BTCC British Touring Car Championship 2013 Season

[Brogan]

The 2013 BTCC season starts in a little over six weeks.
Once again there are 10 rounds, with 3 races being run at each round.
The full calendar is as follows:

1. Brands Hatch 31 March
2. Donington Park 21 April
3. Thruxton 5 May
4. Oulton Park 9 June
5. Croft 23 June
6. Snetterton 4 August
7. Knockhill 25 August
8. Rockingham 15 September
9. Silverstone 29 September
10. Brands Hatch GP 13 October

http://www.btcc.net/html/racedates.php

The meet and TV timetables aren't yet available but all races will once again be broadcast live on ITV4/ITV4 HD: http://www.btcc.net/html/tvtimetable.php

Don't have a TV? No problem, you can also watch the races live online: http://www.itv.com/btcc/live/
With highlights available on the dedicated BTCC section: http://www.itv.com/btcc/

Hopefully it will be another good season with some decent, close racing.

 

[gethinceri]

Brilliant!!! With live streaming too, excellent.

 

[Brogan]

Just one week to go before the BTCC season kicks off.

 

[Andrea_Moda_Rules]

And 32 cars on the entry list , Looks like its going to be a stellar season.

 

[mjo]

Its going to stay on itv4 until 2016 - recently renewed contract.

 

[Brogan]

Drama at the very first race

Andrew Jordan punted Jason Plato off at the last corner of the last lap.
They both recovered from the gravel and still finished 1st and 2nd but Plato's car appears to be quite damaged.

Will be interesting to see if there are any repercussions for Jordan.

Oh and what a shame for Neal - ending up one lap down

 

[The Pits]

Especially after Neal nearly ended up putting Shedden in to the pit wall!

It is good to see that size of grid too, getting more popular.

 

[FB]

Plato wins race 2 and admits to having tested mostly with full ballast - there's confidence from the MG team.

 

[Brogan]

Clever.

I hope he doesn't run away with it though, that would make for a boring season.

 

[The Pits]

Agreed.

It does seem like there are quite a few teams there or there abouts though, so should not be a walkover for anyone. There are some who need to settle down a bit though *Cough* Frank Wrathall *Cough*

 

[gethinceri]

Any idea when the highlights are on? I can't stream it on my iPad.

 

[Brogan]

Shedden has been disqualified from the second race due to his car failing the ride height test.

 

[Brogan]

Great to see that team orders aren't currently in place at MG KX Momentum Racing at least, after Plato let Tordoff through in the third race.

 

[The Pits]

It looks like the Hondas are pretty quick on the softer tyres, that could make things interesting, although the MG does look stronger than last year.

 

[Speshal]

With highlights available on the dedicated BTCC section: http://www.itv.com/btcc/

Utterly fucking useless if you missed the races and don't know the result as it gives you the results on the front page with no link to any highlights.

Try this - https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/search/term/btcc

 

[Brogan]

The second meet of the season is this weekend.

Donington Park Circuit: http://www.btcc.net/html/circuit_detail.php?id=6

Timetable: http://www.btcc.net/pdf/ci_6.pdf

Race 1: 1137
Race 2: 1427
Race 3: 1715

 

[mjo]

Wow, we're getting spoilt by Motorsport this weekend! F1, motogp and BTCC!!!!!

 

[Galahad]

Shedden on pole for race one, Frank Wrathall impressively second. Then Jordan, Neal, Plato in that order.

 

[Brogan]

Woah!

Almost a massive accident in race 3 after Newsham spun in the Craner Curves.

Watching everyone behind peel left and right was quite amusing

 

[Brogan]

Oh dear...Tordoff not doing Plato any favours at all by letting Shedden and Neal through on the last lap.