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Old 20 Feb 2020, 13:25 (Ref:3958744)   #3726
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Longest team name ever.

Carlube Triple R Racing with Cataclean and Mac Tools

I can already see ITV4's graphics producer crying into his cupcakes.
😂😂😂 Bit ridiculous when 99% of people will still call them Ciceley! Guess that's how sponsorship works nowadays.

Disappointed that the A-Class looks unchanged, hopefully it's had a good reworking underneath.
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 13:52 (Ref:3958750)   #3727
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There will be three Motorbase Foci on the grid for the first race meeting. Definitely definitely.

Probably won't be all at media day - efforts are being concentrated on car number 1. The others will be quicker to do once they've figured out what is what on the first build. Suspect Motorbase boys will be burning lots of midnight oil!

Which is no great problem: remember when the Subarus arrived at their first meeting two of the cars had not turned a wheel - apart from in getting loaded to the trailer to take them t'circuit.
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 13:54 (Ref:3958751)   #3728
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I like it, better than what Rowbottom had last year.
Looks pretty good I think.

No reason they can't get decent finishes. Adam was way more positive at the end of 2019 than the start.
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 14:10 (Ref:3958755)   #3729
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Pretty underwhelming to see Ciceley sticking to these old cars. And the livery doesn't seem very good as well.
You'd cough up £250k each to build a couple of new ones that were less underwhelming?

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Disappointed that the A-Class looks unchanged, hopefully it's had a good reworking underneath.
How exactly? Most of the important mechanical and structural bits are standard parts as per the regulations.
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 14:35 (Ref:3958758)   #3730
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You'd cough up £250k each to build a couple of new ones that were less underwhelming?
I don't know, all I say is that it doesn't look very good when they're racing a car that is no longer available in showrooms. That's all.
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 15:07 (Ref:3958760)   #3731
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I don't know, all I say is that it doesn't look very good when they're racing a car that is no longer available in showrooms. That's all.
By that score, we’d get rid of AmD/MB, Simpson, Laser Tools, HARD and arguably Parker/Boardley given there is a new 1 Series out.
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 15:23 (Ref:3958765)   #3732
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Hearing no 3rd Motorbase car until round 2 or 3 potentially, and definitely not with a top line driver. Car was definitely dipped, de bracketed and paint red after receiving the doner car.
Also hearing the Simpson car & TBL was bought early this week/late last week by a certain Tony Gilham...
If that's true then that is most intriguing.
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 15:42 (Ref:3958767)   #3733
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I don't know, all I say is that it doesn't look very good when they're racing a car that is no longer available in showrooms. That's all.
That's only really relevant for the manufacturer backed teams...
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 16:01 (Ref:3958774)   #3734
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Hearing no 3rd Motorbase car until round 2 or 3 potentially, and definitely not with a top line driver. Car was definitely dipped, de bracketed and paint red after receiving the doner car.
Also hearing the Simpson car & TBL was bought early this week/late last week by a certain Tony Gilham...

"Car was definitely dipped, de bracketed and paint red after receiving the doner car" so that would seem to be fantasy B@ll@cks then on the basis of Motorbase twitter today. Whats the phrase "you couldn't make it up" ?!
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 16:18 (Ref:3958780)   #3735
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"Car was definitely dipped, de bracketed and paint red after receiving the doner car" so that would seem to be fantasy B@ll@cks then on the basis of Motorbase twitter today. Whats the phrase "you couldn't make it up" ?!
The car would still be dipped and debracketed even if it wasn’t painted the shell off a production line would still have sealant on it and the anti rust coating which would need to be removed before they could work on the cars at custom cages
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 17:34 (Ref:3958792)   #3736
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Is there anything to back this Simpson car and TBL going to Team Hard up?
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 17:54 (Ref:3958795)   #3737
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Pretty underwhelming to see Ciceley sticking to these old cars. And the livery doesn't seem very good as well.
The more I look at it, the more it looks like a mess.

Looks like Hamilton's livery will be revealed tomorrow so hopefully that's better.
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 18:09 (Ref:3958798)   #3738
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Yes, unfortunately it is a bit messy. I liked this red Mac Tools livery more.
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 18:10 (Ref:3958799)   #3739
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"Car was definitely dipped, de bracketed and paint red after receiving the doner car" so that would seem to be fantasy B@ll@cks then on the basis of Motorbase twitter today. Whats the phrase "you couldn't make it up" ?!
Made up or not, it's fairly close to (if not entirely) the truth.

Painted Red - we've seen that in picture evidence from Motorbase.
De-bracketed - an essential part of turning a road-spec shell into a shell ready to fit NGTC subframes, ROPS and fuel tank etc.
Dipped - fairly reasonable to assume that a car being prepared for NGTC build might have a dip at some point prior to fabrication.

Whether the information was provided was a result of direct knowledge, or simply putting together a bit of common sense alongside evidence is unclear. What it is not though is 'B@ll@cks'
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 19:16 (Ref:3958818)   #3740
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Made up or not, it's fairly close to (if not entirely) the truth.

Painted Red - we've seen that in picture evidence from Motorbase.
De-bracketed - an essential part of turning a road-spec shell into a shell ready to fit NGTC subframes, ROPS and fuel tank etc.
Dipped - fairly reasonable to assume that a car being prepared for NGTC build might have a dip at some point prior to fabrication.

Whether the information was provided was a result of direct knowledge, or simply putting together a bit of common sense alongside evidence is unclear. What it is not though is 'B@ll@cks'
The way I read the quoted post is there was no donor car if the shells were collected from Germany as shells.

More importantly... Does any of this really matter? 😂
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 19:19 (Ref:3958819)   #3741
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They were shells. Not pulled apart road cars.
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More importantly... Does any of this really matter? 😂
Ten Tenths Willy Waving Contest

Motorbase have three bears, that's what matters.
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 19:29 (Ref:3958823)   #3743
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Motorbase have three bears, that's what matters.
Bear Grylls, Dani Behr and Jack Nicklaus?
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 19:38 (Ref:3958826)   #3744
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 20:01 (Ref:3958830)   #3745
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Motorbase have three bears, that's what matters.
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Motorbase have three bears, that's what matters.
Does that mean one of the cars will be 'just right'?
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Old 20 Feb 2020, 20:57 (Ref:3958846)   #3747
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Hopefully someone thinks about it seriously. I don't get the point of putting all sponsors into the team's name. There is a naming rights sponsor and the rest of sponsors. Cicely's name reached a new level of ridiculousness...
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Hopefully someone thinks about it seriously. I don't get the point of putting all sponsors into the team's name. There is a naming rights sponsor and the rest of sponsors. Cicely's name reached a new level of ridiculousness...
It's been around for quite a while now though...

STP Racing with Sopp & Sopp,
Nescafé Blend 37 Williams Renault,
Valvoline Team Mondeo with Reynard,
Patrick Motorsport with Duckhams Oil/ICI Petrol,
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If it pays the bills so we have a competetive series to watch then I couldn't care a less. If that's the only stick people have to beat BTCC then it must be something right. When other series are struggling to attract enough entries, including the world series it shows it's tough times to be filling a grid of touring cars in.
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If it’s too much, you just refer to them by the actual team name, rather than the banner. And you can even just use initials, like WSR, TGR, TPR etc.
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