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27 Mar 2023, 10:01 (Ref:4149337) | #1926 | ||
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Sprint is looking a little better (thankfully!) - with three races a weekend to sit through, hopefully the racing is improved too. Not that we’ll see more than one of those anyway |
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27 Mar 2023, 10:21 (Ref:4149341) | #1927 | ||
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I would venture to suggest only Motorbase has free drives - Sutton / Cammish every other seat is supported by drivers in some form even Turkington who is probably supported by his 3 teammates
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27 Mar 2023, 10:24 (Ref:4149342) | #1928 | ||
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Haha, we probably will get only 1 race at some weekends. It is worth noting that drivers can be reclassified midseason and get retrospectively added into past class results. "Underlining the championship’s desire to promote close racing, a driver’s category – Pro, Pro-Am, or Am – will continue to be determined via driver and team nomination prior to the start of the season. In 2023, championship competitors will be permitted to register a formal protest of a driver’s category up to round seven of the season. In addition, a panel of Porsche experts will have the power to re-categorise drivers during the season. Any change to a driver’s category will not affect the championship or entrant points already earned. However, the driver will have their existing category points revised to reflect the number they would have obtained in the new category, had they been competing in it from the beginning of the season. In addition, all drivers from the competitor’s former category will have their category points revised to reflect the number they would have received." [https://sportscarracingnews.com/2022...cup-gb-season/] |
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27 Mar 2023, 11:32 (Ref:4149345) | #1929 | ||
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27 Mar 2023, 12:38 (Ref:4149359) | #1930 | |
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Incidentally, looks like Ginetta Juniors have managed 16 cars and the new ‘GT’ series (replacing GT4 Supercup) just 8, or at least that’s the numbers from their official test days at the weekend. GT Academy also only 8 runners at the test.
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27 Mar 2023, 13:14 (Ref:4149364) | #1931 | |
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There really aren't. If you turned up with the budget, you could have a drive yourself no problem. At any team.
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27 Mar 2023, 13:32 (Ref:4149366) | #1932 | |
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27 Mar 2023, 13:34 (Ref:4149368) | #1933 | ||
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I wouldn't attach much weight to test days - they aren't the most representative of race entries. For example, there were nine GT4s at last years test day; and two the year before. Grids were much healthier.
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27 Mar 2023, 14:01 (Ref:4149373) | #1934 | |
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27 Mar 2023, 14:20 (Ref:4149377) | #1935 | |
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I've never seen a specific guide as well! My best guess would be that Porsche classify drivers based on overall racing experience, racing experience in Porsches/RWD sportscars, speed (one-lap and race pace), age, and maybe even career intentions as well.
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27 Mar 2023, 14:32 (Ref:4149379) | #1936 | |
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I'm going first thing, not sure about BTCC. With Excelr8 being there last week and 13 race weekends you'd think they'd used up their 'loud' day allocation - but there are some TCR cars there on Wednesday, so I wouldn't be surprised. Fingers crossed.
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27 Mar 2023, 14:53 (Ref:4149382) | #1937 | |
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There is this tweeted by Matt Neal at 15:51
Anyone need a top class race engineer I have one available? #btcc #gt #bgt #2023 #motorsport #wtcr #tcr #touringcars https://twitter.com/MattNealRacing/s...66013182095361 |
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27 Mar 2023, 15:31 (Ref:4149385) | #1938 | ||
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27 Mar 2023, 15:39 (Ref:4149386) | #1939 | |
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PCCGB Launch Day over. Another test day tomorrow at Brands Hatch. 19 cars ventured out on track giving us a provisional entry list of...
PRO (8 cars) #8 - Hugo Ellis - JTR #13 - James Kellett - Rosland Gold by Century Motorsport #18 - Harry Foster - Team Parker Racing #21 - Adam Smalley - Team Parker Racing #41 - Jake Giddings - Team Parker Racing #54 - Theo Edgerton - Redline Racing #57 - Gus Burton - Rosland Gold by Century Motorsport #99 - Charles Rainford - CCK Motorsport PRO-AM (9 cars) #33 - Ryan Ratcliffe - Team Parker Racing #44 - Max Bird - Redline Racing #48 - Ollie Jackson - JTR #52 - Angus Whiteside - Century Motorsport #58 - Henry Dawes - Century Motorsport #59 - Ross Wylie - Redline Racing #77 - Frazer McFadden - Toro Verde GT #95 - Josh Stanton - JTR #315 - Jason Lockwood - EXCELR8 Motorsport AM (2 cars) #7 - Justin Sherwood - Team Parker Racing #71 - David Stirling - Redline Racing Other entries not on track today TBA - Robert de Haan - Richardson Racing (probably PRO) TBA - Micah Stanley - Richardson Racing (probably PRO) Last edited by SSmith; 27 Mar 2023 at 15:56. Reason: New information - thanks "Northern Monkey" |
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27 Mar 2023, 15:46 (Ref:4149387) | #1940 | |
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Porsche Sprint Challenge GB. 17 cars ventured out on track today, giving us a provisional entry list of...
PRO (8 cars) #11 - Toby Trice - Redline Racing #19 - Matthew Armstrong - Team Parker Racing #26 - Robert Cronin - Team Parker Racing #30 - William Jenkins - Century Motorsport #33 - Reece Somerfield - Breakell Racing #56 - Steve Roberts - Redline Racing #71 - Max Coates - Graves Motorsport #95 - Joe Warhurst - Team Parker Racing AM (9 cars) #2 - Dimitris Melas - LFP Motorsport #5 - Rupert Laslett - Raceway Motorsport #7 - Neil Tofts - Redline Racing #12 - Callum Davis - CCK Motorsport #17 - John White - Team Parker Racing #23 - Danny Dwyer - Xentek Motorsport #25 - Matthew Kyle-Henney - SW Engineering #27 - Marc Warren - Raceway Motorsport #42 - Graeme Mundy - Toro Verde GT Entries not on track today TBA - Ethan Hammerton - Graves Motorsport (probably PRO) As with the PCCGB, there's still a few weeks to go until Donington so more entries could appear. Last edited by SSmith; 27 Mar 2023 at 16:02. |
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27 Mar 2023, 15:50 (Ref:4149388) | #1941 | ||
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27 Mar 2023, 16:11 (Ref:4149392) | #1942 | |
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Thanks for those!
Not really sure why they don’t merge Am and Pro-Am together in Carrera Cup though at this point! |
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27 Mar 2023, 16:16 (Ref:4149393) | #1943 | |
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Very healthy numbers across all support categories, which is fantastic to see.
Looking forward to the final few mysteries of the grid revealing themselves. Media day can't come soon enough |
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27 Mar 2023, 16:26 (Ref:4149394) | #1944 | |
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27 Mar 2023, 16:40 (Ref:4149395) | #1945 | |
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It all gets a bit confusing with the multitude of entites and names Motorbase has been over the last few years, but didn't you (AmD Tuning) run two of the cars (including Andy's?) in 2021? Apologies if I've muddled something up!
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27 Mar 2023, 16:42 (Ref:4149396) | #1946 | ||
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27 Mar 2023, 16:45 (Ref:4149397) | #1947 | |
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More generally this season has a bit of a 2001/2005/2010 feeling to it at the moment. A few departing teams, a lot of driver line-up changes and a concentration of what's left with amalgamated teams running fewer cars in total (Morgan folding into WSR, for example).
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27 Mar 2023, 19:06 (Ref:4149420) | #1948 | ||
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27 Mar 2023, 19:50 (Ref:4149422) | #1949 | |
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28 Mar 2023, 06:26 (Ref:4149445) | #1950 | ||
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Mat Neill offering the services of a top class engineer on Twitter. Could it be Barry Plowman?
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