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The second race meeting of the 2010 British Touring Car Championship sees the series head to the Rockingham track in Northamptonshire:


The opening three rounds at Thruxton saw Fabrizio Giovanardi winning twice for 888, but he has since become a victim of his lack of funding, and despite leading the championship has been replaced by James Nash. Steven Kane won the other race at Thruxton, but it's effectively Jason Plato who leads the way after three solid results in his Chevrolet Cruze:

1.  Fabrizio Giovanardi   38
2.  Jason Plato           31
3.  Mat Jackson           28
4.  Paul O'Neill          23
5.  Steven Kane           19
6.  Matt Neal             12  
7.  Alex MacDowall        11
8.  Gordon Shedden        11
9.  Philip Glew            9
10. Tom Boardman           6
11. David Pinkney          5
12. Rob Collard            4
13. Tom Onslow-Cole        4
14. Tom Chilton            3
15. John George            2
16. Andy Neate             1
17. Martin Johnson         0
18. Andrew Jordan          0
19. Matt Hamilton          0
20. Shaun Hollamby         0

Sunday timetable
10.00 Michelin Ginetta G50 Cup
10.35 Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship
11.20 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship
12.00 Ginetta Junior Championship
13.15 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
14.05 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship
14.45 Elf Renault Clio Cup with Michelin
15.15 Michelin Ginetta G50 Cup
15.55 Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship
16.45 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship

TV coverage
ITV4 @ 1100-1500, Sunday 25 April (Live BTCC & Supports)
ITV4 @ 2100-2230, Sunday 25 April (BTCC re-run)
ITV4 @ 1530-1700, Tuesday 27 April (BTCC highlights)
ITV1HD @ 0240-0400, Friday 30 April (BTCC highlights)
ITV4 @ 1425-1600, Saturday 1 May (BTCC highlights)

Weather forecast
Saturday: Showers, Temperature 16°C, chance of rain 30%
Sunday: Showers, Temperature 14°C, chance of rain 60%
http://www.uk.weather.com

I'm attending both days. Should be good.

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Is this the weekend where the coverage is interrupted by the IPL?

Yes.

Martin Depper might miss the round due to travel issues:
http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=1889

From another site:

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Another volcano?

No. The full article:
http://www.btcccrazy.co.uk/2010/04/20/d ... -doubtful/

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I realise that, I was joking

Has BTCC ever tried to race the Rockingham Oval? It's one of the most intertesting ones I know.

They have never raced on the oval. The nearest they have got to that has been using the oval's turn 4 with an extended run from close to turn 3 plus in the last few years they have been using turn 1.

wtf, why the hell do ITV prefer INDIAN cricket over BRITISCH touring cars? Who watches cricket anyway, and who cares about Indian cricket in the UK?

What weight will James Nash have to carry for this weekend's races?

Must be the base weight surely, with it being his first race of the season.

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Think late entries used to be given a penalty weight for their first round didn't they? Someone needs to go look at the regs

Hmmm, might go and book a test now....

Any more Clios turned up yet?

Yes, actually. A couple more have entered so we are at 17 cars now.

So when do we expect to hear the outcome of the Neal v Collard incident from Thruxton?

What, you mean by way of Collard trying to take out Neal at some point?

Yeah, race 1, lap 4, turn 5. Maybe that should be part of the pickems this weekend?