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Cos racecar innit
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:03 pm
by IanF
http://www.btcc.net/2019/02/27/bmw-brin ... mpionship/
Looks good in some pics, weird in others - perfectly sums up a 3series ime!
Still, good news for the sport.
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:05 pm
by JLv3.0
"BRITAIN’S PREMIER MOTORSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP"
Is this how people see BTCC then?
Not F3 or F3000?
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:08 pm
by mik
I guess members of Marv's Small Wheel Appreciation Society will be happy.
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:10 pm
by JLv3.0
It has that sort of heavy, unresolved look at the back that you'd see on shit body kits in the more eastern parts of Europe
All the more helped by the oddly small wheels! Maybe get those rear drums painted or even some falsie discies
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:22 pm
by scotta
JLv3.0 wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:05 pm
"BRITAIN’S PREMIER MOTORSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP"
Is this how people see BTCC then?
Not F3 or F3000?
Yes. BTCC is the biggest uk series by far. Budgets involved to do a season of BTCC is somewhere in the region of £3-400k. Cars cost about £250k to build.
My mate is lead mechanic on one of the Mercedes.
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:22 pm
by scotta
JLv3.0 wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:10 pm
It has that sort of heavy, unresolved look at the back that you'd see on shit body kits in the more eastern parts of Europe
All the more helped by the oddly small wheels! Maybe get those rear drums painted or even some falsie discies
It will not look like that when it hits the track!
Last years 1-series
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:26 pm
by scotta
mik wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:08 pm
I guess members of Marv's Small Wheel Appreciation Society will be happy.
265/660R18
not exactly SWAS approved.
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:06 pm
by IanF
scotta wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:26 pm
mik wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:08 pm
I guess members of Marv's Small Wheel Appreciation Society will be happy.
265/660R18
not exactly SWAS approved.
Christ! Are they tractor tyres or something!?
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:08 pm
by JLv3.0
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:53 pm
by scotta
IanF wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:06 pm
scotta wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:26 pm
mik wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:08 pm
I guess members of Marv's Small Wheel Appreciation Society will be happy.
265/660R18
not exactly SWAS approved.
Christ! Are they tractor tyres or something!?
Racing slicks quote the diameter of the tyre in mm not as a percentage of the width.
from Pirelli
TYRE IDENTIFICATION AND MARKING
The markings that appears on the side of the tyres also tells us the basic size of the tyre, the rim diameter and the width of the rim.
We will illustrate how to read two different types of branding that may appear on the side of the tyres.
C: Nominal section width expressed in mm - 190
D: Nominal external diameter expressed in mm - 580
d: Nominal rim diameter of the rim, expressed in inches - 15
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 3:09 pm
by integrale_evo
JLv3.0 wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:05 pm
"BRITAIN’S PREMIER MOTORSPORT CHAMPIONSHIP"
Is this how people see BTCC then?
Not F3 or F3000?
Yep.
They broadcast the entire Btcc race day live on free tv, f3 is only ever on a highlight program at some obscure hour.
F3 used to be on the same billing as British gt, btcc and f3/gt were by far the biggest two meetings of the year at any given circuit, ( excluding one offs like f1, silverstone classic etc ) but btcc always had 10x the people there.
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 4:05 pm
by IanF
scotta wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:53 pm
IanF wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 2:06 pm
scotta wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:26 pm
265/660R18
not exactly SWAS approved.
Christ! Are they tractor tyres or something!?
Racing slicks quote the diameter of the tyre in mm not as a percentage of the width.
from Pirelli
TYRE IDENTIFICATION AND MARKING
The markings that appears on the side of the tyres also tells us the basic size of the tyre, the rim diameter and the width of the rim.
We will illustrate how to read two different types of branding that may appear on the side of the tyres.
C: Nominal section width expressed in mm - 190
D: Nominal external diameter expressed in mm - 580
d: Nominal rim diameter of the rim, expressed in inches - 15
Cool. Every day’s a school day!
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 4:14 pm
by Coaster1
BTCC on ITV is brilliant.
This and IOM TT are the only two race series that I religiously follow these days.
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 2:34 pm
by JLv3.0
scotta wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:22 pm
JLv3.0 wrote: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:10 pm
It has that sort of heavy, unresolved look at the back that you'd see on shit body kits in the more eastern parts of Europe
All the more helped by the oddly small wheels! Maybe get those rear drums painted or even some falsie discies
It will not look like that when it hits the track!
And relax
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 4:44 pm
by Coaster1
That looks superb
A couple of my favorite 'modern' BTCC BMW liveries:
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:07 pm
by Jimmy Choo
JLv3.0 wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2019 2:34 pm
And relax
Not relax. Quite the opposite.
I've not watched much of the BHHCC. A proper saloon is much more to my liking.
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 5:09 pm
by JLv3.0
Tbh the BMW Motorsport livery is really quite hard to get wrong, isn't it.
Re: Cos racecar innit
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 7:09 pm
by integrale_evo
A bit like martini stripes really, look fg on virtually every race car that's ever worn them
