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That'd suck

Looks like Tony Gilham will be back with an Insignia going by his post on FB

Mike Buschell is also testing for Motorbase

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/10/22/ciceley-racing-building-mercedes-for-aiden-moffat/

Aiden Moffat should be in the second Merc next year

Time trial event on the ring road in glamorous Coventry in May - says cars from the BTCC but can't tell if that means current BTCC or old cars. It seems to be non-championship for now but indications are that they want to make it bigger and get a full BTCC round here. Either way, I'll be here to watch

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/c ... ry-7987698
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-co ... e-29752565

http://www.btcc.net/2014/10/24/laser-tools-racing-confirms-mercedes-for-2015/

Moffat officially confirmed for 2015.

Also, It looks like Austin will be driving something different next year. So he is added to the confirmed list and looks like Hunter Abbot will be returning too.

This article will be constantly updated as entries are confirmed.

I'd say the Audis will be upgraded to the latest bodywork, rather than being replaced.

It's good that the Moffat Merc is confirmed, it's a much better car than the Chevy. Ciceley are planning to run two A-Classes themselves.

We seem to have the great problem at the moment of more cars existing than there are available TBLs.



A good place to have an event considering the motoring history of the location. The ring road doesn't have many roundabouts on it, so it could end up being full of chicanes.

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http://www.touringcartimes.com/2014/10/22/two-more-support-champions-to-test-for-motorbase/

Ginetta Junior champion Jack Mitchell and (Provisional) British FFord champion Jade Kruyger have also tested fir MotorBase

damn that looked like a stronger field than most nascar series recently.

that Infiniti is nice. hopefully UA can find an investor and stay on for the season. their schemes make me think of Nautica for some reason

Jack Goff has confirmed on Twitter he is back next year and his sponsor have confirmed it's Team BMR

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I like a lot of those changes

Handy Motorsport will also be back in 2015.

Liking the end of boost adjustments and the new way of setting the race 2 grid, reduces the penalty of a dnf in race 1.

I like it but it's in danger of becoming a bit complicated

Fastest laps for grids - yeah that's fine. We did that at brands in the 90s once and it worked, and it makes logical sense. But then you need to be tracking fastest laps on the screen for the viewer, otherwise Race 2 start will seem a bit random. And no tyre changing being allowed to set laps will be fun when it rains.

Splitting the soft tyre between all 3 races sounds very like F1s silly engine rules or WECs qualifying and stuff. It's fine for hardcore fans, but it gets a bit complicated for the casual viewer - the tyre of viewer BTCC relies on.

I like these changes, but they need to be careful. It's very easy to make things too complicated and annoying to follow.

I didn't realize the soft tire wasn't used at all at Thruxton. Is that because of it being too fast a track?

Dunlop have a special tyre to combat the punctures that the track usually throws up.

Three reasons, really:
1. It has by far the fastest average speed
2. It's essentially one continuous corner, so the tyres barely get a rest
3. It has the most abrasive surface

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A bit of clarification regarding the race 2 grid:

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In theory, the race 2 grid should still look a lot like the race 1 finishing order.

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