BTCC @ Thruxton 25th/26th April *Spoilers*

jdh · PostPosted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:59 pm

The second meeting of the 2009 British Touring Car Championship sees the series make it's way to the fastest circuit on the calendar, the daunting Thruxton track in Hampshire:

There has been some major news since the first meeting of the year, namely Vauxhall announcing that they will pull out of the championship of the end of the season. There has been quite a bit of moving and shaking as well, with Gordon Shedden being replaced at Team Dynamics by returning double-champion James Thompson. Team RML has also signed 2008's runner-up Mat Jackson to drive a Chevrolet.

The opening three rounds at Brands Hatch saw three different winners, with Matt Neal taking the first race, Rob Collard the second and Jonathan Adam the third, only for the Scotsman to lose his debut win after some over-zealous stewards penalised him and gave the race win to Jason Plato in his Chevrolet. Reigning champion Fabrizio Giovanardi didn't have a good start to the season with two non-points races, leaving him in 7th in the table at this early stage:

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1.  Matt Neal             38  
2.  Colin Turkington      32
3.  Rob Collard           29
4.  Jason Plato           22
5.  Jonathan Adam         16
6.  Adam Jones            14
7.  Fabrizio Giovanardi   12
8.  Stephen Jelley        12
9.  Gordon Shedden        11
10. Dan Eaves             10
11. Andrew Jordan          6
12. Harry Vaulkhard        5
13. Martyn Bell            2
14. Tom Chilton            0
15. John George            0
16. Alan Morrison          0
17. David Pinkney          0
18. Martin Johnson         0
19. Liam McMillan          0
20. Nick Leason            0

Sunday timetable
10.45 Ginetta G50 Cup
11.35 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship
12.15 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
12.55 ELF Renault Clio Cup
13.35 Ginetta Junior Championship
14.10 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship
15.20 Formula Renault UK with Michelin
16.00 Ginetta G50 Cup
16.50 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship
17.30 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

TV coverage
ITV4 @ 1130-1800, Sunday 26 April (Live BTCC & Supports)
ITV4 @ 1630-1800, Tuesday 28 September (BTCC highlights)

Further highlight repeats on Men & Motors. Check schedules for these.

Weather forecast
Saturday: Cloudy, Temperature 17Â°C, chance of rain 10%
Sunday: Sunny, Temperature 17Â°C, chance of rain 10%
http://www.uk.weather.com

Schumifan · PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:36 am

iono bout you guys but ive got the THRUXTON FEVAR :eyecrazy:

hedgey666 · PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:06 pm

At Knockhill on Sunday so have to tape it... which is annoying as it's probably going to be a good set of races.

EvilVendingMachine · PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:08 pm

THRUXTON FEVER OMG!!!! :eyecrazy:

There gonna be a stream for this?

pimmy · PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:41 pm

Hughes out again

: http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=1388

I wonder who the second driver could be?

Boxy Brown · PostPosted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:05 pm

No Plato

Cartman · PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:03 am

Boxy Brown wrote:

No Plato

Damn, my THRUXTON FEVER is gone.

Oh well, back to DEGA FEVER. :eyecrazy:

codename_47 · PostPosted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:28 am

Best BTCC meeting of the year IMO

Everyone should get thrux-ing THRUXTON FEVER....THRUX YEAH!!!

kals · PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:39 am

Paul O'Neill has said he'll be gutted if he doesn't break into the top 6 at Thruxton this weekend. I think he may be setting his sights a little high, but I'll be cheering him on if he does.

pimmy · PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:17 pm

Plato confirmed for the rest of the season

:
http://www.btcc.net/html/generalnews_detail.php?id=1395

Schumifan · PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:54 pm

Good news

kart99 · PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:57 pm

Fantastic news. It also means hes a serious contender for the title. If RML could get Jackson for the rest of the season, then thats a very, very good line-up.

kals · PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:25 pm

Awesome news. With JP, Jackson and JT now joining BTCC has an even greater line up. Lets hope Jackson can stay on and SHedden can return.

Boxy Brown · PostPosted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 10:33 pm

Holy crap! Jason, Mat, Thommo all back! Let's enjoy this season because it will be epic.

BenAD · PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:20 am

That is awesome

Im really looking forward to the race now!

highgroove · PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 2009 12:05 pm

awesome

pimmy · PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:38 am

Formula Renault Race 1 Grid:
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Ginetta Junior Practice:
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BTCC Practice 1. Team Aon still haven't fixed their top speed problem and it's interesting to see that O'Neill is faster than Plato & Jackson:
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Ginetta G50 Race 1 & 2 Grids:
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phil1993 · PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:41 am

Entry list: - Jackson will use #2

22 entries for this weekend

[spoiler]F. Giovanardi (VX Racing)
M. Neal (VX Racing)
A. Jordan (VX Racing)
M. Jackson (Chevrolet)
J. Plato (Chevrolet)
C. Turkington (RAC)
S. Jelley (RAC)
A. Jones (Seat Leon Carbon Zero)
D. Eaves (Seat Leon Carbon Zero)
T. Chilton (Team Aon)
A. Morrison (Team Aon)
R. Collard (Motorbase)
J. Adam (Motorbase)
M. Bell (sunshine.co.uk)
P. O'Neill (sunshine.co.uk)
N. Leason (Team AFM)
H. Vaulkhard (Tempus)
L. MacMillan (Maxtreme)
J. Thompson (Team Dynamics)
D. Pinkney (Team Dynamics)
J. George (TH Motorsport)
M. Johnson (Boulevard Team Racing)[/spoiler]

kart99 · PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 11:50 am

Thats not a bad time for Thommo. I'm sure he'll get quicker as the day progresses

pimmy · PostPosted: Sat Apr 25, 2009 12:10 pm

Clio Cup Race 1 & 2 Grids:
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Something serious must have happened in BTCC Practice 2. The red flag has been out for 10 minutes.

Edit: Green again.

Ginetta Junior Race 1 & 2 Grids:
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Jackson & Thommo's cars:

BTCC Practice 2. No time for Giovanardi:
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