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Yes people, it's that time again. The 2014 BTCC season has finished so it's time for me to kick off the 2015 BTCC RDT thread!


2015 BTCC calender

Rnd Date Circuit
1. 4-5 April Brands Hatch Indy


2. 18-19 April Donington Park


3. 9-10 May Thruxton


4. 6-7 June Oulton Park


5. 27-28 June Croft


6. 8-9 August Snetterton


7. 22-23 August Knockhill


8. 5-6 September Rockingham


9. 26-27 September Silverstone


10. 10-11 October Brands Hatch Grand Prix




Confirmed Drivers

Colin Turkington - Team BMR - VW Passatt CC
Jason Plato - Team BMR - VW Passatt CC
Aron Smith - Team BMR - VW Passatt CC
Warren Scott - Team BMR - VW Passatt CC
Sam Tordoff - WSR - BMW 125i
Andy Priaulx - WSR - BMW 125i
Rob Collard - WSR - BMW 125i
Andrew Jordan - Triple 8 - MG 6
Jack Goff - Triple 8 - MG 6
Gordon Shedden - Team Dynamics - ?
Matt Neal - Team Dynamics - ?
Jeff Smith - Eurotech - Honda Civic
Martin Depper - Eurotech - Honda Civic
Adam Morgan - Cicerly Racing - Mercedes A-Class
Aiden Moffat - Lasertools Racing - Mercedes A-Class
Tom Ingram - Speedworks - Toyota Avensis
Rob Austin - RAR - Audi A5
Hunter Abbott - RAR - Audi A5
Alex Martin - Team Parker Racing - Ford Focus
Mike Bushell - AMD - Ford Focus
Nic Hamilton - AMD - Audi S3
Derek Palmer - Infiniti Support Our Paras Racing - Infiniti Q50
Richard Hawken - Infiniti Support Our Paras Racing - Infiniti Q50
Simon Belcher - Handy Motorsport - Toyota Avensis
Kieran Gallagher - Team Hard - Toyota Avensis
Dave Newsham - PowerMaxed Racing - Chevrolet Cruze
Josh Cook - PowerMaxed Racing - Chevrolet Cruze
Adam Wilmott - Welch Motorsport - Proton Gen-2
Dan Welch - Welch Motorsport - Proton Gen-2
Stewart Lines - Houseman - Toyota Avensis

Lots and lots of movement is expected once again, so the next 6 months will be interesting!

Turkington expects to be back to defend his crown:

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/10/12/colin-turkington-hoping-to-defend-btcc-title-in-2015/

Shedden has also said he expects to return next year the car being the new Type R Civic. No word on Matt yet, but it does seem likely he may be leaving

United Autosports will build brand new cars over the Winter, so keep an eye over that one

Vauxhall and Triple 8 appear to be a done deal, but until announced..........888 will be back

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/10/13/ian-harrison-plenty-of-irons-in-fires-for-a-2015-return/

AMD intend to run 2 cars in 2015

Gio and Menu intend to return in 2015

Airwaves seem to be building a 3 series BMW to run alongside the Focus

Aron Smith is our first confirmed driver for 2015 - which is nice

Marc Hynes and Chris Stockton also intend to return next year - Hynes in an MG and Stockton looks to be building a new car

Tordoff and Plato are up in the air as well. I would expect both to be back, with Plato saying he has 'more than 4 opportunities in the BTCC'

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/10/13/jason-plato-assessing-his-options-for-2015-season/

Team BMR are defo back and will be expanding into the Clio Cup

Pirtek will be back, but looks set to have 2015 Honda Type R's aswell.

That's just a few of the rumors that I can think of off the top of my head. Others will shortly appear.

RAR are 99.9% likely to be back in 2015 according to Rob Austin, with Hunter Abbot also looking to return.

Welch Motorsport have also indicated that they will be back.

Rotek - I should add - will also be back with what looks to be two cars.

Simon Belcher has confirmed he is most likely to be back aswell

I should add that Adam Morgan is all but confirmed as well, with the Merc squad moving up to two cars.

And make that a second driver confirmed as Andrew Jordan will drive with Pirtek sponsorship in 2015. However, what I do not know is where yet

I love it when news starts to flow in so quickly. Tom Ingram has confirmed he will be back on the grid in 2015, but the car is as of yet unknown.

Hasn't Mike Bushell said he intends to be on the grid?

Pretty standard for a Clio Champion though.

MG not returning then?

Not in a works capacity I don't think.

However, Infiniti might be in with a works team

Tordoff looks set to join either WSR or Cicerly in 2015.

Oh helloooooo



Will be announced tomorrow (Thursday) apparently

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Who would be running the Inifinitis? Would be cool if it were RML, because of the Nissan link and heritage.

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I think it'd be cool too, particularly since they weren't exactly happy with the way Plato upped and left for MG (and more importantly, took his sponsorship money with him without telling them or giving them time to source a replacement) so might well give him the middle finger if he began sniffing around

But as the best funded driver on the grid (somehow he avoids the term paydriver ) I'm sure his money is all that matters.

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Sorry but I'm pretty sure all I asked was "who would be running the Infinitis?", as opposed to "I hope Codename goes on another Plato rant" lol

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Nevar 4get

Seriously, the dude is old now, I've gotta double my rage for the last few years of his career, imagine what BTCC threads will be like after he retires....

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Joyful ^.^

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A BTCC without Plato would mean every time I shout about one of his terrible tap and runs on Twitter I wouldn't gain 5 or more spambot philosophy account followers.

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RIP Birmingham Wheels: here's some of the crash videos I recorded when it was there:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIaKIE ... 5t9d5PvoHA

Twitter:

http://www.twitter.com/paulhadsley

Sam Tordoff looks set to be one of the drivers. Not sure the team yet. Shall find out today!

Sam is part of JCT600
http://www.jct600.co.uk/


and they are commercial rivals to Ciceley
http://www.ciceleymercedes-benz.co.uk/c ... /home.html

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Looks like it's Derek Palmer's Pro-Motorsport bunch running the Infinitis? Not sure what they've done since the super touring days.

Heh, glad I'm not the only one that happens to

Official Infiniti announcement.

TBH, it sounds a bit underwhelming. The team hasn't raced at this level for well over a decade, and they weren't really that good then; and the drivers haven't done much in the way of professional racing.

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