BTCC BTCC Calendar 2010

[FB]

In case anyone fancies a day out...

1 Sunday 4 April Thruxton, Hampshire
2 Sunday 25 April Rockingham, Northamptonshire
3 Sunday 2 May Brands Hatch (Grand Prix), Kent
4 Sunday 6 June Oulton Park (Island), Cheshire
5 Sunday 20 June Croft, North Yorkshire
6 Sunday 8 August Snetterton, Norfolk
7 Sunday 22 August Silverstone (National), Northamptonshire
8 Sunday 5 September Knockhill, Fife
9 Sunday 19 September Donington Park, Leicestershire
10 Sunday 10 October Brands Hatch (Indy), Kent

 

[Brogan]

Cheers FB.

Who knows, I might even manage to make one of the races this year...

Third time lucky and all that

 

[cider_and_toast]

I'm for Brands on the 2nd of may. Army v Navy Rugby match at Twickers on the Saturday. Massive hangover and Touring cars on the sunday. What could possibley go wrong?

 

[Brogan]

The entry list has been announced.

I'm glad to see that Jason Plato has got another drive.
Not so glad to see Matt Neal has.

No      Driver             Team                    Car

2       Jason Plato        Chevrolet               Chevrolet Cruze

4       Matt Neal          Team Honda              Honda Civic

5       Mat Jackson        Motorbase Performance   BMW 320si

6       Rob Collard        WSR                     BMW 320si

11      Steven Kane        Motorbase Performance   BMW 320si

20      Alex MacDowall     Chevrolet               Chevrolet Cruze

21      Tom Onslow-Cole    Arena Motorsport        Ford Focus ST

22      Tom Boardman       Special Tuning UK       SEAT Leon TFSI

23      Tom Chilton        Arena Motorsport        Ford Focus ST

27      Martin Johnson     Boulevard Team Racing   Vauxhall Astra Coupe

28      John George        Tech-Speed Motorsport   Honda Integra-R

29      Paul O?Neill       Tech-Speed Motorsport   Honda Integra-R

30      Martin Depper      Forster Motorsport      BMW 320si

37      Arthur Forster     Forster Motorsport      BMW 320si

43      Lea Wood           Team Wood Racing        Honda Integra-R

44      Andy Neate         WSR                     BMW 320si

52      Gordon Shedden     Team Honda              Hona Civic

55      David Pinkney      Pinkney Motorsport      Vauxhall Vectra

77      Andrew Jordan      Eurotech Racing         Vauxhall Vectra

88      TBA                Triple 8 Engineering    Vauxhall Vectra

98      Matt Hamilton      TH Motorsport           Honda Civic-R

99      Shaun Hollamby     AmD Technik             Volkswagen Golf

888     TBA                Triple 8 Engineering    Vauxhall Vectra

 

[cider_and_toast]

A pretty strong entry list given the lack of Works teams but no Johhny Herbert I notice.

 

[Brogan]

Well he didn't do that great last season so it's not surprising really.

 

[Galahad]

Never mind Herbert, where's the defending champion?!

 

[Brogan]

Never mind Herbert, where's the defending champion?!

A lack of funds it would seem

Colin Turkington has become the latest motorsport victim of the economic recession.

The Portadown driver was the first Northern Ireland winner of the prestigious British Touring Car Championship title last year, but he will not be back to defend his crown.

With the start the new season just two weeks away he has admitted defeat in the hunt for funding for his 2010 campaign.

“We have contacted close to 80 companies since Christmas, but haven’t been able to secure anything like the funding required for this season despite the high profile of the BTCC and the 100-plus hours of television coverage the series receives,” said Turkington.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/s...-as-lack-of-cash-ends-title-bid-14731999.html

 

[Galahad]

A terrible shame to have talented drivers like Colin, James Thompson and Giovanardi on the sidelines.

I suppose BMW would have looked at him had they not been downscaling their WTCC squad. Just bad timing all round.

 

[Brogan]

Indeed.

I expect most teams thought Colin would have no problems securing sponsorship to defend his title otherwise some of them might have been interested before they finalised their line-ups?

 

[Galahad]

I suppose it's never too late. He did drive for Triple 8 before of course, when they were the works Vauxhall team, and they've apparently not signed any drivers yet, so there's always a chance, but I'm sure with the loss of the factory backing they'll be looking for funded drivers too.

 

[snowy]

tired and emotional

 

[Brogan]

Well Gio coming back this season was a bit of a surprise.

It's only for 1 race though unless the sponsors are prepared to invest more.
After yesterday's showing if that doesn't convince them then nothing will.

I see Matt Neal was heavily criticised and labelled an amateur driver after his usual ramming tactics.