Huffy to Chevrolet!?!?! - rumour

[andy_b]

one of the other admins at SEATCupra.net gets Autosport first view and a small snippet this week says that Huffy maybe going to Chevrolet next season and not staying with SEAT!! Both Huffy and RML have refused to comment.

If SEAT are serious about a championship challenge, then they need 3 cars really.

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/show...315#post477315

[Claire]

I agree Seat need 3 cars but does one of them have to be driven by Rob? I know that he did really well in his first year and had wins etc but there are quite a few other drivers out there who could do the job just as well. Perhaps it easier for Rob to get sponsership or a deal with WTCC rather than the BTCC. We will have to wait and see.

[andy_b]

yes, and Rob had 1 year contract. In an interview on the SCN website, Scott Dennis said that he wanted Rob for another year,,,bu things change quickly in Motorsport, normally these things are budget related too

[touringlegend]

Or perhaps Chevy can pay him more..

At first the rumour was he'd be joining SEAT's WTCC team, but the Chevy rumour seems really obvious since it's RML who is behind it all.

SEAT will need 3 cars next year no doubt about it, and from reading motorsportforums it could be a big name..

[Casseopeia]

I just wonder if Huffy has enough experience under his belt for the WTCC. Maybe another 12 months in the BTCC would do him good - maybe help him with his racecraft. He isn't, to me at least, an obvious choice for the WTCC. Wonder if this move will actually come off?

[Mike_Wooshy]

but he is thinking of moving forward and he obviously wants to get places, and IF this is true it seems logical to go to WTCC but 1-2 more years in BTCC get a name for himself and then join, but at the end of the day its upto him.

[Kicking-back]

That would be a great move for Rob, if it happens.

[speedy king]

Great move for Rob, amazing to think he was only in Clios after winning a scholarship in 2002. It'll be a sad loss to the BTCC though, we had someone special.

As for whether he needs more experience. He seems to be able to jump in to just about anything and get results

[BootsOntheSide]

Andy Priaulx had one season in the BTCC having come from single-seaters, went to the ETCC, and only took 2 years tobecome champion. I doubt next year's grid will be much improved from the ETCC fields.

It'd be a great drive for Rob to get - really well-backed and probably competitive. Out of interest, which big names are being linked to SEAT? Radisich? Rydell? Reid?

[Jimeth]

i'd call Rydell

[kmchow]

With all these announcements regarding the WTCC, who's racing in the BTCC? Is there also a 2005 rumor/fact entry list for the BTCC??

[JMeissner]

Rydell will stay with SEAT in WTCC.

[Les]

I want him to stay with the BTCC - why split up a winning formula? The pairing of Jason and Rob worked very successfully this year and could go on even better this year (though the reverse grid in race 3 will have a big impact).

But if he goes to WTCC with RML or Seat or elsewhere then the best of luck to him - he deserves it.

[racingdad]

Originally posted by Les
I want him to stay with the BTCC - why split up a winning formula? The pairing of Jason and Rob worked very successfully this year and could go on even better this year

Because (a) the SCC prize was clearly stated as one year works drive and (b) this year's SCC champ (Pickford) has the drive for next year under the same rules. So SEAT can either fund a 3rd car or get Huffy to bring some sponsorship, or try to place him in their WTCC team or let him go.....

[touringlegend]

Here's a wild suggestion for a possible 3rd BTCC SEAT, er seat! - one Mr Frank Biela. I note he isn't part of Audi's 2005 DTM driver line up according to the press release from Alan McNish annoucning his DTM drive...

[gwyllion]

Originally posted by touringlegend
Here's a wild suggestion for a possible 3rd BTCC SEAT, er seat! - one Mr Frank Biela. I note he isn't part of Audi's 2005 DTM driver line up according to the press release from Alan McNish annoucning his DTM drive...

This is pure guess work! Biela is confirmed to drive in endurance racing, a R8 ran by Champion Racing (ALMS) or Audi France (LMES).


[Accept my apologies for editing instead of quoting your thread - sorry. tl]

[Jimeth]

it won't be Radisich either cos he was confirmed in the Aussie V8's. I know he'd been linked with a couple of possible seats in the BTCC.

[N I Tram]

Rydell seems like the most likely choice. Has Smokin' Jo Winkelhock retired fully - they might want to tempt him. Or how about Paul O'Neill or David Leslie?

[gwyllion]

According to lmsr.net Nicola Larini has signed for Chevrolet. No source is mentioned.

[Gaz]

Its on crash.net too with a quote stating that they would like to offer the third and final seat to a young driver, with some initial experience of front wheel drive race cars - that would be Huffy then!

[BootsOntheSide]

It would also be a hundred other names - just among the British guys it could be Pyper, Breeze, Boardman, Bentwood, Hines and any number of others.

[speedy king]

No offence to any of them but they are not ready for the World champs other than maybe Pyper in that list

[touringlegend]

Originally posted by gwyllion
This is pure guess work! Biela is confirmed to drive in endurance racing, a R8 ran by Champion Racing (ALMS) or Audi France (LMES).


[Accept my apologies for editing instead of quoting your thread - sorry. tl]

Typically, I found that out soon after posting the above! That's my stab in the dark out the window then.