BTCC 2014 RDT - Team Dynamics fined

pimmy · PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:09 pm

kals wrote:

So with Marc Hynes' announcement I'm wondering how many other fellow British F3 Champions (and possibly graduates) have raced in BTCC. Here's where I'm at:

Champions
Marc Hynes
Kelvin Burt
Jonny Kane (1996 TT only)
David Brabham
Johnny Herbert
Andy Wallace
Jonathan Palmer

I'm only going back to the 1980's but who else am I missing?

As for graduates I know Plato used to race in F3, back in 1992.

There must be loads. Derek Warwick, Warren Hughes, Steve Robertson, Peter Kox, Rickard Rydell etc. Martin Brundle raced touring cars before F3, David Coulthard made his one-off appearance pre-F3 also.

kals · PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:09 pm

kart99 wrote:

ES Racing also have an announcement tomorrow.

Launching their 2014 campaign with sponsorship from Burberry and Tesco Value Lager, fielding a newly built NGTC Vauxhall Nova or Citroen Saxo?

pimmy · PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:11 pm

kart99 wrote:

ES Racing also have an announcement tomorrow. Perhaps the two are connected, perhaps they aren't?

Being Autosport, I'd guess any 'interesting breaking news' would be about someone more important than Chris James.

kart99 · PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:14 pm

Tomorrow's going to be another interesting day me thinks. And if it is as left field as Marc Hynes appearing from no where, could be an interesting day.

Also, that's us just in December and boy 2014 is looking great already!

kals · PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:15 pm

Knowing Autosport, I'd guess any 'interesting breaking news' would be something we all knew about and was public knowledge 3 or 4 days ago.

kart99 · PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:17 pm

Don't think so, I think I've pretty much got all the confirmations together.

De Cesaris fan · PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:17 pm

Stephen Jelley was one of the more recent F3 refugees, but there are probably quite a few others.

phil1993 · PostPosted: Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:18 pm

Glad to see Hynes get a seat - he works a lot with the Marussia youngsters so it's awesome that he gets a deserved race seat.

hedgey666 · PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 8:39 am

Someone was flinging a rumour around on Facebook that the ES announcement involves Civics.

kals · PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 5:40 pm

So what's happened to this 'interesting breaking news' that we were expecting today?

phil1993 · PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:01 pm

kals wrote:

So what's happened to this 'interesting breaking news' that we were expecting today?

I think it was that Virgin is entering Formula E, not any BTCC news.

kals · PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:32 pm

Good point.

DanSN117 · PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:38 pm

Bits and bobs floating around twitter that Team ES Racing have teamed up with Spearmint Rhino.....

Aparently, its not a joke either.

Edit, Link

http://www.grassrootmedia.com/news

kals · PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:39 pm

DanSN117 wrote:

Bits and bobs floating around twitter that Team ES Racing have teamed up with Spearmint Rhino.....

Aparently, its not a joke either.

So I really wasn't too far off with this then...

kals wrote:

kart99 wrote:

ES Racing also have an announcement tomorrow.

Launching their 2014 campaign with sponsorship from Burberry and Tesco Value Lager, fielding a newly built NGTC Vauxhall Nova or Citroen Saxo?

Team ChavScum

kart99 · PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 6:47 pm

The 'options where we will be racing bit' caught my eye.

hedgey666 · PostPosted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 4:40 am

Peppermint Hippo (or whatever James May called it once) and Team ChavScum. That is an absolutely perfect matchup.

kart99 · PostPosted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:07 pm

http://www.amdtuning.com/news.read.cfm?articleid=5212

AMD have bought one of Motorbase's Focus

Driver will be announced next month

kals · PostPosted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 2:45 pm

hedgey666 wrote:

Peppermint Hippo (or whatever James May called it once)

Peppermint Rhinoceros :thumbsup:

pimmy · PostPosted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 3:12 pm

I don't see the issue with Spearmint Rhino sponsoring ES Racing. As the article states, they already sponsor a Superbike team and it's really no different to Playboy sponsoring a car in DTM. At least it's a legitimate source of funding, they've hardly gone down the Vic Lee route have they?

kart99 wrote:

http://www.amdtuning.com/news.read.cfm?articleid=5212

AMD have bought one of Motorbase's Focus

Driver will be announced next month

Good to see that they have a decent car. Hopefully AmD and Motorbase can work together and get some more *ahem* performance out of the Focus.

Also, there's been a slight change to the Clio Cup calendar. It's still 9 events, but they will now be attending Thruxton and missing Silverstone as the latter clashes with a WSbR event.

hedgey666 · PostPosted: Fri Dec 06, 2013 5:34 pm

pimmy wrote:

I don't see the issue with Spearmint Rhino sponsoring ES Racing. As the article states, they already sponsor a Superbike team and it's really no different to Playboy sponsoring a car in DTM. At least it's a legitimate source of funding, they've hardly gone down the Vic Lee route have they?

100% legit and in this day and age any sponsorship at all is like gold dust.

What I meant by them being a perfect match is that the kind of people who enjoy "gentleman's clubs" are very much the sort of people who would be fans of ES Racing. Chris James is exactly the kind of guy you'd expect to own a sleazy joint like that. Or at the very least a chain of sex shops :flag:

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