BTCC Round Four, Oulton Park 31 Jul-01 Aug, Races 10,11&12 - Page 4

porsche962fan · 1 Aug 2021, 12:23 (Ref:4064455)

Rowbo now 4th in the standings !!

Shedden 10th

thetool · 1 Aug 2021, 12:24 (Ref:4064456)

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Originally Posted by bella

nothing saying you can’t take a break now and nothing saying you have to either. it’s people’s personal choice what they do within the scope of the rules and according to their personal risk assessment.

some of us still need to stay negative, others can risk a positive test and illness. it’s his choice.

hope he’s back to full fitness soon.

This was last May, when it was far less within the scope of what was permitted.

Matt K · 1 Aug 2021, 12:26 (Ref:4064458)

Rowbottom has exceeded my expectations to be honest. A decent peddler in a good team can make you a title contender. Had a bit of luck with Sutton, Turkington and Ingram so far back but this is what BTCC is all about.
Pretty disappointing run for Proctor. Also shame for Osborne and Smelt - they could've made a bit of a breakthrough here but wasn't the case unfortunately.
The gap between Chilton and Morgan is astonishing.

porsche962fan · 1 Aug 2021, 12:29 (Ref:4064460)

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Originally Posted by Matt K

The gap between Chilton and Morgan is astonishing.

Morgan makes WSR look stupid and dysfunctional

Nononsensecapeesh · 1 Aug 2021, 12:37 (Ref:4064461)

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Originally Posted by CarfanLUFC

What a waster Plato is these days

If he gets away with that, the stewards will need their heads examined, incidents like that always remind of James Nash in 2009.

Matt K · 1 Aug 2021, 12:46 (Ref:4064462)

Btw while it's understandable that Smiley had nowhere to go, Parfitt crashing into Oliphant looked like an amateur misjudgement.

Evantra · 1 Aug 2021, 13:08 (Ref:4064478)

What on earth is happening with motorsport this weekend?? 3 red flags in 3 races

AnnoyedMoose · 1 Aug 2021, 13:08 (Ref:4064480)

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Originally Posted by Nononsensecapeesh

If he gets away with that, the stewards will need their heads examined, incidents like that always remind of James Nash in 2009.

One of those incidents where the outcome didn't match the original move. There was definitely a gap. I've seen far, far worse go unpunished and uncommented.

AnnoyedMoose · 1 Aug 2021, 13:09 (Ref:4064485)

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Originally Posted by Evantra

What on earth is happening with motorsport this weekend?? 3 red flags in 3 races

It's not just this weekend. So much motorsport I've watched over the last year has been carnage. Too much time on simulators over lockdown is my theory.

**bella** · 1 Aug 2021, 13:21 (Ref:4064500)

you’re probably not far off

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Originally Posted by thetool

This was last May, when it was far less within the scope of what was permitted.

yep, i thought that was sub par decisionmaking at the time as well but i don’t think it’s particularly brilliant to say that something happening to someone now is a direct result of what they’ve done a year ago.

btcc seems to encourage a certain amount of black and white thinking that isn’t compatible with being human.

Evantra · 1 Aug 2021, 13:24 (Ref:4064503)

!!!!

Nononsensecapeesh · 1 Aug 2021, 13:56 (Ref:4064545)

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Originally Posted by AnnoyedMoose

One of those incidents where the outcome didn't match the original move. There was definitely a gap. I've seen far, far worse go unpunished and uncommented.

I just don't like Plato very much and generally don't believe he should be allowed to get away with that. Glad Rowbo got his first win though.

Evantra · 1 Aug 2021, 14:09 (Ref:4064553)

No penalty for Plato

Nononsensecapeesh · 1 Aug 2021, 14:48 (Ref:4064579)

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Originally Posted by Evantra

No penalty for Plato

Oh well, that's life, congrats to Butcher for his first Toyota win.

CarfanLUFC · 1 Aug 2021, 16:14 (Ref:4064621)

going to be a few budgets stretched after this weekend

CarfanLUFC · 1 Aug 2021, 16:15 (Ref:4064622)

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Originally Posted by Evantra

No penalty for Plato

Not really a shock.

mprmke · 1 Aug 2021, 16:21 (Ref:4064624)

Why would there be a penalty for Plato? There wouldn’t even have been any talk about a penalty for anyone in all of that as no one did anything wrong at all! Some people really showing their lack of racing knowledge here…..

Obviously Smiley was a complete passenger. Feel a bit sorry for Parfitt in all of that with any criticism he will get. Yes, other drivers missed Oliphant, but the line he was on, it looked like he could have avoided him by moving to the right, but there was a car coming up alongside him and I don’t think he could have avoided him to the left, particularly if his first split second judgement was to look to the right. These things happen so quickly it’s not as easy as it looks. TV also doesn’t show quite how difficult it is to see on that corner due to how the track sweeps and dips.

tux · 1 Aug 2021, 16:29 (Ref:4064625)

Jesus these lot love a drama, dont they?

Matt K · 1 Aug 2021, 16:49 (Ref:4064631)

Oulton Park hosted British Touring Crash Championship, where's British Touring Car Championship that I wanted to see?

thetool · 1 Aug 2021, 16:50 (Ref:4064633)

Time to consider whether a proper track like Oulton Park is suitable for the level of talent involved in the BTCC these days? There's been a shocking level of damage today.

porsche962fan · 1 Aug 2021, 16:55 (Ref:4064635)

Turkington now only 9th in the standings

Rowbo 3rd just 12 points behind Sutton

tux · 1 Aug 2021, 17:01 (Ref:4064637)

I wonder if Boardley damaged something on his car when he hit Sutton on lap 1 of the restarted race 3?

Nononsensecapeesh · 1 Aug 2021, 17:11 (Ref:4064640)

Congratulations to Proctor, first pole, now first win with BTC Racing. Will he keep it after that collision with Sutton?

Matt K · 1 Aug 2021, 17:23 (Ref:4064643)

I guess Proctor on Sutton was more of a racing accident although I'm pretty disappointed with racing quality this weekend. Weekends like that makes me wonder what I really like about BTCC. Definitely not an amateurish destruction derby.

Nononsensecapeesh · 1 Aug 2021, 17:31 (Ref:4064645)

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Originally Posted by Matt K

I guess Proctor on Sutton was more of a racing accident although I'm pretty disappointed with racing quality this weekend. Weekends like that makes me wonder what I really like about BTCC. Definitely not an amateurish destruction derby.

The carnage was starting to get a bit ridiculous for my liking.

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