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We've just had the second meeting of the series at Rockingham, but rather unusually for BTCC that was the first of back-to-back races, with the second of those taking place this weekend on the Brands Hatch GP layout in Kent:


Fabrizio Giovanardi may have dominated at Thruxton, but he was absent for Rockingham, and so his championship lead quickly disappeared. Jason Plato now leads the standings after taking his first win of the season at The Rock, but the big winner of the last round was Matt Neal who clinched two victories and moved up to 2nd in the standings. Steven Kane and Paul O’Neill continued their impressive starts to the season by leaping Giovanardi to move into 3rd and 4th overall as the missing Italian dropped to 5th:

1.  Jason Plato           64
2.  Matt Neal             47  
3.  Steven Kane           45
4.  Paul O'Neill          43
5.  Fabrizio Giovanardi   38
6.  Mat Jackson           36
7.  Rob Collard           23
8.  Gordon Shedden        23
9.  Andrew Jordan         18
10. Tom Boardman          15
11. Tom Onslow-Cole       15
12. Alex MacDowall        11
13. Phil Glew              9
14. Tom Chilton            9
15. David Pinkney          5
16. James Nash             4
17. Andy Neate             3
18. John George            2
19. Martin Johnson         2
20. Matt Hamilton          0
21. Shaun Hollamby         0
22. Arthur Forster         0

Sunday timetable
10.10 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
10.55 Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship
11.45 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship
13.25 Ginetta Junior Championship
14.05 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship
14.45 Michelin Ginetta G50 Cup
15.25 Elf Renault Clio Cup with Michelin
16.05 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
16.55 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship
17.30 Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship

TV coverage
ITV4 @ 1130-1800, Sunday 2 May (Live BTCC & Supports)
ITV4 @ 1530-1700, Tuesday 4 May (BTCC highlights)
ITV1HD @ 0215-0330, Wednesday 5 May (BTCC highlights)
ITV4 @ 1200-1330, Saturday 8 May (BTCC highlights)

Weather forecast
Saturday: Rain, Temperature 16°C, chance of rain 50%
Sunday: Rain, Temperature 11°C, chance of rain 90%
http://www.uk.weather.com

Still no Turkington

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Dan Wheldon | 1978 - 2011

Only one race between the two BTCC races?

I'm guessing that also includes a bit of a lunch break on the track?

(I'm also guessing ITV will use that time to bring us g-rate feeder series Porsche Carerra cup which was about the only support that barely got a mention in the Rockingham thread... )

Looking forward to these races. They were amazing last year, so lets see if they can live up to them.

I assume Pinkey will still turn up?

Haven't heard anything. What about Depper, has he made it back yet?

I believe everyone's back bar Gio and Glew of course. Should be a grid of about 22 cars or so.

Sunday forecast: Rain all day

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Dan Wheldon | 1978 - 2011

That'll be fun then.

Brands Hatch in Rain!

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I dunno, BTCC is great without rain and sometimes the wet stuff spreads them out more or we have an accident that wipes out half the field. Last time it rained at Brands? Was it 2007?

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Dan Wheldon | 1978 - 2011

FP1 Results:

Chilton, Jordan, Nash, Pinkney, Neal, Shedden, Collard, Jackson, Onslow-Cole and MacDowall.

I don't know where to get full results but the VX's look quick

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Dan Wheldon | 1978 - 2011

Pinkney

BTCC FP1 Times
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I wonder what happened to Plato & Kane?

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Those times are hugely spread

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Dan Wheldon | 1978 - 2011

My guess would be changing conditions.

Yeah, I would guess that as well - showers have been predicted all day, but if Plato qualifies in 14th then we're gonna get a good race

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And a few bent cars...

Clio Cup Race 1 & 2 Grids:
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Ginetta Junior Practice:
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Formula Renault Race 1 Grid:
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Ginetta G50 Race 1 Grid:
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Carrera Cup Race 1 & 2 Grids:
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According to btcc.net, Plato's oil warning light came on and Kane had steering problems in practice 1.

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What happened to Jake Hill?