Some amazing racing today, I caught most of it on ITV4. Wish I could of gone though, holding out for Donington Historics though for a chance to see some Group C beasts.
Have to say, I'm not a fan of the Formula Renault's. I'm not massively sure why, I think it's because the field seems to spread out quite quickly and they don't follow very well.
Maybe today I was just a bit overloaded with Motorsport to enjoy them!
The Formula Renaults had quite a small grid i think?
The nature of single seater racing is going to make it look less exciting than tin-tops since they can't run side-by-side and rub paint in the same manner. The layout of Donington, more than any other UK circuit i can think of, encourages that sort of driving.
The 3rd race was silly. Too many contacts and crashes to make it look like a demolition derby... I guess that's what happened when it gets too far in Touring Car racing.
I'm backing Matt Jackson this year as i do every year. Shame he's not in the BMW. Not to keen on the Focus. I'd like to see the Audi do well but most new teams aren't usually successful in there 1st season.
I thought the BTCC lot seems reasonable controlled this weekend which was good, not generally a fan of how shunt-y they can get at times (from the highlight reel of Donington it looked a complete mess!). I only really watched the main BTCC races so missed all the club action.
Also must say, I don't understand completely why they introduced the ability for teams to fit a turbo. I may have missed something, but from what I saw at Brands Hatch and Thruxton they do have clear advantage at points. Especially along the straights, I imagine when they go to Snetterton (even with it's changes) the turbo's will really be able to hold a solid lead over the non-turbo cars.
Its because of the new NGTC regulations the BTCC is using, which aim to provide a cheaper more competitive series. This year they are allowing older cars to run with non-turbo engines before switching entirely over next year (or 2013).
Its not really that bad anyway as most of the grid have turbo power. Only the Chevrolets and BMWs lack it. I don't know why RML haven't bothered with a turbo, but the teams running BMWs would have to fund their own engines as BMW refuse to pay for the costs.
The idea was that ToCA were going to monitor the situation and balance the field, which they have already attempted to do by limiting the Honda turbo boost. Seems half-hearted really, but then not many people sympathise because there are only a few cars running non-turbo anyway. (Plus Plato moans too much....and conveniently never moans when he has the advantage..SEAT turbo power?).
