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Wow, that season flew by, didn't it? We're onto the last round of the season at the legendary Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit and it's pretty much guaranteed that Turkington will win the title... unless he does a Collard in race 1. Even though the outcome of the championship is a foregone conclusion, the event will still be worth watching as this track always produces cracking racing.

Circuit length:               2.4332 miles
No. of laps:                  3x 15
Race distance:                3x 36.4980 miles
Races held:                   218
First race:                   26/12/1957
First race on current layout: 02/10/2005
Lap record:                   1:32.619, Jason Plato, Chevrolet Cruze LT, 2011

2013 winners (GP):
Race 1: Jason Plato
Race 2: Jason Plato
Race 3: Gordon Shedden

All-time winners:

Drivers:
23: Jason Plato
14: Matt Neal
12: Frank Gardner
8:  Tommy Sopwith, Andy Rouse
7:  Alain Menu
6:  James Thompson
5:  Brian Muir, Stuart Graham, Tim Harvey, Rickard Rydell, Fabrizio Giovanardi
4:  Jack Sears, Roy Pierpoint, Gordon Spice, Jeff Allam, Joachim Winkelhock, Gabriele Tarquini, Yvan Muller, Colin Turkington
3:  John Sprinzel, John Fitzpatrick, Richard Lloyd, Vince Woodman, Robb Gravett, John Cleland, Frank Biela, Anthony Reid, Rob Collard, Mat Jackson, Andrew Jordan
2:  Geoff Williamson, Mike Parkes, Jim Clark, Jackie Oliver, Barrie Williams, Colin Vandervell, Pete Lovett, Steve Soper, Will Hoy, Laurent Aiello, Warren Hughes, Tom Chilton
1:  Tommy Bridger, Gawaine Baillie, Doc Shepherd, Roy Salvadori, Albert Powell, Bob Olthoff, Jack Brabham, Dennis Leech, Gerry Birrell, Bill McGovern, John Hine, Tony Dron, Nick Whiting, Win Percy, Tom Walkinshaw, Mike Smith, Tim Sugden, Paul Radisich, Simon Harrison, Phil Bennett, Luke Hines, Rob Huff, Dan Eaves, Tom Onslow-Cole, Árón Smith, Frank Wrathall, Gordon Shedden

Manufacturers:
50: Ford
24: Chevrolet
21: Vauxhall
18: BMW
17: Honda
15: Jaguar
11: MG
10: SEAT
9:  Rover
7:  Austin, Volvo
6:  Renault
4:  Alfa Romeo, Nissan
3:  Triumph, Audi, Toyota
1:  Borgward, Sunbeam, Mazda, Volkswagen, Mitsubishi, Peugeot

Championship Standings:
1.  Colin Turkington  417
2.  Jason Plato       367
3.  Gordon Shedden    317
4.  Mat Jackson       283
5.  Andrew Jordan     279
6.  Rob Collard       251
7.  Matt Neal         207
8.  Sam Tordoff       207
9.  Árón Smith        176
10. Alain Menu        173

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What happened with the calendar this year that they keep racing when the f1 is on? It can't be helping the viewing figures, and wouldn't do that much harm to wait until next weekend.

Anyway, unless Turkingtons car gets written off in race 1, can't see him losing this.

Collard is confirmed for this weekend.

Dammit. I've an early Sunday morning flight to Atlanta and there's no way for me to catch up with the races until Wednesday. Damn my bad planning.

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BTCC at Brands Hatch > F1 at a dull, soulless, Modern GP circuit. But, yeah, there is a lot on this weekend: F1, WEC, WRX, WTCC, Bathurst 1000 (which is an annoying clash) & NASCAR as usual.

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I'm going to run out of screens...

I'll be there. First time at a GP meeting so looking forward to seeing the cars round the back of the track. Does mean I can't watch Bathurst though unfortunately, as I'll be far too knackered if I stay up all night.

No Tony Gilham, so the field will be down to 30.

The car's basically knackered.

I agree it seems they've dropped the ball on this...hope its fixed for next year.

Could be worse though. ...they could have the wtcc's schedule

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FIA failed hard there, F1, WEC and WTCC on the same weekend

Anyone know of a non-ITV stream likely to show this weekend?

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Just so you know, it's going to piss down at Brands on Sunday, Saturday should be clear though.

So it'll be a repeat of the 2001 and 2012 finales then?

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BBC website says the opposite, Saturday wet and Sunday clear...

LOL it was the BBC weather I was watching this morning that showed a big puddle over the South East on Sunday.

BBC Weather changes its 5 day forecast every few hours. I find it's only accurate one or two days in advance.

I disagree, their forecasts are rarely accurate even to just a few hours lol.

I tend to put rain today on as that's far more accurate for short term forecasts.

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It will be raining at Brands in about 30-40 minutes (if it isn't already)
We have a monsoon here atm.

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