 22.976s   
2. Motorbase  2m 23.904s
3. Bamboo     2m 24.226s (DNPQ)    
4. Forster    2m 24.252s (DNPQ)
5. Eurotech   2m 24.578s (DNPQ)
NC AmD Tuning   No Time  (DNPQ)
NC AFM Racing   No Time  (DNPQ)

BTC Racing sailed through into the main session, topping the session by nearly a second from the newly relegated Motorbase, who were to some degree fortunate that the usually faster AmD Tuning couldn't get both cars to run, this problem also scuppering AFM's (minimal) chances. Bamboo and Forster were in no man's land, while Eurotech continue to be notably off the pace compared to their fellow pre-qualifiers.

Quali-1:

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1 Jordi Gene                                      
1m 10.031s                   
2 Jason Plato             
1m 10.110s             
3 Jonathan Adam         
1m 10.198s                 
4 Norbert Michelisz                 
1m 10.319s                     
5 Yvan Muller                                             
1m 10.611s             
6 Gordon Shedden                   
1m 10.745s                     
7 Colin Turkington                                           
1m 10.812s                 
8 Alain Menu                     
1m 10.903s                     
9 Augusto Farfus                                           
1m 11.058s                   
10 James Thompson                   
1m 11.126s                     
11 Tom Coronel                                             
1m 11.144s                   
12 Tom Chilton                     
1m 11.323s                     
13 Stephen Kane                                             
1m 11.390s                     
14 Matt Neal                     
1m 11.458s                     
15 Paul O'Neill                                             
1m 11.463s                 
16 Andrew Jordan                   
1m 11.548s                     
17 Fabrizio Giovanardi                                         
1m 11.555s               
18 Jeff Smith                     
1m 11.555s                     
19 John George                                             
1m 11.596s               
20 Nick Foster                     
1m 11.600s                     
21 Mat Jackson                                             
1m 11.703s                   
22 Dave Pinkney                     
1m 11.765s                     
23 Andy Neate                                             
1m 11.940s                   
24 Rob Collard                     
1m 11.942s                     
25 Chris James                                     
1m 11.951s                       
26 Tony Gilham                   
1m 12.164s                   
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27 Arthur Forster
28 Mehdi Bennani                                                                                                                                                                       

It was an all-SEAT front row for Round 13, with Jordi Gene's privateer car ahead of the works car of Plato, with Jonathan Adam again dragging his Vectra to an unlikely third. Of the main championship contenders, Michelisz was fourth, but Menu was only eighth, with both WSR BMWs not suiting Croft. At the tail-end of the grid, Arthur Forster and Mehdi Bennani failed to qualify.


Race 1 (video coming soon)

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 1st  Jordi Gene                  24m 32.634s                 
                    GR Asia - SEAT                                         
               2nd  Norbert Michelisz           +28.184s                   
                    Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
               3rd  Alain Menu                  +30.793s                   
                    WSR - BMW                                               
               4th  Stephen Kane                +37.018s                   
                    BTC Racing - BMW                                       
               5th  Jason Plato                 +44.446s                   
                    SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                     
               6th  Matt Neal                   +53.619s                   
                    Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                   
               7th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +55.570s                   
                    Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
               8th  Jeff Smith                  +56.058s                   
                    RML  - Chevrolet                                       
               9th  Augusto Farfus              +58.465s                   
                    Honda Racing - Honda                                   
              10th  Dave Pinkney                +1m 01.329s                 
                    Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
              11th  Gordon Shedden              +1m 06.082s                 
                    Clyde Valley - Seat                                     
              12th  Tom Coronel                 -1 Lap                     
                    Arena - Ford                                           
              13th  Jonathan Adam               -1 Lap                     
                    Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
              14th  Paul O'Neill                -1 Lap                     
                    Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                   
              15th  Andy Neate                  -2 Laps                     
                    Boulevard - Chevrolet                                       
              16th  Colin Turkington            Engine                     
                    Sp. Tuning - Honda                                     
              17th  Andrew Jordan               Engine                     
                    SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                     
              18th  Nick Foster                 Didn't Finish               
                    GR Asia - SEAT                                         
              19th  Mat Jackson                 Engine                     
                    Motorbase - Honda                                       
              20th  Tony Gilham                 Engine                     
                    Motorbase - Honda                                       
              21st  Rob Collard                 Transmission               
                    Arena - Ford                                           
              22nd  John George                 Engine                     
                    BTC Racing - BMW                                       
              23rd  Chris James                 Engine                     
                    Boulevard - Chevrolet                                       
              24th  Tom Chilton                 Transmission               
                    WSR - BMW                                               
              25th  James Thompson              Oil Leak                   
                    RML  - Chevrolet                                       
              26th  Yvan Muller                 Engine                     
                    Clyde Valley - Seat                                     
                           
                                                                               

Even by lap 1 of Round 13, it was clear that Croft was going to be an utter car-breaker this year; Muller and Thompson's engines didn't even last a lap, and were joined shortly after by Tom Chilton with his third broken transmission in four races. And after that the retirements just kept on coming- not that Jordi Gene minded, with the Spaniard driving to perfection to build a titanic 28 second lead and set fastest lap, helped by the frequent pit stops for brake issues that seemed to plague half the field, including Jason Plato, who had been the only other driver to even lead a lap- he finished fifth. Michelisz and Menu completed the rostrum, but the big surprise was in who came in behind them; Stephen Kane recorded BTC Racing's best ever finish with fourth, benefitting from his 320i's faultless reliability, while past (and most likely disillusioned) champions Neal and Giovanardi scored their first points this year.

Quali-2:

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1 Jonathan Adam                                            
1m 10.059s                                           
2 Norbert Michelisz                 
1m 10.066s                     
3 Jason Plato                                             
1m 10.119s                                           
4 Jordi Gene                     
1m 10.269s                     
5 Gordon Shedden                                           
1m 10.555s                                           
6 Augusto Farfus                   
1m 10.761s                     
7 Yvan Muller                                             
1m 10.852s                                           
8 Alain Menu                     
1m 11.038s                     
9 James Thompson                                           
1m 11.379s                                           
10 Tom Coronel                     
1m 11.391s                     
11 Matt Neal                                             
1m 11.414s                                           
12 Chris James                     
1m 11.430s                     
13 Stephen Kane                                             
1m 11.463s                                           
14 Dave Pinkney                     
1m 11.537s                     
15 John George                                             
1m 11.547s                                           
16 Jeff Smith                     
1m 11.559s                     
17 Tom Chilton                                             
1m 11.687s                                           
18 Mat Jackson                     
1m 11.695s                     
19 Paul O'Neill                                             
1m 11.698s                                           
20 Andrew Jordan                   
1m 11.717s                     
21 Rob Collard                                             
1m 11.755s                                         
22 Fabrizio Giovanardi                 
1m 11.847s                     
23 Colin Turkington                                           
1m 11.868s                                           
24 Andy Neate                     
1m 12.001s                     
25 Mehdi Bennani                                           
1m 12.089s                                           
26 Arthur Forster                   
1m 12.099s                     
27 Tony Gilham
28 Nick Foster           

Jonathan Adam recorded 888's first pole this year for Race 2, with Michelisz starting where he finished in Race 1 in second, and the race 1 front row forming row 2. Chris James qualified inexplicably well in the powerful NGTC Lacetti, twelve places ahead of his teammate in 12th, while another notable (but for the wrong reasons) performance came from Colin Turkington, who would start 23rd. Gilham and Foster failed to qualify.

Race 2 (video coming soon)

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 1st  Jordi Gene                  24m 42.588s                  
                     GR Asia - SEAT                                           
                2nd  Jonathan Adam               +2.797s                     
                     Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
                3rd  Norbert Michelisz           +4.734s                     
                     Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
                4th  Gordon Shedden              +7.952s                     
                     Clyde Valley - Seat                                     
                5th  Jason Plato                 +14.789s                     
                     SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                       
                6th  Yvan Muller                 +16.153s                     
                     Clyde Valley - Seat                                     
                7th  Alain Menu                  +16.895s                     
                     WSR - BMW                                               
                8th  Tom Coronel                 +21.253s                     
                     Arena - Ford                                             
                9th  Matt Neal                   +22.984s                     
                     Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                     
               10th  Colin Turkington            +30.958s                     
                     Sp. Tuning - Honda                                       
               11th  Stephen Kane                +34.131s                     
                     BTC Racing - BMW                                         
               12th  Tom Chilton                 +35.297s                     
                     WSR - BMW                                               
               13th  Andrew Jordan               +39.777s                     
                     SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                       
               14th  Arthur Forster              +50.559s                     
                     Sp. Tuning - Honda                                       
               15th  James Thompson              +53.259s                     
                     RML  - Chevrolet                                         
               16th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +54.985s                     
                     Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
               17th  Rob Collard                 +56.860s                     
                     Arena - Ford                                             
               18th  Dave Pinkney                +58.406s                     
                     Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
               19th  Augusto Farfus              +58.831s                     
                     Honda Racing - Honda                                     
               20th  Paul O'Neill                Engine                       
                     Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                     
               21st  Mat Jackson                 Oil Leak                     
                     Motorbase - Honda                                       
               22nd  Andy Neate                  Suspension                   
                     Boulevard - Chevrolet                                       
               23rd  Chris James                 Didn't Finish               
                     Boulevard - Chevrolet                                       
               24th  Mehdi Bennani               Engine                       
                     Honda Racing - Honda                                     
               25th  Jeff Smith                  Puncture                     
                     RML  - Chevrolet                                         
               26th  John George                 Engine                       
                     BTC Racing - BMW                                         
               
                                                                               

It was another dominant performance (with another fastest lap) from Jordi Gene, although Jonathan Adam put more pressure on him than Plato did, and hence the winning margin was a considerably shorter one. Elsewhere, there were less mechanical retirements than in Round 13, although again all the Honda Civics suffered issues, with only Farfus getting his to the finish in last place. Chris James, after his frankly strange qualifying form threw away what would have been at least a tenth-placed finish by spinning into the barriers on a low-speed corner, then stalling. Instead, in tenth it was Colin Turkington, who had put in an extremely impressive drive gaining thirteen places over the course of the race- and then getting pole for the reverse grid draw!

Race 3: (video coming soon)

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 1st  Alain Menu                  24m 48.098s                  
                     WSR - BMW                                               
                2nd  Jordi Gene                  +1.406s                     
                     GR Asia - SEAT                                           
                3rd  Jonathan Adam               +7.390s                     
                     Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
                4th  Gordon Shedden              +9.761s                     
                     Clyde Valley - Seat                                     
                5th  James Thompson              +13.039s                     
                     RML  - Chevrolet                                         
                6th  Jason Plato                 +13.765s                     
                     SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                       
                7th  Colin Turkington            +14.686s                     
                     Sp. Tuning - Honda                                       
                8th  Tom Coronel                 +21.169s                     
                     Arena - Ford                                             
                9th  Stephen Kane                +21.982s                     
                     BTC Racing - BMW                                         
               10th  Tom Chilton                 +30.348s                     
                     WSR - BMW                                               
               11th  John George                 +32.313s                     
                     BTC Racing - BMW                                         
               12th  Paul O'Neill                +32.794s                     
                     Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                     
               13th  Jeff Smith                  +33.395s                     
                     RML  - Chevrolet                                         
               14th  Dave Pinkney                +33.803s                     
                     Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
               15th  Chris James                 +34.788s                     
                     Boulevard - Chevrolet                                   
               16th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +35.283s                     
                     Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
               17th  Andy Neate                  +42.969s                     
                     Boulevard - Chevrolet                                   
               18th  Arthur Forster              +45.212s                     
                     Sp. Tuning - Honda                                       
               19th  Yvan Muller                 +47.104s                     
                     Clyde Valley - Seat                                     
               20th  Andrew Jordan               +50.725s                     
                     SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                       
               21st  Nick Foster                 -1 Lap                       
                     GR Asia - SEAT                                           
               22nd  Matt Neal                   Engine                       
                     Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                     
               23rd  Mat Jackson                 Engine                       
                     Motorbase - Honda                                       
               24th  Rob Collard                 Suspension                   
                     Arena - Ford                                             
               25th  Augusto Farfus              Water Leak                   
                     Honda Racing - Honda                                     
               26th  Norbert Michelisz           Engine                       
                     Maxtreme - SEAT                     

Turkington kept his lead into the first corner and for the first fifteen laps or so was maintaining a small but manageable advantage over Alain Menu, who was determined to capitalise fully on a lap 1 engine failure for Norbert Michelisz. This small margin became quite a bit bigger after Menu spun, although his margin to Muller in third was so great that he did not lose position.

At this point you may be wondering why Turkington's name is not at the top of the result sheet; well, in the end he was robbed of a deserved first victory this year on the penultimate lap, having been forced to pit to correct an electrical fault, dropping him to seventh. There were a lot of position changes on the final two laps, in fact; first Yvan Muller span on the final corner of lap 18 into a queue of cars, dropping him right to the back, and promoting both BTC Racing cars into the top 10. This didn't last however, as half a lap later Nick Foster passed John George for 10th, only for his car to fail on the third-to-last corner, which handed the final points-paying position to Tom Chilton, who had also made his way passed George. Turkington set fastest lap, but this was a meagre prize for his efforts.

Championship Standings After 15 Rounds:

Drivers' Championship
1 Alain Menu 159
2 Norbert Michelisz 158
3 Jordi Gene 127
4 Jonathan Adam 103
5 Jason Plato 88
6 Yvan Muller 71
7 Colin Turkington 60
8 Gordon Shedden 46
9 Tom Chilton 44
10 Augusto Farfus 39
11 James Thompson 33
12 Tom Coronel 15
13 Jeff Smith 13
14 Rob Collard 12
15 Stephen Kane 11
16 Andrew Jordan 10
17 Nick Foster 8
18 Matt Neal 7
19 Fabrizio Giovanardi 4
=19 Dave Pinkney 4
21 Paul O'Neill 3
22 Chris James 2
23 Mat Jackson 1
=23 Mehdi Bennani 1
Alain Menu takes the championship lead for the first time this year, albeit only by a single point. Jordi Gene is third, at the rate he is scoring, may well become part of the title fight if things play out his way. Stephen Kane has jumped up the standings with BTC Racing's best ever results, while Giovanardi and Neal appear on the table for the first time this year

Independent Drivers' Championship
1 Norbert Michelisz 177
2 Jordi Gene 168
3 Yvan Muller 118
4 Gordon Shedden 107
5 Colin Turkington 101
6 Nick Foster 55
7 Dave Pinkney 42
8 Stephen Kane 39
9 James Nash 28
10 Ben Collins 18
=10 Paul O'Neill 18
12 Matt Neal 14
13 John George 13
14 Mat Jackson 12
=14 Andy Neate 12
16 Arthur Forster 9
17 Alex MacDowell 8
=17 Gavin Smith 8
=17 Chris James 8
20 Tom Ferrier 7
=20 Matt Neal 7
22 Dan Eaves 5
23 Tom Onslow-Cole 1
Michelisz still holds a ten-point lead over Gene in the Independent standings, despite being outscored by him, with the two CVR drivers behind most likely too far back to challenge them already.

Teams' Championship
1 WSR 203
2 Maxtreme 162
3 GR Asia 135
4 CVR 117
5 888 107
6 Seat 98
7 Special Tuning 60
8 RML 46
9 Honda 40
10 Arena 27
11 BTC Racing 11
12 Tech-Speed 10
13 Boulevard 2
14 Motorbase 1
WSR are still holding an commanding lead in the teams championship, which has remained relatively stable, although Seat have dropped down to sixth, and GR Asia have taken back the third place CVR took from them last time out.


Independent Teams' Championship
1 CVR 225
2 GR Asia 223
3 Maxtreme 219
4 Special Tuning 110
5 BTC Racing 52
6 Bamboo 46
7 Tech-Speed 32
8 Boulevard 20
9 AmD Tuning 16
10 Motorbase 12
=10 AFM 12
12 Eurotech 1
CVR leads, but only by two points from GR Asia, the two Seat-powered teams completely evenly matched. BTC Racing has made a huge jump to fifth place in the standings, while further points finishes for Tech-Speed and Boulevard means only Eurotech (and of course Forster, who haven't qualified at all) have scored in anything less than double figures this year.

Constructors' Championship
1 WSR/BMW 249
2 888/Vauxhall 156
3 Seat 155
4 RML/Chevrolet 93
5 Honda 77
6 Arena/Ford 73
Nearly 100 points still separate BMW from the next closest constructor, but that is now Vauxhall, who have overtaken Seat by a single point. RML are now in a no-man's land, being well behind Seat but having outperformed Honda convincingly over the weekend to open a healthy margin- if anything, Honda is now under threat from an improving Ford.

Again apologies for being a week late, but feel free to comment, upgrade cars and sack drivers (I am aware that some of you have already done this). Also, if you sack a pay driver now (as we're mid-way through the season), you get the full amount of money from both the one you're replacing and the scrub you're bringing in, who will just provide the lump sum up front, whatever the amount of races (so if you employ a -15CR driver for one race, you will gain 15CR)
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Race pace upgrade for Maxtreme.
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2 BHPs upgrades for Boulevard.
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Normal32 wrote:2 BHPs upgrades for Boulevard.

You will be (and in fact already are) in massive debt (-12CR) after completing these upgrades. Are you sure you want to go through with this and if you are, I would recommend you employ another pay driver so that you can reduce the accumulation of debt.
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This Could Be You wrote:
Normal32 wrote:2 BHPs upgrades for Boulevard.

You will be (and in fact already are) in massive debt (-12CR) after completing these upgrades. Are you sure you want to go through with this and if you are, I would recommend you employ another pay driver so that you can reduce the accumulation of debt.


Yes.
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Normal32 wrote:
This Could Be You wrote:
Normal32 wrote:2 BHPs upgrades for Boulevard.

You will be (and in fact already are) in massive debt (-12CR) after completing these upgrades. Are you sure you want to go through with this and if you are, I would recommend you employ another pay driver so that you can reduce the accumulation of debt.


Yes.

So which driver will it be? There's a list of drivers a few posts back.
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This Could Be You wrote:So which driver will it be? There's a list of drivers a few posts back.


I will change drivers in the next race, not now.
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I am aware that I have left the running of the series by the wayside somewhat, and I'm sorry about that- I have a lot of exams right now, and it's been eating into my spare time badly over the past month. However, my schedule frees up a bit more from tomorrow onwards, so here are the upgrade RNGs prior to Snetterton:


Maxtreme Race Pace
1-60 Succeed, 61-100 Fail
Result:23, so Michelisz will have a better car to try and regain his championship lead with

Boulevard Engine Power I
1-40 Succeed, 41-100 Fail
Result: 50, so more money is wasted at Boulevard, as they spiral into debt...

Boulevard Engine Power II
1-40 Succeed, 41-100 Fail
Result: 62, ...and their second attempt at an upgrade also yields no results

AmD Quali Pace I
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result:44- Succeed

AmD Quali Pace II
1-60 Succeed, 61-100 Fail
Result: 88- Fail

AmD Race Pace
1-60 Succeed, 61-100 Fail
Result: 86- Fail

Seat and 888's budgets have also been updated due to one-off outings for Liam Griffin and Tony Hughes in their cars.

Snetterton should hopefully be up by the end of the week.
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Where are the upgrades I requested?
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andrew wrote:Where are the upgrades I requested?

Right here :P (I knew I missed something :facepalm: )

Seat Quali Pace
1-70 Succeed, 71-100 Fail
Result: 24- Success!

Seat Race Pace
1-60 Succeed, 61-100 Fail
Result: 86- Fail.

Sorry about the wait.
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Here are the results (only five days late! :facepalm: ) from Rounds 16-18 at Snetterton:

Pre-Qualifying:

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1 Alex MacDowell                    
1m 09.137s                     
2 Mat Jackson                                             
1m 09.281s                     
3 Stephen Kane                     
1m 09.310s                     
4 John George                                             
1m 09.351s                       
5 Gavin Smith                     
1m 09.361s                     
6 Tom Ferrier                                             
1m 09.692s                     
7 Tom Onslow-Cole                   
1m 09.815s                     
8 Carl Breeze                                             
1m 09.842s                     
9 James Kaye                     
1m 10.100s                     
10 Ben Collins                                             
1m 10.181s                       
11 Martin Depper                   
1m 10.255s                     
NC Tony Gilham                                             
No Time     
NC James Nash                     
No Time     
NC Dan Eaves   
No Time   


Aggregate:

1  AmD Tuning    3m 08.498s
2  BTC Racing    3m 08.661s
3  Forster       3m 09.942s
4  Eurotech      3m 10.070s
NC Motorbase    No Time
NC AFM Racing    No Time
NC Bamboo   No Time 

After making upgrades, it was AmD Tuning who topped pre-qualifying for the first time this year, ahead of regular pace-setters BTC Racing, who were over a second faster than next-fastest team Forster, who finished much higher thanks to technical problems leading to Motorbase, AFM and Bamboo not setting times, this being especially galling for the former, who recorded their first DNPQ of the season.

Quali-1:

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1 Jason Plato                   
1m 07.875s                   
2 Norbert Michelisz                                       
1m 07.883s           
3 Jordi Gene                   
1m 07.965s                   
4 Jonathan Adam                                         
1m 07.985s                   
5 Yvan Muller                   
1m 08.628s                   
6 Alain Menu                                           
1m 08.682s                   
7 Gordon Shedden                 
1m 08.798s                   
8 Augusto Farfus                                         
1m 08.857s                     
9 Colin Turkington                 
1m 08.875s                   
10 James Thompson                                         
1m 09.009s                 
11 Tom Coronel                   
1m 09.146s                   
12 Tom Chilton                                           
1m 09.158s                     
13 Paul O'Neill                   
1m 09.192s                   
14 Matt Neal                                           
1m 09.201s                     
15 Stephen Kane                   
1m 09.229s                   
16 Alex MacDowell                                         
1m 09.281s                     
17 Gavin Smith                   
1m 09.292s                   
18 John George                                           
1m 09.361s                     
19 Nick Foster                   
1m 09.379s                   
20 Jeff Smith                                           
1m 09.399s                     
21 Dave Pinkney                   
1m 09.464s                   
22 Andy Neate                                           
1m 09.552s                   
23 Chris James                   
1m 09.559s                   
24 Rob Collard                                           
1m 09.736s                     
25 Arthur Forster                 
1m 09.833s                   
26 Mehdi Bennani                                         
1m 09.975s                                           
DNQ:
27 Liam Griffin
28 Tony Hughes                   

Another team reaping the benefits of a Quali upgrade was Seat, with Plato setting a time good enough for pole ahead of Michelisz, one of four Seats in the top five. The AmDTuning Alfas lined up for their first race in months in 16th and 17th position, but the two drivers who wouldn't be lining up on Sunday for Race 1 would be temporary pay-drivers Liam Griffin and Tony Hughes, who were some way off the pace despite being in front-running cars.

Race 1 (video here)

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              1st  Norbert Michelisz           23m 12.003s                
                   Maxtreme - SEAT                                       
              2nd  Jonathan Adam               +9.910s                   
                   Triple Eight - Vauxhall                               
              3rd  Yvan Muller                 +15.280s                   
                   Clyde Valley - Seat                                   
              4th  Alain Menu                  +20.015s                   
                   WSR - BMW                                             
              5th  Gordon Shedden              +21.358s                   
                   Clyde Valley - Seat                                   
              6th  Jordi Gene                  +21.810s                   
                   GR Asia - SEAT                                         
              7th  Augusto Farfus              +29.210s                   
                   Honda Racing - Honda                                   
              8th  Tom Coronel                 +30.866s                   
                   Arena - Ford                                           
              9th  Stephen Kane                +33.803s                   
                   BTC Racing - BMW                                       
             10th  John George                 +37.995s                   
                   BTC Racing - BMW                                       
             11th  Gavin Smith                 +42.676s                   
                   AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                               
             12th  Mehdi Bennani               +44.602s                   
                   Honda Racing - Honda                                   
             13th  Chris James                 +46.731s                   
                   Boulevard - Chevrolet                                 
             14th  Jeff Smith                  +48.341s                   
                   RML  - Chevrolet                                       
             15th  James Thompson              +48.768s                   
                   RML  - Chevrolet                                       
             16th  Tom Chilton                 +55.927s                   
                   WSR - BMW                                             
             17th  Alex MacDowell              +58.364s                   
                   AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                               
             18th  Matt Neal                   +1m 05.250s               
                   Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                   
             19th  Dave Pinkney                +1m 08.081s               
                   Maxtreme - SEAT                                       
             20th  Rob Collard                 -1 Lap                     
                   Arena - Ford                                           
             21st  Arthur Forster              Transmission               
                   Sp. Tuning - Honda                                     
             22nd  Colin Turkington            Transmission               
                   Sp. Tuning - Honda                                     
             23rd  Andy Neate                  Transmission               
                   Boulevard - Chevrolet                                 
             24th  Paul O'Neill                Transmission               
                   Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                   
             25th  Jason Plato                 Didn't Finish             
                   SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                     
             26th  Nick Foster                 Didn't Finish             
                   GR Asia - SEAT                         

Michelisz dominated from the first corner to win a race that was otherwise more notable for the many, many spins and transmission failures as the drivers pushed hard on the demanding Snetterton circuit. Pole sitter Jason Plato did not fall victim to the circuit however- after losing places to Michelisz and Adam, the latter went wide and onto the grass run off of a corner and in rejoining collected Plato, heavily damaging the front of the Leon and forcing him to retire- and Adam got a very stern talking to from the BTCC veteran after the race, to say the least! Meanwhile, the rest of the field was quite spaced out due to the many retirements, with the main highlights being Shedden and Gene's battle for fifth and, as has so often been the case this year, the battle for the final point, with BTC Racing getting their first double points finish at the expense of Gavin Smith, who had wrestled his wayward 156 up to 11th place. Michelisz (predictably) set fastest lap.

Quali-2:

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1 Jason Plato                    
1m 08.042s                     
2 Norbert Michelisz                                         
1m 08.060s                     
3 Jordi Gene                     
1m 08.060s                     
4 Jonathan Adam                                           
1m 08.063s                       
5 Gordon Shedden                   
1m 08.370s                     
6 Yvan Muller                                           
1m 08.467s                       
7 Augusto Farfus                   
1m 08.706s                     
8 Alain Menu                                             
1m 08.851s                       
9 Colin Turkington                 
1m 08.853s                     
10 Tom Coronel                                           
1m 08.943s
11 Matt Neal                     
1m 09.044s                     
12 Tom Chilton                                           
1m 09.169s                         
13 James Thompson                   
1m 09.215s                     
14 Paul O'Neill                                           
1m 09.288s                     
15 Dave Pinkney                   
1m 09.294s                     
16 Rob Collard                                           
1m 09.377s                         
17 Nick Foster                   
1m 09.386s                     
18 John George                                           
1m 09.386s                       
19 Stephen Kane                   
1m 09.465s                     
20 Alex MacDowell                                           
1m 09.475s                     
21 Andy Neate                     
1m 09.540s                     
22 Jeff Smith                                             
1m 09.555s                   
23 Gavin Smith                   
1m 09.559s                     
24 Chris James                                           
1m 09.654s                   
25 Mehdi Bennani                   
1m 09.892s                     
26 Arthur Forster                                           
1m 10.095s
DNQ:
27 Liam Griffin           
28 Tony Hughes     

It was the same top three for Race 2, with only Jonathan Adam again preventing a top five lockout for Seat, who are beginning to worry TOCA officials with their dominance (more on that later). Notable performances were few in a rather uneventful session, but Coronel did a solid job to get the Arena Focus into the top 10, while the Alfa Romeos were not running too strongly in Quali-2 compared to Quali-1, lining up 20th and 23th. Griffin and Hughes failed to qualify again.

Race 2 (video here)

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1st  Norbert Michelisz           23m 13.332s                  
                     Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
                2nd  Gordon Shedden              +5.636s                     
                     Clyde Valley - Seat                                     
                3rd  Yvan Muller                 +7.225s                     
                     Clyde Valley - Seat                                     
                4th  Jordi Gene                  +9.168s                     
                     GR Asia - SEAT                                           
                5th  Jonathan Adam               +12.504s                     
                     Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
                6th  Colin Turkington            +15.709s                     
                     Sp. Tuning - Honda                                       
                7th  Augusto Farfus              +20.110s                     
                     Honda Racing - Honda                                     
                8th  Nick Foster                 +20.540s                     
                     GR Asia - SEAT                                           
                9th  Dave Pinkney                +38.167s                     
                     Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
               10th  Andy Neate                  +42.931s                     
                     Boulevard - Chevrolet                                   
               11th  Chris James                 +49.371s                     
                     Boulevard - Chevrolet                                   
               12th  Jason Plato                 +49.843s                     
                     SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                       
               13th  Alex MacDowell              +54.248s                     
                     AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                                 
               14th  John George                 +56.538s                     
                     BTC Racing - BMW                                         
               15th  James Thompson              +57.324s                     
                     RML  - Chevrolet                                         
               16th  Mehdi Bennani               +57.744s                     
                     Honda Racing - Honda                                     
               17th  Tom Chilton                 +58.359s                     
                     WSR - BMW                                               
               18th  Alain Menu                  +1m 02.514s                 
                     WSR - BMW                                               
               19th  Gavin Smith                 +1m 09.143s                 
                     AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                                 
               20th  Jeff Smith                  +1m 09.857s                 
                     RML  - Chevrolet                                         
               21st  Rob Collard                 -1 Lap                       
                     Arena - Ford                                             
               22nd  Arthur Forster              -1 Lap                       
                     Sp. Tuning - Honda                                       
               23rd  Matt Neal                   -1 Lap                       
                     Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                     
               24th  Tom Coronel                 -1 Lap                       
                     Arena - Ford                                             
               25th  Paul O'Neill                Engine                       
                     Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                     
               26th  Stephen Kane                Puncture                     
                     BTC Racing - BMW                         

Norbert Michelisz continued his masterful run at Snetterton, dominating the race and setting fastest lap, although Jason Plato's initial challenge was a bit more spirited- right until he spun off! This dropped him right to the back and while he made a valiant effort, the frustrated reigning champion couldn't quite get back into the points, meaning a continued no-score this weekend. Behind the leader, there were two particularly impressive team performances in the top 10- the first was that of Clyde Valley Racing, who achieved their best overall finish with Shedden in second and Muller in third, while the second of these efforts was that of Boulevard, who again defied all expectations (considering their mounting debts and unfancied drivers) and scored another point (at some point, these stop becoming flukes!), and with a bit more attrition, they very well might have gotten a double-points result! (James was 11th in the end). Slightly spoiling the financially beleaguered team's day however was the reverse grid draw, which put Dave Pinkney on pole for Race 3, denying Boulevard a top 10 grid position.

Race 3 (video coming soon)

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               1st  Nick Foster                 23m 16.680s                 
                    GR Asia - SEAT                                         
               2nd  Jordi Gene                  +2.907s                     
                    GR Asia - SEAT                                         
               3rd  Gordon Shedden              +14.477s                   
                    Clyde Valley - Seat                                     
               4th  Alain Menu                  +15.286s                   
                    WSR - BMW                                               
               5th  Jonathan Adam               +16.152s                   
                    Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
               6th  Tom Chilton                 +24.526s                   
                    WSR - BMW                                               
               7th  Alex MacDowell              +35.096s                   
                    AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                                 
               8th  Paul O'Neill                +36.672s                   
                    Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                   
               9th  Tom Coronel                 +37.813s                   
                    Arena - Ford                                           
              10th  Rob Collard                 +46.310s                   
                    Arena - Ford                                           
              11th  Yvan Muller                 +47.006s                   
                    Clyde Valley - Seat                                     
              12th  Gavin Smith                 +48.259s                   
                    AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                                 
              13th  Andy Neate                  +48.670s                   
                    Boulevard - Chevrolet                                   
              14th  Dave Pinkney                +49.039s                   
                    Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
              15th  Chris James                 +49.928s                   
                    Boulevard - Chevrolet                                   
              16th  Norbert Michelisz           +50.429s                   
                    Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
              17th  Stephen Kane                -2 Laps                     
                    BTC Racing - BMW                                       
              18th  Augusto Farfus              Puncture                   
                    Honda Racing - Honda                                   
              19th  Colin Turkington            Suspension                 
                    Sp. Tuning - Honda                                     
              20th  James Thompson              Transmission               
                    RML  - Chevrolet                                       
              21st  Jason Plato                 Transmission               
                    SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                     
              22nd  Jeff Smith                  Transmission               
                    RML  - Chevrolet                                       
              23rd  Matt Neal                   Brakes                     
                    Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                   
              24th  Arthur Forster              Suspension                 
                    Sp. Tuning - Honda                                     
              25th  Mehdi Bennani               Puncture                   
                    Honda Racing - Honda                                   
              26th  John George                 Transmission               
                    BTC Racing - BMW                                       
                         

Nick Foster jumped Dave Pinkney off the line from the dirty side of the grid, and led the first few corners, but ominously it was Michelisz right on his tail, leading to collective sighs from the spectators as they settled in for another MICHELISZWINSLOL. The GR Asia driver was holding him off rather well however, until something even more unexpected happened- the championship leader spun, emulating Plato in Race 2 and throwing away a prime opportunity to match Dan Eaves' still-unequalled achievement of three race wins in a weekend- he eventually drove a quiet race to finish a lowly sixteenth, although he did still salvage a point with fastest lap. Foster, despite further pressure from his teammate, went on to win with a comfortable margin as part of a GR Asia 1-2, and the second Seat 1-2-3 in a row. Meanwhile it was all action in the lower half of the top 10, with Alex MacDowell in seventh (hence scoring AmDTuning's first ever points) holding off a train of cars that included Paul O'Neill's Peugeot and Tom Coronel, who along with Rob Collard (who was hounded by a struggling Yvan Muller) managed Arena's first double-points haul in several rounds.

Standings After 18 Rounds:
Drivers' Championship
1 Norbert Michelisz 194
2 Alain Menu 175
3 Jordi Gene 152
4 Jonathan Adam 127
5 Yvan Muller 91
6 Jason Plato 90
7 Gordon Shedden 74
8 Colin Turkington 65
10 Tom Chilton 49
11 Augusto Farfus 47
12 James Thompson 33
13 Nick Foster 27
14 Tom Coronel 20
15 Jeff Smith 13
=15 Rob Collard 13
=15 Stephen Kane 13
18 Andrew Jordan 10
19 Matt Neal 7
20 Dave Pinkney 6
=20 Paul O'Neill 6
22 Fabrizio Giovanardi 4
=22 Alex MacDowell 4
24 Chris James 2
25 Mat Jackson 1
=26 Mehdi Bennani 1
=26 John George 1
=26 Andy Neate 1


Independent Drivers' Championship
1 Norbert Michelisz 207
2 Jordi Gene 196
3 Yvan Muller 145
4 Gordon Shedden 139
5 Colin Turkington 107
6 Nick Foster 75
7 Dave Pinkney 48
8 Stephen Kane 45
9 James Nash 28
10 Ben Collins 18
=10 Paul O'Neill 24
12 Matt Neal 15
13 John George 18
14 Mat Jackson 12
=14 Andy Neate 18
16 Arthur Forster 9
17 Alex MacDowell 19
=17 Gavin Smith 16
=17 Chris James 14
20 Tom Ferrier 7
22 Dan Eaves 5
23 Tom Onslow-Cole 1


Teams' Championship
1 WSR 224
2 Maxtreme 200
3 GR Asia 179
4 CVR 164
5 888 131
6 Seat 100
7 Special Tuning 65
9 Honda 48
8 RML 46
10 Arena 33
11 BTC Racing 14
12 Tech-Speed 13
13 AmD Tuning 4
14 Boulevard 3
15 Motorbase 1



Independent Teams' Championship
1 CVR 284
2 GR Asia 271
3 Maxtreme 255
4 Special Tuning 116
5 BTC Racing 63
6 Bamboo 46
7 Tech-Speed 39
9 AmD Tuning 33
8 Boulevard 32
10 Motorbase 12
=10 AFM 12
12 Eurotech 1

Constructors' Championship
1 WSR/BMW 298
2 888/Vauxhall 198
3 Seat 165
4 RML/Chevrolet 113
5 Honda 111
6 Arena/Ford 100


Considering the utter dominance of the Seats this season, TOCA will be putting ballast on the Leons and temporarily pausing upgrades for these teams from Silverstone on to improve the show (this isn't unprecedented- this happened to the Audis in '96 and the Vauxhalls in '01 in RL at least), so along with sacking drivers and making upgrades , feel free to moan about that (I'm sure Plato has a very vocal opinion...)
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Seat have a statement from Plato. Unfortunately after cutting out the swearing there is really nothing left.
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Seeing as the Leons are about to get laden with ballast, CVR will switch back to its BMW 320s now.
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DemocalypseNow wrote:Seeing as the Leons are about to get laden with ballast, CVR will switch back to its BMW 320s now.


Your craftiness in the face of TOCA's regulations never ceases to amaze me...

But I'll let you do this. You're not getting the 1CR used when swapping back to the Leons refunded though.
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Looks like it hasn't been a satisfying day for Bamboo, hopefully next time it'll be better.
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As my computer has a new CPU cooler to prevent the catastrophic overheating that delayed this series' running (plus colder weather), I can resume running this series regularly again, of which Silverstone will be up shortly- after I've swapped the CVR team back to BMWs and ballasted the Seats.
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I had a few teething troubles with the new CPU cooling setup, but everything works now, so here are the results from Rounds 19, 20 and 21 from Silverstone:

Pre-Qualifying:

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1 Alex MacDowell                                           
1m 37.002s                                           
2 Gavin Smith                   
1m 37.228s                     
3 Stephen Kane                                           
1m 37.519s                                           
4 John George                   
1m 37.526s                     
5 Mat Jackson                                           
1m 37.561s                                           
6 James Nash                     
1m 37.958s                     
7 Tom Ferrier                                           
1m 38.090s                                           
8 Dan Eaves                     
1m 38.180s                     
9 Tom Onslow-Cole                                         
1m 38.187s                                           
10 Tony Gilham                   
1m 38.270s                     
11 Carl Breeze                                           
1m 38.278s                                           
12 James Kaye                     
1m 38.474s                     
13 Ben Collins                                           
1m 38.673s                                         
14 Martin Depper                   
1m 38.890s                     

Aggregate
1 AmDTuning    3m 14.230s
2 BTC Racing   3m 15.045s
3 Motorbase   3m 15.831s
4 AFM Racing   3m 16.270s
5 Bamboo   3m 16.631s
6 Forster   3m 16.752s
7 Eurotech   3m 17.077s

In the last pre-qualifying session before the entry list is recalculated it was AmDTuning who topped the session ahead of BTC Racing in what is likely to be the two team's final attempts to pre-qualify this year. It was a relatively close session at Silverstone, with Motorbase and AFM quite close to pre-qualifying, which bodes well for Knockhill, while Eurotech continue to fall well off the pace of even Forster Motorsports floundering Toyotas.

Quali-1

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1 Jason Plato                                            
1m 35.933s                                           
2 Norbert Michelisz                 
1m 36.171s                     
3 Jordi Gene                                             
1m 36.317s                                           
4 Jonathan Adam                   
1m 36.486s                     
5 Alain Menu                                             
1m 36.571s                                           
6 Colin Turkington                 
1m 36.584s                     
7 Yvan Muller                                           
1m 36.750s                                           
8 Gordon Shedden                   
1m 36.814s                     
9 Augusto Farfus                                           
1m 36.966s                                         
10 James Thompson                   
1m 36.969s                     
11 Tom Coronel                                           
1m 37.204s                                         
12 Alex MacDowell                   
1m 37.211s                     
13 Gavin Smith                                           
1m 37.212s                                         
14 Tom Chilton                   
1m 37.223s                     
15 Paul O'Neill                                           
1m 37.271s                                           
16 Matt Neal                     
1m 37.292s                     
17 Stephen Kane                                           
1m 37.304s                                         
18 Jeff Smith                     
1m 37.452s                     
19 John George                                           
1m 37.498s                                         
20 Fabrizio Giovanardi               
1m 37.609s                     
21 Chris James                                           
1m 38.012s                                         
22 Rob Collard                   
1m 38.024s                     
23 Dave Pinkney                                           
1m 38.088s                                         
24 Andy Neate                     
1m 38.105s                     
25 Nick Foster                                           
1m 38.357s                                           
26 Arthur Forster                   
1m 38.401s                     
27 Andrew Jordan
DNQ
28 Mehdi Bennani
DNQ 

Any fears that the Leon-running teams had of being mired at the back of the grid (and conversely, the hopes of their competitors) were quickly rubbished as they filled the first three positions, led by a strangely cheerful Jason Plato. It was however clear that the Seats had still been slowed somewhat- 4th placed Jonathan Adam was less than a tenth of a second off Gene's car ahead, while the teammates of the leading trio were propping up the timesheets, Jordan even failing to qualify. CVR, who had been running its 2009-spec Leons up until this round, having swapped from BMWs at Brands Hatch, had a solid but unspectacular session, with Muller and Shedden qualifying 7th and 8th while re-acclimatising to the RWD 320sis! Along with Jordan, it was Moroccan Mehdi Bennani who failed to qualify, while rumours circulate around him not finishing the season with a financially shaky Honda team.

Race 1 (video coming soon)

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             1st  Colin Turkington            33m 33.685s               
                  Sp. Tuning - Honda                                   
             2nd  Norbert Michelisz           +2.509s                   
                  Maxtreme - SEAT                                       
             3rd  Alain Menu                  +10.715s                 
                  WSR - BMW                                             
             4th  Jordi Gene                  +11.684s                 
                  GR Asia - SEAT                                       
             5th  Jonathan Adam               +13.637s                 
                  Triple Eight - Vauxhall                               
             6th  James Thompson              +21.298s                 
                  RML  - Chevrolet                                     
             7th  Yvan Muller                 +29.500s                 
                  Clyde Valley - BMW                                   
             8th  Paul O'Neill                +36.661s                 
                  Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                 
             9th  Gordon Shedden              +39.802s                 
                  Clyde Valley - BMW                                   
            10th  Jeff Smith                  +55.192s                 
                  RML  - Chevrolet                                     
            11th  Gavin Smith                 +57.693s                 
                  AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                               
            12th  Chris James                 +59.230s                 
                  Boulevard - Chevrolet                                 
            13th  Dave Pinkney                +1m 00.957s               
                  Maxtreme - SEAT                                       
            14th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +1m 01.141s               
                  Triple Eight - Vauxhall                               
            15th  Nick Foster                 +1m 02.834s               
                  GR Asia - SEAT                                       
            16th  Rob Collard                 +1m 06.963s               
                  Arena - Ford                                         
            17th  John George                 +1m 21.023s               
                  BTC Racing - BMW                                     
            18th  Andy Neate                  +1m 23.048s               
                  Boulevard - Chevrolet                                 
            19th  Tom Coronel                 -1 Lap                   
                  Arena - Ford                                         
            20th  Tom Chilton                 -1 Lap                   
                  WSR - BMW                                             
            21st  Augusto Farfus              Loose Wheel               
                  Honda Racing - Honda                                 
            22nd  Jason Plato                 Oil Leak                 
                  SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                   
            23rd  Arthur Forster              Engine                   
                  Sp. Tuning - Honda                                   
            24th  Alex MacDowell              Engine                   
                  AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                               
            25th  Matt Neal                   Puncture                 
                  Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                 
            26th  Stephen Kane                Engine                   
                  BTC Racing - BMW               

Plato led off the line, but was quickly swamped by Michelisz and Menu, dropping to third and then fifth before his engine expired well before the halfway point. Instead it was Norbert Michelisz who built up a lead of nearly 3 seconds in as many laps, as has so often happened this year (and has so often caused headaches for TOCA). However, Colin Turkington's Honda was flying at Silverstone, quickly dispatching Plato, Farfus (who suffered suspension failure not long after) and Menu and by lap 5 he had reduced the Maxtreme driver's lead to less than a second. After losing time during his first attempt to pass the Hungarian, it took until lap 8 for Turkington to attempt a second move for the lead, which stuck and with that he pulled away, taking the first win for a Honda Accord in the BTCC since Simon Graves' Production class and overall win at Snetterton in 2001. Other notable runs included a rare double points finish for RML, and an even rarer points finish (or finish at all, but I digress) for Paul O'Neill's Peugeot in 8th, as the team strives to stave off pre-qualifying. Jonathan Adam set the fastest lap.

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1 Jason Plato                                            
1m 35.652s                                           
2 Jonathan Adam                   
1m 35.810s                     
3 Norbert Michelisz                                         
1m 36.262s                                           
4 Jordi Gene                     
1m 36.323s                     
5 Augusto Farfus                                           
1m 36.578s                                           
6 Colin Turkington                 
1m 36.764s                     
7 Gordon Shedden                                           
1m 36.814s                                           
8 Tom Coronel                   
1m 36.816s                     
9 Yvan Muller                                           
1m 36.820s                                           
10 Alain Menu                     
1m 36.968s                     
11 Matt Neal                                             
1m 37.136s                                           
12 John George                   
1m 37.388s                     
13 Alex MacDowell                                           
1m 37.426s                                           
14 Chris James                   
1m 37.475s                     
15 Jeff Smith                                             
1m 37.491s                                           
16 Gavin Smith                   
1m 37.606s                     
17 Andrew Jordan                                           
1m 37.707s                                           
18 Fabrizio Giovanardi               
1m 37.720s                     
19 Stephen Kane                                           
1m 37.783s                                           
20 Rob Collard                   
1m 37.812s                     
21 Mehdi Bennani                                           
1m 37.843s                                         
22 Paul O'Neill                   
1m 37.877s                     
23 Andy Neate                                             
1m 37.943s                                         
24 Tom Chilton                   
1m 37.947s                     
25 James Thompson                                           
1m 37.950s                                         
26 Arthur Forster                   
1m 38.298s                     
DNQ:
27 Nick Foster
28 Mehdi Bennani 

Plato again set the pace in the second qualifying session, and was joined on the front row by Jonathan Adam who was having a very competitive weekend. Augusto Farfus qualified very well in the Honda, ahead of Race 1 winner Turkington, while more disappointing performances came from Menu, who was only 10th, and James Thompson, who showed inexplicably poor form to line up on the back row with Arthur Forster, although still ahead of Nick Foster and Mehdi Bennani, who failed to qualify.

Race 2 (video coming soon)

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               1st  Jonathan Adam               33m 29.368s                 
                    Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
               2nd  Colin Turkington            +2.102s                     
                    Sp. Tuning - Honda                                     
               3rd  Jordi Gene                  +10.635s                   
                    GR Asia - SEAT                                         
               4th  Augusto Farfus              +17.314s                   
                    Honda Racing - Honda                                   
               5th  Jason Plato                 +24.690s                   
                    SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                     
               6th  Yvan Muller                 +26.234s                   
                    Clyde Valley - BMW                                     
               7th  Tom Coronel                 +31.446s                   
                    Arena - Ford                                           
               8th  Chris James                 +33.395s                   
                    Boulevard - Chevrolet                                   
               9th  Gordon Shedden              +36.246s                   
                    Clyde Valley - BMW                                     
              10th  John George                 +39.567s                   
                    BTC Racing - BMW                                       
              11th  James Thompson              +47.209s                   
                    RML  - Chevrolet                                       
              12th  Norbert Michelisz           +47.295s                   
                    Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
              13th  Jeff Smith                  +51.305s                   
                    RML  - Chevrolet                                       
              14th  Mehdi Bennani               +53.715s                   
                    Honda Racing - Honda                                   
              15th  Paul O'Neill                +57.933s                   
                    Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                   
              16th  Andy Neate                  +1m 06.909s                 
                    Boulevard - Chevrolet                                   
              17th  Stephen Kane                +1m 10.628s                 
                    BTC Racing - BMW                                       
              18th  Alex MacDowell              +1m 11.534s                 
                    AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                                 
              19th  Tom Chilton                 +1m 11.858s                 
                    WSR - BMW                                               
              20th  Gavin Smith                 +1m 12.438s                 
                    AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                                 
              21st  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +1m 16.228s                 
                    Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
              22nd  Rob Collard                 +1m 22.592s                 
                    Arena - Ford                                           
              23rd  Matt Neal                   -2 Laps                     
                    Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                   
              24th  Arthur Forster              Engine                     
                    Sp. Tuning - Honda                                     
              25th  Andrew Jordan               Engine                     
                    SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                     
              26th  Alain Menu                  Suspension                 
                    WSR - BMW                                               
                                                                                 

Plato again started poorly, being jumped by Adam, Turkington, Michelisz and Gene in the first couple of laps alone, while the former two drivers sped away from the rest of the field, and while it looked for a while it looked as Turkington could take two wins in a row, Jonathan Adam eventually triumphed to take his first win of the year (and another fastest lap) with a margin of two seconds over the Special Tuning driver, who was still 8 seconds ahead of the next placed driver. Elsewhere, the championship battle took an interesting yet ultimately inconsequential turn- Alain Menu suffered suspension failure early in the race, handing Michelisz an open goal to extend his already substantial championship lead. This did not occur however- the Hungarian was forced to pit with technical issues not far from the end, dropping to 15th from which he could only recover to 11th, outside the points. Inside the points however was Chris James, who managed an unlikely 8th placed finish to score 3 more points for the financially beleagured Boulevard squad, while ahead of him was the seemingly perennially-unlucky Tom Coronel, who also got the most power for Quali-3.

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    1st  Jonathan Adam               33m 31.407s                  
                     Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
                2nd  Alain Menu                  +7.203s                     
                     WSR - BMW                                               
                3rd  Jordi Gene                  +8.689s                     
                     GR Asia - SEAT                                           
                4th  Augusto Farfus              +16.239s                     
                     Honda Racing - Honda                                     
                5th  James Thompson              +22.667s                     
                     RML  - Chevrolet                                         
                6th  Yvan Muller                 +27.209s                     
                     Clyde Valley - BMW                                       
                7th  Norbert Michelisz           +27.885s                     
                     Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
                8th  Jason Plato                 +33.456s                     
                     SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                       
                9th  Gordon Shedden              +38.450s                     
                     Clyde Valley - BMW                                       
               10th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +58.537s                     
                     Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
               11th  Tom Chilton                 +1m 01.373s                 
                     WSR - BMW                                               
               12th  Chris James                 +1m 02.894s                 
                     Boulevard - Chevrolet                                   
               13th  Nick Foster                 +1m 03.785s                 
                     GR Asia - SEAT                                           
               14th  Jeff Smith                  +1m 08.924s                 
                     RML  - Chevrolet                                         
               15th  John George                 +1m 10.449s                 
                     BTC Racing - BMW                                         
               16th  Andy Neate                  +1m 12.160s                 
                     Boulevard - Chevrolet                                   
               17th  Rob Collard                 +1m 23.821s                 
                     Arena - Ford                                             
               18th  Gavin Smith                 -1 Lap                       
                     AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                                 
               19th  Arthur Forster              -2 Laps                     
                     Sp. Tuning - Honda                                       
               20th  Matt Neal                   Transmission                 
                     Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                     
               21st  Alex MacDowell              Loose Wheel                 
                     AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                                 
               22nd  Stephen Kane                Engine                       
                     BTC Racing - BMW                                         
               23rd  Paul O'Neill                Engine                       
                     Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                     
               24th  Dave Pinkney                Loose Wheel                 
                     Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
               25th  Tom Coronel                 Transmission                 
                     Arena - Ford                                             
               26th  Colin Turkington            Engine                       
                     Sp. Tuning - Honda                 

Augusto Farfus shot into the lead from the first corner, gapping the field apart from Jonathan Adam, who stayed close on his tail, overtaking him at half distance with yet another fastest lap, by which point a chasing pack of Alain Menu and Jordi Gene (Colin Turkington intiated this move, but suffered engine failure while running a strong third) swept him up, the Honda driver ultimately finishing fourth again. Meanwhile, the lower top 10 had become a race of attrition somewhat- first to go was front-row starter Tom Coronel's transmission, which failed while he ran in a disappointing seventh, while Alex MacDowell, Matt Neal and Dave Pinkney all suffered mechanical issues while gracing tenth place- it was ultimately Fabrizio Giovanardi who scored a single point. Norbert Michelisz had a poor race finishing seventh (before the spree of retirements, it looked as if he would fail to score) five places behind Menu, harming his championship lead.

Championship Standings After 21 Rounds:

Drivers' Championship
1 Norbert Michelisz 211
2 Alain Menu 197
3 Jordi Gene 180
4 Jonathan Adam 162
5 Yvan Muller 105
6 Jason Plato 101
7 Colin Turkington 93
8 Gordon Shedden 80
9 Augusto Farfus 54
10 Tom Chilton 49
11 James Thompson 44
12 Nick Foster 27
13 Tom Coronel 24
14 Jeff Smith 14
=15 Rob Collard 13
=15 Stephen Kane 13
17 Andrew Jordan 10
18 Paul O'Neill 9
19 Matt Neal 7
20 Dave Pinkney 6
21 Fabrizio Giovanardi 5
=21 Chris James 5
23 Alex MacDowell 4
24 John George 2
25 Mat Jackson 1
=25 Mehdi Bennani 1
=25 Andy Neate 1
Michelisz, despite his poor weekend, leads Menu by an expanded 24-point margin, while Jordi Gene is beginning to creep into the title battle at this late stage.

Independent Drivers' Championship
1 Norbert Michelisz 233
2 Jordi Gene 232
3 Yvan Muller 175
4 Gordon Shedden 158
5 Colin Turkington 137
6 Nick Foster 81
7 Dave Pinkney 50
8 Stephen Kane 46
9 Paul O'Neill 33
10 Chris James 31
11 James Nash 28
12 John George 27
13 Andy Neate 23
14 Gavin Smith 22
15 Alex MacDowell 19
16 Ben Collins 18
17 Matt Neal 15
18 Mat Jackson 12
19 Arthur Forster 10
20 Tom Ferrier 7
21 Dan Eaves 5
22 Tom Onslow-Cole 1
Things are a lot closer in the Indepedent's Championship- Michelisz leads, but only by a single point from Gene, with 3rd-placed Muller already too far behind to really challenge for the title.

Teams' Championship
1 WSR 246
2 Maxtreme 217
3 GR Asia 207
4 CVR 185
5 888 167
6 Seat 111
7 Special Tuning 93
8 RML 58
9 Honda 55
10 Arena 37
11 Tech-Speed 16
12 BTC Racing 15
13 Boulevard 6
14 AmD Tuning 4
15 Motorbase 1
WSR are still fairly dominant in the Team's championship, but Chilton's non-scoring has reduced the margin to Maxtreme and GR Asia behind them to under 30 points.

Independent Teams' Championship
1 CVR 333
2 GR Asia 313
3 Maxtreme 283
4 Special Tuning 147
5 BTC Racing 73
6 Boulevard 54
7 Tech-Speed 48
8 Bamboo 46
9 AmD Tuning 41
10 Motorbase 12
=10 AFM 12
12 Eurotech 1
Things are are lot less close in the Independent Team's championship- CVR is twenty points ahead of GR Asia, and fifty ahead of Maxtreme in third, who have scored nearly double the points of fourth-placed Special Tuning (and they have scored double BTC Racing's tally!)

Constructors' Championship
1 WSR/BMW 336
2 888/Vauxhall 243
3 Seat 191
4 RML/Chevrolet 153
5 Honda 133
6 Arena/Ford 121
WSR have a safe lead in the Constructor's championship, and at this rate may seal the title well before Brands Hatch.

Now for the Pre-Qualifying recalculation:

Leaving Pre-Qualifying:
BTC Racing (12th in TC, 15pts)

Entering Pre-Qualifying:
Boulevard (13th in TC, 6pts)

Staying in Pre-Qualifying:
AmDTuning (14th in TC, 4pts)
Motorbase (15th in TC, 1pt)
AFM Racing (NC in TC, 0pts, best finish 14th)
Eurotech (NC in TC, 0pts, best finish 21st)
Forster Motorsport (NC in TC, 0pts, best finish DNPQ)

This list will remain static until the end of the year.

Finally, as the next race is at the Knockhill Circuit in Fife, Scotland, there is an oppurtunity for the smaller, less financially secure outfits on the grid to skip this round to save on travel costs. This manifests itself as a 5CR rebate from TOCA. You will need to specify if you are doing this or not below.

Anyway, feel free to comment or make upgrades (unless you're running a Leon) before the next round, which will be run on time, I promise!
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Re: 2010 Virtual BTCC- Silverstone Up!

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Bamboo will be going for Quali Pace
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Re: 2010 Virtual BTCC- Silverstone Up!

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The rounds from Knockhill (I know, I've even fallen behind TOCA in running these things now...) will be up shortly, so I'll do the RNG for the only upgrades prior to the event:

Bamboo Quali Pace:
1-60 Success, 61-100 Fail
Result: 18- Success.

Well, that's done, so things should be up within a couple of days or so.
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Re: 2010 Virtual BTCC- Knockhill Up!

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Here are the results from the BTCC's annual excursion to Scotland at the Knockhill Circuit: (apologies for the awful writing, it's a bit rushed as I need to conclude Asian F4 before I go on holiday)

Pre-Qualifying:

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1 Alex MacDowell                                           
45.396s                                             
2 James Nash                     
45.564s                       
3 Gavin Smith                                           
45.590s                                               
4 Mat Jackson                   
45.761s (DNPQ)                       
5 Tom Onslow-Cole                                         
45.902s (DNPQ)                                             
6 Tom Ferrier                   
45.917s (DNPQ)                       
7 Carl Breeze                                           
45.928s (DNPQ)                                             
8 James Kaye                     
45.936s (DNPQ)                       
9 Chris James                                           
45.975s (DNPQ)                                             
10 Dan Eaves                     
45.982s (DNPQ)                       
11 Ben Collins                                           
45.984s                                             
12 Andy Neate                     
46.012s (DNPQ)                       
13 Tony Gilham                                           
46.112s (DNPQ)                                             
14 Martin Depper                   
46.323s (DNPQ)                       

Aggregate:
1 AmDTuning   3m 00.986s 
2 Bamboo   3m 01.548s
3 Forster   3m 01.864s (DNPQ)
4 AFM Racing   3m 01.899s (DNPQ)
5 Motorbase   3m 01.873s (DNPQ)
6 Boulevard   3m 01.987s (DNPQ)
7 Eurotech   3m 02.225s (DNPQ)                                          

The first pre-qualifying session with a new lineup since Oulton Park produced an interesting result; there was little surprise when AmDTuning (who nearly escaped pre-qualifying after Silverstone) pre-qualified easily, but behind them it was very close. A very good time from James Nash plus upgrades to the Lacetti saw Bamboo get into the main qualifying for the first time since falling into the session at Oulton Park, while Forster racing were unlucky not to make the grid for the first time, being just a couple of tenths further behind, and ahead of a tight pack of AFM, Motorbase and Boulevard, although Eurotech were miles off the pace.

Quali-1:

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1  Jonathan Adam                                            
44.579s                                               
2  Jason Plato                     
44.815s                         
3  Norbert Michelisz                                         
45.004s                                               
4  Jordi Gene                     
45.073s                         
5  Yvan Muller                                             
45.196s                                               
6  Alain Menu                     
45.200s                         
7  Gordon Shedden                                           
45.290s                                               
8  Colin Turkington                   
45.325s                         
9  Augusto Farfus                                           
45.329s                                               
10 James Thompson                   
45.345s                         
11 Tom Coronel                                             
45.414s                                             
12 Matt Neal                     
45.471s                         
13 Tom Chilton                                             
45.496s                                             
14 Alex MacDowell                   
45.506s                         
15 James Nash                                             
45.508s                                               
16 John George                     
45.517s                         
17 Stephen Kane                                             
45.530s                                               
18 Gavin Smith                     
45.546s                         
19 Paul O'Neill                                             
45.598s                                               
20 Jeff Smith                     
45.663s                         
21 Fabrizio Giovanardi                                         
45.764s                                             
22 Ben Collins                     
45.844s                         
23 Dave Pinkney                                           
45.871s                                             
24 Rob Collard                   
45.900s                         
25 Nick Foster                                             
45.913s                                               
26 Mehdi Bennani                   
46.079s                         
DNQ:
27 Andrew Jordan
28 Arthur Forster 

Jonathan Adam set the fastest time in the first qualifying session of the weekend, breaking fellow front row starter Jason Plato's run of pole positions from Silverstone, and being the only non-Seat or BMW in the top six. In a rather predictable session, suprises included James Nash in fifteenth for Bamboo, just behind Alex MacDowell's Alfa, while Andrew Jordan (who has really struggled with the ballasted Leon) and Arthur Forster failed to make the grid.

Race 1:

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1st  Jonathan Adam               20m 25.374s                  
                     Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
                2nd  Jason Plato                 +1.301s                     
                     SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                       
                3rd  Augusto Farfus              +3.085s                     
                     Honda Racing - Honda                                     
                4th  Alex MacDowell              +15.441s                     
                     AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                                 
                5th  Stephen Kane                +16.118s                     
                     BTC Racing - BMW                                         
                6th  Jeff Smith                  +16.982s                     
                     RML  - Chevrolet                                         
                7th  James Nash                  +19.769s                     
                     Bamboo - Chevrolet                                       
                8th  Rob Collard                 +36.981s                     
                     Arena - Ford                                             
                9th  Ben Collins                 +46.046s                     
                     Bamboo - Chevrolet                                       
               10th  Alain Menu                  +46.217s                     
                     WSR - BMW                                               
               11th  James Thompson              +47.095s                     
                     RML  - Chevrolet                                         
               12th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +48.555s                     
                     Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
               13th  Nick Foster                 +1m 17.047s                 
                     GR Asia - SEAT                                           
               14th  Dave Pinkney                -1 Lap                       
                     Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
               15th  Yvan Muller                 -1 Lap                       
                     Clyde Valley - BMW                                       
               16th  Gordon Shedden              -1 Lap                       
                     Clyde Valley - BMW                                       
               17th  Gavin Smith                 -2 Laps                     
                     AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                                 
               18th  Norbert Michelisz           -2 Laps                     
                     Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
               19th  John George                 Engine                       
                     BTC Racing - BMW                                         
               20th  Paul O'Neill                Engine                       
                     Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                     
               21st  Mehdi Bennani               Engine                       
                     Honda Racing - Honda                                     
               22nd  Jordi Gene                  Transmission                 
                     GR Asia - SEAT                                           
               23rd  Tom Chilton                 Didn't Finish               
                     WSR - BMW                                               
               24th  Tom Coronel                 Suspension                   
                     Arena - Ford                                             
               25th  Colin Turkington            Electrical                   
                     Sp. Tuning - Honda                                       
               26th  Matt Neal                   Puncture                     
                     Tech-Speed - Peugeot                 

Off the line, Jonathan Adam made one of the worst starts of the year and had dropped to eighth by the first corner, leaving Plato to pull away from the chasing cars of Menu, Michelisz and Farfus, among others. Past the first lap, however, most of the action was the result of a great number of bizarre incidents at both the Arnold Clark chicane and Clark corner itself- virtually everyone who graced the top 10 in the early laps, including both Norbert Michelisz and Alain Menu span off there, losing up to two whole laps digging themselves out of the gravel. Any hopes Jordi Gene (who was then running fourth) had of clawing back points on the championship frontrunners were dashed however as his transmission failed not much later on, and to make matters worse, by the end of the race Menu had clawed his way back up to tenth. Amid this chaos, no-one had really noticed the emerging battle up front- Adam, helped by the pirouetting of those in front of him, (this is not to say he lacked pace- in fact, he set fastest lap) had managed to climb back up to second place, and was hounding Plato down in the closing laps, making it past on the final lap to the delight of the Scottish fans and the despair of the BTCC veteran, who had let yet another prospective win slip through his fingers. Behind them was a very strange top 10; Farfus managed a strong third for Honda, but more surprising was MacDowell in fourth after a measured drive, Jeff Smith in sixth and Bamboo not only picking up its first points this year, but a double score, with Nash and Collins in seventh and ninth respectively.

Quali-2:

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1  Jonathan Adam                                         
44.574s                                             
2  Jason Plato                 
44.771s                     
3  Jordi Gene                                           
44.916s                                             
4  Norbert Michelisz               
45.004s                     
5  Gordon Shedden                                         
45.107s                                             
6  Yvan Muller                 
45.162s                     
7  Augusto Farfus                                         
45.209s                                             
8  Colin Turkington               
45.251s                     
9  Alain Menu                                           
45.335s                                           
10 Tom Coronel                 
45.350s                     
11 Alex MacDowell                                         
45.459s                                           
12 Gavin Smith                 
45.519s                     
13 James Thompson                                         
45.519s                                           
14 Jeff Smith                   
45.521s                     
15 Matt Neal                                           
45.564s                                           
16 James Nash                   
45.599s                     
17 Fabrizio Giovanardi                                     
45.625s                                           
18 John George                 
45.646s                     
19 Tom Chilton                                         
45.692s                                           
20 Stephen Kane                 
45.738s                     
21 Rob Collard                                         
45.738s                                           
22 Paul O'Neill                 
45.762s                     
23 Ben Collins                                         
45.766s                                           
24 Mehdi Bennani                 
45.891s                     
25 Arthur Forster                                         
45.909s                                           
26 Andrew Jordan                 
45.967s
DNQ:
27 Nick Foster
28 Dave Pinkney 

It was a largely similar grid for Race 2, with Adam and Plato again on the front row, with Gene and Michelisz (albeit with swapped positions) behind them, and the CVR cars behind them. The only real surprises were Arthur Forster and Andrew Jordan qualifying, with Nick Foster and Dave Pinkney's privateer Seats not making the grid.

Race 2:

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                1st  Jonathan Adam               20m 11.557s                  
                     Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
                2nd  Gordon Shedden              +6.631s                     
                     Clyde Valley - BMW                                       
                3rd  Norbert Michelisz           +8.130s                     
                     Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
                4th  Jordi Gene                  +9.636s                     
                     GR Asia - SEAT                                           
                5th  Jason Plato                 +14.570s                     
                     SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                       
                6th  Colin Turkington            +15.119s                     
                     Sp. Tuning - Honda                                       
                7th  Yvan Muller                 +18.556s                     
                     Clyde Valley - BMW                                       
                8th  Alain Menu                  +26.215s                     
                     WSR - BMW                                               
                9th  Jeff Smith                  +30.992s                     
                     RML  - Chevrolet                                         
               10th  Stephen Kane                +33.575s                     
                     BTC Racing - BMW                                         
               11th  Arthur Forster              +36.139s                     
                     Sp. Tuning - Honda                                       
               12th  John George                 +37.457s                     
                     BTC Racing - BMW                                         
               13th  James Nash                  +38.833s                     
                     Bamboo - Chevrolet                                       
               14th  Tom Chilton                 +40.311s                     
                     WSR - BMW                                               
               15th  Ben Collins                 -1 Lap                       
                     Bamboo - Chevrolet                                       
               16th  Tom Coronel                 -1 Lap                       
                     Arena - Ford                                             
               17th  Paul O'Neill                -1 Lap                       
                     Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                     
               18th  Mehdi Bennani               -1 Lap                       
                     Honda Racing - Honda                                     
               19th  Matt Neal                   -2 Laps                     
                     Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                     
               20th  Rob Collard                 -2 Laps                     
                     Arena - Ford                                             
               21st  Augusto Farfus              -3 Laps                     
                     Honda Racing - Honda                                     
               22nd  Andrew Jordan               Oil Leak                     
                     SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                       
               23rd  Alex MacDowell              Didn't Finish               
                     AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                                 
               24th  Gavin Smith                 Engine                       
                     AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                                 
               25th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         Puncture                     
                     Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
               26th  James Thompson              Transmission                 
                     RML  - Chevrolet                                         
           

Race 2 proved to be a less eventful race than its predecessor, with the Fife-based duo of Jonathan Adam and Gordon Shedden using their local knowledge to pull away from the field, finishing first and second respectively, with Adam's fastest lap meaning that the Triple Eight driver had managed a maximum score so far this weekend. Behind them, random spins at Clark corner continued to afflict much of the field, an occurrence that was still puzzling TOCA and the circuit managers alike- there were no such incidents in 2009, on an unchanged track with much of the same cars and drivers, leaving no obvious area to blame. This proved particularly frustrating for the AmDTuning team, who saw both their drivers spin out of the points, while further concern appeared around the fuel usage of the cars, with drivers such as Menu forced to stop for fuel, losing track time. Amidst this controversy, it was Colin Turkington who was drawn into pole position for Race 3, having finished sixth in this race after not lasting two laps of the first.

Race 3:

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 1st  Jason Plato                 20m 22.431s                 
                    SEAT Sport  - SEAT                                     
               2nd  Norbert Michelisz           +0.430s                     
                    Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
               3rd  Yvan Muller                 +4.311s                     
                    Clyde Valley - BMW                                     
               4th  Tom Coronel                 +15.078s                   
                    Arena - Ford                                           
               5th  John George                 +20.709s                   
                    BTC Racing - BMW                                       
               6th  Tom Chilton                 +22.610s                   
                    WSR - BMW                                               
               7th  Gavin Smith                 +23.907s                   
                    AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                                 
               8th  Alex MacDowell              +27.257s                   
                    AmD Tuning - Alfa Romeo                                 
               9th  Fabrizio Giovanardi         +34.402s                   
                    Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
              10th  Jeff Smith                  +36.226s                   
                    RML  - Chevrolet                                       
              11th  Dave Pinkney                +38.243s                   
                    Maxtreme - SEAT                                         
              12th  Alain Menu                  +38.577s                   
                    WSR - BMW                                               
              13th  Rob Collard                 +41.310s                   
                    Arena - Ford                                           
              14th  James Nash                  +45.491s                   
                    Bamboo - Chevrolet                                     
              15th  Arthur Forster              -1 Lap                     
                    Sp. Tuning - Honda                                     
              16th  Stephen Kane                -1 Lap                     
                    BTC Racing - BMW                                       
              17th  Colin Turkington            -1 Lap                     
                    Sp. Tuning - Honda                                     
              18th  Jonathan Adam               -1 Lap                     
                    Triple Eight - Vauxhall                                 
              19th  Jordi Gene                  -1 Lap                     
                    GR Asia - SEAT                                         
              20th  Gordon Shedden              -2 Laps                     
                    Clyde Valley - BMW                                     
              21st  Ben Collins                 -2 Laps                     
                    Bamboo - Chevrolet                                     
              22nd  Nick Foster                 Didn't Finish               
                    GR Asia - SEAT                                         
              23rd  Matt Neal                   Engine                     
                    Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                   
              24th  Augusto Farfus              Transmission               
                    Honda Racing - Honda                                   
              25th  James Thompson              Engine                     
                    RML  - Chevrolet                                       
              26th  Paul O'Neill                Transmission               
                    Tech-Speed - Peugeot                                   
                                 

Predictably, considering the mixture of strange accidents, race 3 over-aggression and the tight Knockhill circuit, race 3 was insane. By the first corner, Jonathan Adam's hopes of finishing a so-far perfect weekend ended in the gravel with a collision with Augusto Farfus' Honda, putting the latter driver out of the race and Adam a lap down. More victims of the first lap included Paul O'Neill's transmission and Matt Neal and James Thompson's engines, while just fourteen cars finished on the lead lap, with even those encountering problems. One driver who did not have issues for once was Jason Plato, who drove a faultless race to win despite constant pressure from Norbert Michelisz and Jordi Gene, who was forced to pit three times in the last four laps (presumably due to some kind of fuel starvation issue). Yvan Muller meanwhile was lucky to finish fourth after a number of late race spins, similar to those that had claimed his teammate Shedden, who had run just behind him in what was then sixth. These late race troubles for the frontrunners had the effect of promoting both AmDTuning cars into the top 10, somewhat ironically considering that similar issues dropped them out of it in race 2. Finally, it was polesitter Colin Turkington who set fastest lap, running in clean air after spinning out of sixth place at (you guessed it) Clark corner.

Championship Standings After 24 Rounds:

Drivers' Championship
1 Norbert Michelisz 233
2 Alain Menu 201
3 Jonathan Adam 198
4 Jordi Gene 188
5 Jason Plato 135
6 Yvan Muller 119
7 Colin Turkington 99
8 Gordon Shedden 92
9 Augusto Farfus 64
10 Tom Chilton 54
11 James Thompson 44
12 Tom Coronel 32
13 Nick Foster 27
14 Jeff Smith 22
15 Stephen Kane 20
16 Rob Collard 16
17 Alex MacDowell 15
18 Andrew Jordan 10
19 Paul O'Neill 9
20 John George 8
21 Matt Neal 7
=21 Fabrizio Giovanardi 7
23 Dave Pinkney 6
24 Chris James 5
25 James Nash 4
=25 Gavin Smith 4
27 Ben Collins 2
28 Mat Jackson 1
=28 Mehdi Bennani 1
=28 Andy Neate 1
Besides the Race 1 spin, Norbert Michelisz had the best luck of the championship contenders at Knockhill and now holds a lead of over thirty points, while Jonathan Adam's perfect first two races lift him ahead of Jordi Gene, who may feel that reliability cost him a chance to close the gap ahead badly. Gavin Smith, James Nash and Ben Collins also scored their first points this year.

Independent Drivers' Championship
1 Norbert Michelisz 261
2 Jordi Gene 242
3 Yvan Muller 197
4 Gordon Shedden 176
5 Colin Turkington 146
6 Nick Foster 87
7 Stephen Kane 65
8 Dave Pinkney 60
9 James Nash 44
10 John George 40
11 Alex MacDowell 40
12 Paul O'Neill 33
13 Gavin Smith 32
14 Chris James 31
15 Ben Collins 27
16 Andy Neate 23
17 Arthur Forster 17
18 Matt Neal 15
19 Mat Jackson 12
20 Tom Ferrier 7
21 Dan Eaves 5
22 Tom Onslow-Cole 1
Gene's bad luck has also resulted in Michelisz's Independent lead extending to nearly twenty points, with Muller, Shedden and Turkington each in their own private No Man's Land, too far away from those ahead but well ahead of those behind.

Teams' Championship
1 WSR 255
2 Maxtreme 239
3 GR Asia 215
4 CVR 211
5 888 205
6 Seat 145
7 Special Tuning 99
8 RML 66
9 Honda 65
10 Arena 48
11 BTC Racing 28
12 AmD Tuning 19
13 Tech-Speed 16
14 Boulevard 6
=14 Bamboo 6
16 Motorbase 1
WSR still hold onto a safe yet shrinking lead in the Team's Championship over Maxtreme, but the battle for third place is hotting up- third placed GR Asia and fifth-placed Triple Eight are only separated by ten points. Further down the leaderboard RML and Honda only have one point between them in eighth and ninth, while Boulevard and Bamboo are tied in the pentultimate position with six points.


Independent Teams' Championship
1 CVR 373
2 GR Asia 329
3 Maxtreme 321
4 Special Tuning 163
5 BTC Racing 105
6 AmD Tuning 72
7 Bamboo 71
8 Boulevard 54
9 Tech-Speed 48
10 Motorbase 12
=10 AFM 12
12 Eurotech 1
Clyde Valley Racing are running away with the Independent Team's Championship, now holding a lead of almost fifty points over GR Asia, who have been caught by Maxtreme in third. Boulevard's failure to qualify and Tech-Speed's failure to finish the races has cost both teams badly, as they have been leapfrogged by Bamboo and AmDTuning in the space of a single weekend.

Constructors' Championship
1 WSR/BMW 372
2 888/Vauxhall 287
3 Seat 230
4 RML/Chevrolet 179
5 Arena/Ford 151
6 Honda 149
WSR have almost sealed the Constructors title for a second year in a row, while 888 look safe in second and Seat and RML marooned in third and fourth. There is still one battle left however, and that is for the wooden spoon- Arena have clawed their way past Honda due to better reliability this weekend, dropping Honda back to last, something that they will aim to rectify next time out at Donington, which should suit their powerful engine.

The next race may not be up for a while, so feel free to comment, complain or even upgrade your cars (unless you have a Seat)

Also, a reminder to RedEyes504 and Wizzie; you may want to employ a pay driver or two in the time period to run a few races as you are very badly in debt (I'm assuming Normal32's money pit is in fact some scheme to kill off Boulevard or something by now)
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