More Brits in BTCC

**touringlegend** · 15 Jan 2001, 18:32 (Ref:58650)

Am I correct in believing thar Yvan Muller is the only foreign works driver at the moment?

hunttheshunt · 15 Jan 2001, 19:25 (Ref:58661)

You are indeed! Nice to see lots of British drivers getting a fair crack at the whip. However, i do think it will be the brilliant Frenchman who actually wins the title.

hunttheshunt · 20 Jan 2001, 15:30 (Ref:59517)

Ive also realised that when Rover enters they will with most likely with two British drivers-Anthony Reid and David Leslie. The other shortlisted candidate, Simon Harrison, is also British. Still tipping Muller, though!

Les · 20 Jan 2001, 19:29 (Ref:59533)

Do you count the Lexus in which case Kurt Luby is not British.

**touringlegend** · 20 Jan 2001, 19:47 (Ref:59536)

Les I said works driver, not privateer. Anyway this is what British Touring cars are about, more brits. Although there is one problem. No Scots!

JMeissner · 20 Jan 2001, 21:01 (Ref:59546)

hmm, but this makes you wonder...

Before the new regulations, germans, swedes, italians, danes, newzeelanders, belgians, etc...

Crash Test · 21 Jan 2001, 02:24 (Ref:59581)

This makes the Aussie V8 series pretty good....it has a heap of New Zealanders, a couple of Tasmanians, and even Russell Ingall was born in England....shudder...

pedromoped · 22 Jan 2001, 21:47 (Ref:59865)

Eh, Leslie and Pyper are Scots!

hunttheshunt · 23 Jan 2001, 16:10 (Ref:59945)

Leslie's not racing this year, though! Reid and Warren Hughes have signed 4 MG.

Didderly · 23 Jan 2001, 20:40 (Ref:59972)

Im sorry if im igorant, but who the hell is Warren Hughes, and what has he done??

**touringlegend** · 23 Jan 2001, 21:32 (Ref:59990)

The autosport site says he's an ex German STW Cup racer and MGF cup winner too. You are not alone. I couldn't have told you that if I hadn't read the news on autosport.

redshoes · 23 Jan 2001, 21:48 (Ref:59997)

I see to recall Warren Hughes doing some British F3 in recent year. Don't have any specific details.

Marshal · 24 Jan 2001, 09:18 (Ref:60038)

Warren has raced F3 on and off since '93 (never with enough funding, but he's always been quick), he blitzed the MGF cup in '98 and dabbled in GT's last year. A really good, quick, underated driver, I'm delighted to see him land a professional drive.

hunttheshunt · 24 Jan 2001, 18:42 (Ref:60119)

In my humble opinion, Warren Hughes was one of the greatest F3 drivers of all time. Although he's getting on a bit now, i think he should have been in F1 by this time. He just never had the funds to grab a drive in F3000 a few years ago when you needed them to run in F3000. I think he'll give some people some shocks, not least Anthony Reid!

**Craig** · 24 Jan 2001, 19:10 (Ref:60132)

I may be totally confusing him with someone else, but I thought he did Italian F3000 last term ?

Didderly · 24 Jan 2001, 19:34 (Ref:60143)

Argh... so thats who he is. Cheers to everyone for that.

Chris Y · 24 Jan 2001, 21:49 (Ref:60176)

"www.warrenhughes.co.uk covers British F3000 racing driver Warren Hughes, who finished second in the Italian Formula 3000 championship."

Marshal · 25 Jan 2001, 09:23 (Ref:60249)

Quote:

Originally posted by Craig Antill
I may be totally confusing him with someone else, but I thought he did Italian F3000 last term ?

You're quite right Craig, of course he did (for Arden Team Russia), but he did also race in the first 2 rounds of the British GT championship for Cirtek in a GT3R Porsche shared with some bloke called Cleland.

hunttheshunt · 25 Jan 2001, 17:47 (Ref:60327)

So we are agreed he's a bloody good touring car driver?!

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