I notice that people involved with teams often have a knack of not answering straight forward questions around this time of year. That is understandable of course.
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I notice that people involved with teams often have a knack of not answering straight forward questions around this time of year. That is understandable of course.
A more proven car than the Lexus IS200?!Quote:
Originally Posted by tdb
In the right hands ie Paul O'neil, question is will they put the astra back to a petrol car or keep it running on different fuels? could be a reason why they are using the astra as it already has some money coming in for the same sponsor as fiona?
A general question for everyone on here - which Lexus do you think will be higher up the grid? The BTC Racing pair or the Xero Pair?
It would be interesting to know as both teams say they have "rebuilt" the cars?
Not actually true is it tdb!Quote:
Originally Posted by tdb
Let me assure everyone on here that "Team Aircool" does still exist and is very much committed to be in the BTCC in 2008, the team are currently negotiating with Seat Spain for a Seat Leon and Adam is very much hoping to confirm this - finances and a Leon permitting.
I also hear that we could have a new Alfa team AND a new team running Seat's and I think it will be a shock to everyone on here!
I'm not sure if either will have much of an advantage on each other. I think it might come down to the choice of drivers. BTC Racing have a very quick driver in Chris Stockton. Stuart Oliver is an unknown quantity in touring cars. At the minute without knowing Xero Competition's choices of drivers I will reserve my judgement on which team will do better.
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Originally Posted by dwracing23
You REALLY DO have a problem with Xero and tdb.. don't you?Quote:
Originally Posted by dwracing23
No not at all actually I dont have a problem - I just don’t like how he talks and puts things on here sometimes, ie always putting Adam down on his time at Xero, always puts peoples thoughts and opinions down. I believe everyone has the right to say what they want and when they want to say it. This makes everyone of us unique in what we do - seatfreak is a perfect example - I may not agree with all he says but that’s his right and that’s what he thinks - so that’s what makes him unique, he doesn’t deserve to get all this slack just because what he puts isn’t liked by someone else!Quote:
Originally Posted by tisme
I also think Xero have proved over the years that they are a great race team in the radicals etc, they have a great setup.
I say Xero will be slightly more faster and reliable.
i can't see it, the BTC cars have been raced and developed, the Xero car(s) have been developed behind closed doors, and whilst i don't doubt that they've been putting in some serious work on them and that they have been tested there is no substitute for competing, and everyone else has been developing too, and Xero have not been able to reference themselves against the field regularly.
i wish them all the best, but i do think some people can be a bit blinded by the lights sometimes, especially if they expect these cars to suddenly appear at the sharp end of the races.
the first Target (and i'm sure anyone from Xero will agree with me) will be to confirm entry and get out on track at the first practice session and hope the car runs reliably - from then they can work on extracting the best and learning the car in a competitive environment again. i'm sure they'll have high expectations given the work they have put in, but also they'll be realistic to set their targets for finsishes and gradual improvement and with a decent bit of luck, battling the midfielders for a point or 2 on occasions.
for what its worth, good luck to both teams, just making the grid is a fantastic acheivement and the more competitive entries the better for the fans
Anyone heard anything about Sean Edwards for one of the Motorbase BMWs?
Who is Sean Edwards and where did you here about him?Quote:
Originally Posted by Alfa Fan