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« on: Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 11:43:46 »

It's that time again, yay!

Starts again this weekend, I missed Media Day last Tuesday as I was driving to Disneyland Paris Bad Mood but I've got a VIP ticket with the AmD team for this Sunday, which is laaaaaaavely! First time I've made it to the opening races of the season, should be good fun. I should be headed to Thruxton on the 8th of May as well, not sure about any other dates yet.

Interested to see how the Subaru Levorg tourer goes, a new manufacturer-backed entry with the BMR team who nearly took the title last season. Shame Plato is driving one of them...   Cunt
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« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 13:16:37 »

Do you not like Plato?  I missed that Cheesy
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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 14:12:16 »

My Boss is driving for Honda this year, so should be getting VIP for the silverstone meeting in Sept.
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, March 31, 2016, 07:51:37 »

You work for Ceravision?
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, March 31, 2016, 08:19:20 »

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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, March 31, 2016, 10:16:26 »

Ah cool. Hell of an accident your boss had in '08...  Eek He's knocked about with a couple of teams in the past 4 or 5 years, hopefully he can make it work with Honda!
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, March 31, 2016, 12:53:29 »

Apparently his son is one to watch out for in the future, I think he knows he is third drive, he hasnt got the talent to take on the other 2 Honda drivers, but for 600,000 grand and a racing licence you can get a drive for a BTCC team (allegedly)
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday, March 31, 2016, 22:12:32 »

Less than that for a team further down the grid, but that third Honda drive is a premium one. Hope it comes off for him!
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« Reply #8 on: Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 08:29:22 »

In short, Sunday was brilliant. Loved the circuit, the hospitality was brilliant, the grid walk before Race 2 was cool, the racing was really good to watch, and I got onto the top 12 leaderboard of lap times for a lap around Brands at a sim race centre called Racehub which is based at the circuit, the rigs they have there cost over £10k each, the cockpits are on (small) hydraulic jacks so when you go off track you get jiggled about. The sensation was brilliant! Trying to convince my brother-in-law we need a place like that in Swindon... Tongue
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« Reply #9 on: Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 10:49:24 »

In short, Sunday was brilliant. Loved the circuit, the hospitality was brilliant, the grid walk before Race 2 was cool, the racing was really good to watch, and I got onto the top 12 leaderboard of lap times for a lap around Brands at a sim race centre called Racehub which is based at the circuit, the rigs they have there cost over £10k each, the cockpits are on (small) hydraulic jacks so when you go off track you get jiggled about. The sensation was brilliant! Trying to convince my brother-in-law we need a place like that in Swindon... Tongue

We have two places like that in milton Keynes, one recently did a 24 hr endurance race, teams of 4, a good spread of food, breakfast, pizza etc, licenced bar, my mate took part and said it was pretty good.

Neate didnt do very well did he
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« Reply #10 on: Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 11:07:39 »

no indeed he didn't... finished behind a rookie who was in last year's title winning Honda Civic, with older-spec suspension, engine, steering box etc which is by rule slower than the latest spec Civic, in which Neate was. Not good, he needs to kick on...

A couple of friends were driving in that 24hr race with the Downforce Radio boys, bloody hard work! There's two crap-looking sim places, one in oxford, one in reading, run by the same company. Single screens, a normal seat and the same wheel and pedals I have, not at all that emersive. I think a proepr sim race centre in Swindon would do well... haven't found any in Bristol yet either.
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« Reply #11 on: Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 12:04:45 »

There is a simulator centre in Stevenage, its all just F1 Simulators, would love to give that a crack. It is hard work tho, you dont appreciate how much reflexes you need to get one round a track, its like your brain cant work fast enough to co-ordinate your body, full on concentration.

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« Reply #12 on: Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 21:49:14 »

I've never had an interest in this before but we're sponsoring Tom Ingram at Speedworks, who I believe won the first race on Sunday...so might well take a peek at some point...
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« Reply #13 on: Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 21:52:57 »

http://www.itv.com/btcc/races/watch-brands-hatch-indy-2016

Who do you work for Christy, if you don't mind me asking? Cracking drive from Tom in race 1, well earned win.
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« Reply #14 on: Thursday, April 7, 2016, 07:22:41 »

Great drive from Tingram in the first race. Sorry Derby STFC but your boss is pretty awful in BTCC but i guess that money talks. Going to Thruxton( only 10 mins from home) Oulton Park and Brands GP this year.Probably do VIP with Speedworks again.   
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