[BTCC] BTCC 2020 season discussion, News and Rumours!

[billy bleach]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

That relates to the legal entity of IP Tech, not the individual A.Neate.

It's a bit of a legal minefield to permanently exclude a private individual as a result of a Ltd. Company court case.

If I were a betting man, I'd think that Mr Neate himself, as an individual who hasn't personally breached a legal agreement with TOCA (AFAIK), is not subject to a permanent exclusion that is legally robust.

I guess now it’s Goodyear supplying the Dunlop hex is lifted

[Moneyseeker]

Originally Posted by billy bleach

I guess now it’s Goodyear supplying the Dunlop hex is lifted

They are the same business just a different brand...

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[Alfisti]

Goodyear and Dunlop are the same organisation these days.

[Craner Curves]

Originally Posted by billy bleach

I guess now it’s Goodyear supplying the Dunlop hex is lifted

They've rebadged it.

#accidentalpartridge

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by billy bleach

I guess now it’s Goodyear supplying the Dunlop hex is lifted

It's not the Goodyear/Dunlop being the same company that matters. It's the fact that IP Tech is a different legal entity to Mr Neate.

As I said- legally it can get a bit complicated. But any legal record relating to the business of IP Tech and Goodyear/Dunlop should not affect the employment of Mr A.Neate as a driver by another business.

[Craner Curves]

Originally Posted by crmalcolm

It's not the Goodyear/Dunlop being the same company that matters. It's the fact that IP Tech is a different legal entity to Mr Neate.

As I said- legally it can get a bit complicated. But any legal record relating to the business of IP Tech and Goodyear/Dunlop should not affect the employment of Mr A.Neate as a driver by another business.

Is it not the case that the entries are accepted at the championship administrator's discretion? So even if he fitted the criteria, Mr Gow would have the final say.

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by Craner Curves

Is it not the case that the entries are accepted at the championship administrator's discretion? So even if he fitted the criteria, Mr Gow would have the final say.

True.

[peebee2]

Originally Posted by touring fan01

colin turkington
andrew jordan (this year)
dan cammish
tom ingram
ash sutton

plus plenty more like plato that take a salary from the sponsors they bring to the team

Don’t forget the earth is flat in your list of silly claims...

If these people are paid professionals why do they have jobs outside of racing?

[RS67]

Originally Posted by peebee2

If these people are paid professionals why do they have jobs outside of racing?

It's not unheard of. Even back in the Supertouring years some of the professional drivers retained there day jobs.

[crmalcolm]

Poly-careering.

[peebee2]

Quite so. Point was Courtney is a career professional racing driver.

He’s not going to come for a free loan car and complimentary cans of pop like some on the later list.

[billy bleach]

Originally Posted by peebee2

Quite so. Point was Courtney is a career professional racing driver.

He’s not going to come for a free loan car and complimentary cans of pop like some on the later list.

$650,000 Aus I reckon....

[touring fan01]

Originally Posted by peebee2

Don’t forget the earth is flat in your list of silly claims...

If these people are paid professionals why do they have jobs outside of racing?

they get paid to drive.
just because they also have other jobs or income doesn’t mean they are not paid drivers. since when is a paid professional driver (or any professional sportsman) not allowed to call themselves a professional if they also have another job or income?

tell me what job turkington has outside his racing?

[sceptic]

Originally Posted by antnee

I am surprised that ITV/TOCA haven't sought to make more money by setting up some European/World broadcast deals tbh - maybe the demand just isn't there.

ITV is only allowed to show BTCC in the UK and Ireland.

A company called Greenlight is responsible for selling it overseas - it's on CBS Sports in the US, Fox Sports in Australia, ESPN in Central and South America...

[3marinadrive]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

in other news Hill seems very exited after driing thee Civic

To quote the Disney legend that is 'Lightning Mcqueen'.......Are you ready Lightning? .......Ohhhh Yeaaaaaah! Let's just say it exceeded expectations....

[MagicBoy]

Originally Posted by Craner Curves

He's done it before.....

Didn't have two kids then though...

Plus the weather on the Gold Coast is .. better.

[mprmke]

Every driver on the BTCC grid could classify themselves as a professional racing driver. A minority of them earn a decent wage out of it and last season there was only one driver on the grid actually employed as a professional racing driver and this year there will be two.

[RS67]

Courtney has had 3 offers from Supercar Teams.

[Nononsensecapeesh]

Anyone suggested James Turkington recently? Just a suggestion....

[Robshillito1990]

Saw a post a few pages back about the dreaded "corona virus" government announcing this morning they may ban large gatherings of people at sporting events which would basically write this season off and could put a lot of sports series in the position to cancel their events for the year to stop them losing too much money.

[RS67]

Originally Posted by Robshillito1990

Saw a post a few pages back about the dreaded "corona virus" government announcing this morning they may ban large gatherings of people at sporting events which would basically write this season off and could put a lot of sports series in the position to cancel their events for the year to stop them losing too much money.

They are only making plans. There are only 35 cases in the UK at present and only 3 of those cases are people infected in the UK as opposed to people coming into the UK infected. They are only putting serious consideration into banning internal events of over 5k people like France. As the BTCC is televised there would be no reason to cancel it, they just wouldn't be able to have any track side spectators

[Pdh]

They won’t cancel sporting events they will just make stop spectators attending them, like rs67 said you don’t need fans at the event for it to go ahead because it is televised, I’m sure it would be a bit weird if that was to happen, but I don’t think it will even get that far

[Crazyknight]

Is it just me that feels this whole coronavirus thing is just pish? Remember mad cow, swine flu, bird flu, other stuff that I’ve forgotten they were all the same and what really came of them?

Anyone that has died so far are all older or have had underlying health conditions too

[Petoli]

Originally Posted by RS67

They are only making plans. There are only 35 cases in the UK at present and only 3 of those cases are people infected in the UK as opposed to people coming into the UK infected. They are only putting serious consideration into banning internal events of over 5k people like France. As the BTCC is televised there would be no reason to cancel it, they just wouldn't be able to have any track side spectators

Its probably less then 35 that number is all the people in the UK that have contracted the virus, several of those cases may have already recovered.

[billy bleach]

[QUOTE=RS67;3960801]They are only making plans. There are only 35 cases in the UK at present and only 3 of those cases are people infected in the UK as opposed to people coming into the UK infected. They are only putting serious consideration into banning internal events of over 5k people like France. As the BTCC is televised there would be no reason to cancel it, they just wouldn't be able to have any track side spectators[/QUOTE

Is that right?! 26/30,000 paying guests,, how do the circuits make up that shortfall? It’s about as daft as magicking up third entries. Motorsport costs money....