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18 Feb 2020, 22:17 (Ref:3958338) | #3627 | |
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Interesting. Motorsport News wouldn’t have a front page article if there wasn’t a new car, or a big sponsor/driver announcement
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19 Feb 2020, 00:49 (Ref:3958357) | #3629 | |
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Well like I said in the last page motorbase uploaded their polar bear gif to their twitter and facebook accounts today and an announcement has followed the last two times they've done so, so I'm expecting this to be true
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19 Feb 2020, 07:28 (Ref:3958401) | #3630 | |
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Certainly the Mk4 Focus grill - interesting wording on the cover 'revamped'...
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19 Feb 2020, 07:34 (Ref:3958403) | #3631 | |
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19 Feb 2020, 07:50 (Ref:3958405) | #3632 | |
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19 Feb 2020, 08:04 (Ref:3958406) | #3633 | ||
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So it begs the question, how many mk4s are they building, what with Ollie Jacksons statement about being in an RS. Or was that a typo in the release.?
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19 Feb 2020, 08:06 (Ref:3958408) | #3634 | ||
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Can only assume a typo on Jacksons release, and again on this release. It says on BTCC.net it is modelled on the mk4 RS, then Bartrum is quoted as saying it is a Mk4 ST.
Bit of proof reading needed! Worth noting though the cars have been painted in their new colours, which is clearly red. Sticks with the Vodafone theory? Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk |
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19 Feb 2020, 08:11 (Ref:3958410) | #3635 | |
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http://www.btcc.net/2020/02/19/motor...KUfeQPtU-gKCio
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19 Feb 2020, 08:14 (Ref:3958411) | #3636 | |
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Whoever the main sponsor is gonna be their prime colour is clearly red.....
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19 Feb 2020, 08:20 (Ref:3958413) | #3637 | ||
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I see they're planning on an extra large rear bumper to protect from nudging |
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19 Feb 2020, 08:22 (Ref:3958414) | #3638 | |
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19 Feb 2020, 08:26 (Ref:3958415) | #3639 | ||
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Butcher had Ladbrokes sponsorship the last couple of years...
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19 Feb 2020, 08:30 (Ref:3958416) | #3640 | ||
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The standard colour of a focus ST is 'Race Red'. Perhaps that just happens to be the colour of the shells delivered, and they haven't started to apply the livery yet?
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19 Feb 2020, 08:36 (Ref:3958418) | #3642 | ||
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If it's not sponsored by Jammy Dodgers I'll be raging.
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19 Feb 2020, 08:39 (Ref:3958419) | #3643 | |
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Read what bartrum said. The shell was received last week and painted at the weekend.
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19 Feb 2020, 09:12 (Ref:3958425) | #3644 | |
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Hamilton was in red ROKIT attire in his picture
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19 Feb 2020, 09:16 (Ref:3958426) | #3645 | |
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19 Feb 2020, 09:23 (Ref:3958428) | #3646 | ||
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I would seriously doubt ANY BTCC new build is in original supplied paint! First job is to acid/ blast strip the shell.....basic stuff
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19 Feb 2020, 09:31 (Ref:3958429) | #3647 | ||
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Agreed. Just pointing out that assumptions are being made about the sponsor when we don't know for certain whether the picture was taken before or after the shell was painted in the colour required by Motorbase.
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Dynamics receive their Honda shells as BIW. This shell may have been delivered as BIW. In the article, DB refers to the Mk4 chassis as being suited to NGTC, but all of that is stripped out anyway to fit the NGTC chassis. Because Motorbase are still waiting to reveal 3rd driver and sponsor, has it been considered that releasing images of the shell in red might be a bluff? |
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19 Feb 2020, 09:46 (Ref:3958435) | #3649 | |
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That shell is clearly had all of it's bodywork & chassis work completed. As has already been mentioned, one of the first steps in prepping a new shell will be to acid dip it - so no factory paint left on there. The red we see is what will be the base for the final livery.
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19 Feb 2020, 09:48 (Ref:3958436) | #3650 | ||
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I'll tell you what. Motorbase certainly appear to have got everyone talking and speculating about them without saying anything! Clever...
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