Exactly, so saying "Bah, F1 whats that?" Wasn't really called for... Otherwise you'll get people with opposing opinions
I can clearly remember watching BTCC in the last couple of years where a particular French driver was on a wreck fest and nothing happened. I can remember plenty of times where this has happened. Was it Silverstone where Matt Neal was forced off the track and at the end of the race he sped up to catch who ever it was and slammed into there car on the slowing down lap?
Cars separated by a couple of centimetres doesn't have to constantly result in half spinning cars out or ramming up there rear end. Shows a lack of ability to judge the braking points. Watch any national level karting and you'll see kids from the age of 8 racing at 60mph bumper to bumper with minimal contact. Why? Because huge amounts of contact is punished. Google Video - Motors TV karting and you'll see racing with 5-6 karts seperated by cms and very minimal contact.
That's a rather silly point, really. BTCC is cheap as it's not popular enough to justify a large ticket price nor has the facilties, which you are probably basing on Silverstones ticket prices which are one of the most expensive on the GP calendar. I can guarantee there are more people in the F1 paddock than the BTCC, doesn't mean it has free access. How would you fit everyone in the paddock? F1 is too high profile to allow that, lots of equipment would get stolen and drivers would constantly get harassed by people.
Nope, was fantastic as he kept pushing against the odds from last on the grid. He set the move up perfectly and had a lot of balls to run a couple of centimetres apart at 180mph where the danger of clashing is far greater than in tin top cars.
Well I'll watch in anticipation for the first rounds of the BTCC to see if your right. I can almost guarantee Plato and co will ram the rear end of a few cars to get past. I've driven bumper to bumper with an average speed of 50mph, topping out at something like 70mph, maybe a little off that. No brake lights either, and out of 3 years I only ever spun one person and that was in the wet.
I've never come across anyone aspire to reach the BTCC. Funny you should mention Chilton as I seem to remember him wanting to go to the DTM but that feel through and he ended up having to go back to the BTCC.
Considering for the majority of F1 drivers the first car they drove with electronic aids is an F1 car I think they'll be okay at handling what is really a low powered FWD (majority) car to what they are used to. I'd put money on an F1 driver being able to drive a BTCC car better than a BTCC driver could an F1 car.
Alienated? I think the look amazing and so do the general public since they attract the crowds from what I saw at the Autosport show. Several brake pedals? That's new. An F1 car is still hard to drive on the limit like any race car, even harder than most due to the high G Forces they have to put up with for an hour and a half.
Matter of opinion really. To me BTCC cars don't look like race cars, they looked like Riced up street cars that I see on the road. Gear levaver? It's still sequential, only different is they have a little leaver to pull back and forwards over a paddle on a rocker. They are hardly doing much more work than a F1 drivers is, are they?
Doesn't make stupid decisions? I seem to remember there being a race to be as slow as possible to finish 10th. Then they brough in a lottery system. I wouldn't even want to particpate in a championship at club level with rules like that.
No one did say that from what I can see. I've stated BTCC doesn't punish the destruction derby style of Plato etc because it also draws in the crowds of people who aren't particularly interested in good racing.
I know of people who go to the BTCC to watch the support races and see some class drivers who have potential to move onto better things. How many drivers move onto better things in the BTCC? Thompson and Yvan don't seem to be getting on hugely well in the WTCC.
I'll got out of my way to watch F1, GP2, MotoGP and WRC.
