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The BTCC is taking the short trip from Norfolk into Northamptonshire for the meeting at Silverstone which marks rounds 19, 20 & 21 of the 2010 championship:


Unfortunately the last round at Snetterton provided very little in the way of excitement, but Silverstone promises to be better as they compete on a track more conducive to overtaking. At Snetterton, it was a great day for Jason Plato as he notched up two wins and leapt into a 20 point lead in the standings:

1.  Jason Plato          151
2.  Matt Neal            131  
3.  Gordon Shedden       127
4.  Tom Onslow-Cole      113
5.  Steven Kane          109
6.  Mat Jackson          101
7.  Tom Chilton           90
8.  Rob Collard           84
9.  Paul O'Neill          82
10. Andrew Jordan         58
11. Tom Boardman          43
12. Fabrizio Giovanardi   38
13. James Nash            38
14. Alex MacDowall        36
15. David Pinkney         11
16. Phil Glew              9
17. Daniel Lloyd           7
18. Andy Neate             5
19. John George            2
20. Martin Johnson         2
21. Matt Hamilton          2
22. Lea Wood               0
23. Arthur Forster         0
24. Martin Depper          0
25. Shaun Hollamby         0 

This weekend sees the return of Phil Glew to the series in the second Special Tuning UK SEAT Leon alongside Tom Boardman. Phil competed for Triple Eight at the opening round at Thruxton but lost his drive shortly after.

Sunday timetable
09.30 Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship
10.10 Michelin Ginetta G50 Cup
11.35 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship
12.15 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
13.25 Elf Renault Clio Cup with Michelin
14.15 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship
14.55 Michelin Formula Renault UK Championship
15.35 Ginetta Junior Championship
16.05 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain
16.55 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship

TV coverage
ITV4 @ 1130-1830, Sunday 22 August (Live BTCC & Supports)
ITV4 @ 1530-1700, Tuesday 24 August (BTCC highlights)
ITV1HD @ 0255-0415, Friday 27 August (BTCC highlights)
ITV4 @ 1430-1600, Saturday 28 August (BTCC highlights)

I hope it's better then Snetterton, that was such a disappointment

Considering we'd all looked forward to it as our "EPIC ROUND OF MEGA LULZ" since, well, this time last year, it was bound to dissapoint.

It wasn't so bad, there WAS some passing, Fords steaming by people, etc.

Supports were pretty lacklustre but, well, it was still better than a lot of meetings.

Silverstone should be good, I haven't read any announcement about track layout so I'm assuming they never were serious about giving the new track layouts at Silverstone a try?

They were always going to run the National Circuit, there was never a plan to use part of the new track this year.

Anyway, I can see a lot of aggressive moves happening at Brooklands now that the gravel trap is gone.

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Hopfully the Fords win everything... Seriously

And we get the Plato whinge?

We don't need the Fords to win for Plato to whinge.

Seriously, it's two massive acceleration zones linked together by two big stops. How can the Fords not win here?

Unless it's wet.

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Yeah, I know he's mad and I don't care. I do not care. I did not care then. I do not care now. I'm here to race him.

They get spun out by irate rivals?

Wet would be good anyway.

And Plato has experience of doing that to Chilton just a few years back!

I just really want to see Tom be champ, especially after how crap AON was last season, to see them win the championship would be kick ass, and a big FU to factory Honda and Chevy They are the true underdogs this season IMO.

Plato & Neal wing walk

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That was brilliant

That looks fun!

The way Neal looks at the camera at about 0:55 when the woman is bent over right infront of him

And there is definitely a Bro-mance there...

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Laugh if you want but if John George drives like he did at Snetterton he could grab some points this weekend!

At about 3.00 minutes I'm sure Matt mouths "what a twat"

No laughter here - he was on the pace of O'Neill at Snett. I love seeing him up to speed cos he's such a top guy. Always worth a stopping by for a chat during the signing sessions in the paddock as he's always got time to speak to everyone.

Cool that you noticed him. He was all over Boardman and held off McDowell during race three. I know they were some 30 seconds back but it was really cool to see. I'm not sure why he was driving so good there.

Going to miss the races (live at least) as I'll be on a train all Sunday afternoon. That does at least mean they'll prolly be awesome so you can thank me afterwards.