Motorsports Thread

[figbat]

Those boots are tempting

Sod that. Where do I go for the curry?

 

[Reynard]

Those boots are tempting

They *are* from his BTCC days, btw

 

[Reynard]

Sod that. Where do I go for the curry?

Over here!

 

[Illaveago]

Yep, definitely agree with you there. Now most cares either seem to be black, black and more black, or have driven through an explosion in a paint factory.

The mid-to-late 1980s seems to be the best era for really nice liveries.

I watched one BTCC race from Brands Hatch on a gloomy day . It looked so dreary and dismal , most of the car's looked similar and I eventually gave up .
As you say . Black car , black tyres and black wheels.

 

[Illaveago]

I was trying to think of good car liveries . Last year's McLaren F1 colour scheme looked really nice and now they have spoilt it ! Williams have a nice metallic blue colour .
In the past Martini and Gulf Racing cars had nice colour schemes .

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I watched one BTCC race from Brands Hatch on a gloomy day . It looked so dreary and dismal , most of the car's looked similar and I eventually gave up .
As you say . Black car , black tyres and black wheels.

Brands is always gloomy, it's not one of my favourite circuits, especially if they are using the loop, the GP isn't too bad

 

[Deleted member 26715]

And it's not just the poncy revival meetings like Godwood or the Silverstone Classic. There's loads of (reasonably) thriving classic series running saloons, FF1600, old F1 cars - something for everybody, really.

Although I do fancy going to the Revival, did the FOS a few years ago, I was looking for tickets for the 2023 revival the other day, but don't think they are out yet.

 

[Cerdic]

In trying to gain a new audience, they've lost the old audience.

Guess I follow F1 out of habit, but there's much better racing to be found elsewhere. I think the FIA could learn a lot from TOCA. Going into the final meeting of the year, three drivers all within a handful of points of each other and one more to pick up the pieces should things go pear shaped, and it's not been engineered in any way at all.

Watching F1 out of habit - that’s exactly why I do it these days.

I think it is much easier to get into Touring Cars if you go to the circuit and watch live. The whole atmosphere/experience thing makes it much more exciting. The TV can make stuff a bit sterile at times.

The liveries are a bit **** at the moment though. I did like the Shredded Wheat Fords a few years back, though! Now what have we got? Car Gods? Who on earth thinks that’s a good name for a company?!!…

 

[13 rider]

Interesting qualifying. I thought Hamilton was on for pole that first run in Q3 WOW 2 seconds up

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Interesting qualifying. I thought Hamilton was on for pole that first run in Q3 WOW 2 seconds up

A little water about always shakes thing up nicely, at the end it looked like Red Bull had been taking lessons from Ferrari.

 

[Reynard]

I watched one BTCC race from Brands Hatch on a gloomy day . It looked so dreary and dismal , most of the car's looked similar and I eventually gave up .
As you say . Black car , black tyres and black wheels.

Sounds like when a good chunk of the field were running Honda Civics...

I love Brands regardless the weather.

 

[Reynard]

I was trying to think of good car liveries . Last year's McLaren F1 colour scheme looked really nice and now they have spoilt it ! Williams have a nice metallic blue colour .
In the past Martini and Gulf Racing cars had nice colour schemes .

Mind, it's not many teams that now have a single title sponsor - the livery seems to have to accommodate all of them, which then results in the "explosion in a paint factory" look. Old F1 liveries - the Skoal Bandit RAMs, JPS Lotus, Leyton House March, Moneytron Onyx... I liked all of those. Oh yes, and the Benetton Ford from 1989.

The liveries are a bit **** at the moment though. I did like the Shredded Wheat Fords a few years back, though! Now what have we got? Car Gods? Who on earth thinks that’s a good name for a company?!!…

The Napa Racing Fords are eyecatching enough, and I've always liked the Halfords orange & black. Shame Ting lost the Ginsters sponsorship, as that was a nice livery too.

 

[Reynard]

Although I do fancy going to the Revival, did the FOS a few years ago, I was looking for tickets for the 2023 revival the other day, but don't think they are out yet.

I did the FoS in 2003. I do want to go back again as I really enjoyed it.

 

[Illaveago]

For the first time in ages I got a bit excited during qualifying for the GP.

It was also nice to see Christian Horner not his usual chirpy self .

 

[classic33]

It'll be a wet start. The heavens have opened over there.