2010 Virtual BTCC- Doningtion (Mostly)Up!

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 12 Jan 2017, 23:23

2010 Virtual BTCC:
The series is run as per last year's format, using GP2 and a slightly inaccurate race gridding setup; however, there have been some changes for 2010:

New regulations:
- There are now two types of engines in the series, with the naturally aspirated s2000 engines supplemented by the potentially more powerful, yet untested NGTC Swindon turbo engine, which is also in a limited supply.

- LPG conversions are now available as well to a couple of teams, offering more power at the cost of reliability

- As we in the second year of the series, teams that are almost completely broke can use last year's cars for a nominal 1CR fee, but if this is the case, they cannot be upgraded (and look what that did for Tempus last year).

New/Revised teams:
- AmdTuning, Forster Motorsport, and Special Tuning Racing are joining the series for 2010

- After a mediocre 2009, Vauxhall have stopped support for Triple Eight, citing the increasing costs of the operation as the reason for this decision. Parent company GM has instead decided to provide backing to the RML operation, which improved noticeably near the end of 2009, giving them access to the new Cruze model,

- Honda are also back in the BTCC, having decided to join forces with the Dynamics team, who just want to forget 2009, easily their worst season so far in the modern BTCC. The team will hence be running a new build of the Honda Civic for 2010.

- Tempus Sport are now called Bamboo Engineering after a rebrand, while TH has merged with Tech-Speed, keeping the latter's name and prize money

Teams: (key: Team Name, (other names) {i}= independent, {c}= constructor, * means unconfirmed )

WSR (RedEyes504) {c, i if not running BMWs} Budget left:-14CR
Car: BMW 320si E90 (NGTC engine)
1. #10 Alain Menu
2. #23 Tom Chilton

Seat Sport UK (andrew) {c} Budget left: 4CR
Car: Seat Leon TDI
1. #1 Jason Plato
2. #77 Andrew Jordan

Clyde Valley Racing (AKA Cartridge World) (Biscione) {i} Budget left : 4CR
Car: Seat Leon (2009 spec)
1. #52 Gordon Shedden
2. #12 Yvan Muller

888 Engineering (Dexter249) {c, i if not running Vauxhalls} Budget left:5CR
Car: Vauxhall Vectra
1. #888 Fabrizio Giovanardi
2. #88 Jonathan Adam

Arena Motorsport (AKA Team Aon) (V8fan12){c, i if not running Fords} Budget left: 1CR
Car: Ford Focus ST
1. #6 Tom Coronel
2. #8 Rob Collard

RML Chevrolet (Pinkd56) {c} Budget left: 13CR
Car: Chevrolet Cruze
1. #5 James Thompson
2. #55 Jeff Smith

GR Asia (AKA Club Seat) (peteroli34){i} Budget left:13CR
Car: Seat Leon
1.#17 Jordi Gene
2.#18 Nick Foster

Maxtreme Motorsport (novitopoli) {i} Budget left: 6CR
Car: Seat Leon
1. #9 Norbert Michelisz
2. #56 Dave Pinkney

Tech-Speed (me) {i} Budget left: 2CR
Car: Peugeot 407
1. #28 Matt Neil
2. #29 Paul O'Neill

Motorbase (Ataxia) {i} Budget left: 15CR
Car: Honda Civic (2007)
1.#15 Mat Jackson
2.#34 Tony Gilham

Bamboo Engineering (Bandon23) {i} Budget left: 10CR
Car: Chevrolet Lacetti
1. #11 Ben Collins
2. #14 James Nash

Eurotech (Ice1Racing) {i} Budget left:2CR
Car: Volvo C30
1.#21 Tom Onslow-Cole
2.#30 Martin Depper

BTC Racing {i} (CaptainGetz12) Budget left : 5CR
Car: BMW 320i E46
1.#42 John George
2.#43 Stephen Kane

Honda Racing (Wizzie) {c} Budget left: -15CR
Car: Honda Civic (2010) (NGTC engine)
1.#50 Augusto Farfus
2.#60 Mehdi Bennani

Boulevard Team Racing (Normal32) {i} Budget left: -12CR
Car:Chevrolet Lacetti (NGTC engine)
1.#44 Andy Neate
2.#78 Chris James

AFM Racing (Reject_Dom, BioBiro prior to Round 13){i} Budget left: 9CR
Car: BMW 120d (2009 spec)
1. #85 Dan Eaves
2. #24 Tom Ferrier

Special Tuning (pasta_maldonado) {i} Budget left: 16CR
Car: Honda Accord (LPG conversion)
1. #3 Colin Turkington
2. #37 Arthur Forster

AmD Tuning (thor97) {i} Budget left: 10CR
Car: Alfa Romeo 156
1. #20 Alex MacDowell
2. #40 Gavin Smith

Forster Motorsport (takagi_for_the_win){i} Budget left: 35CR
Car: Toyota Corolla
1. #45 Carl Breeze
2. #46 James Kaye

Finally here is the calendar. There is a 5CR rebate for skipping Knockhill for smaller teams who cannot afford to get to Scotland.

Calendar:
Media Day: Brands Hatch [Pre-Q calculated]
R1-3 Thruxton
R4-6 Rockingham
R7-9 Brands Hatch GP
R10-12 Oulton Park
[Pre-Q recalculated on Championship standings]
R13-15 Croft
R16-18 Snetterton
R19-21 Silverstone
[Pre-Q Recalculated on Championship Standings]
R22-24 Knockhill (can be skipped to gain 5CR)
R25-27 Donington Park
R28-30 Brands Hatch Indy

Upgrades:
Quali Pace - 5CR
Race Pace -5CR
Engine Power - 2CR
Reliability - 4CR
No more than three upgrades can be made between each round, with no more than two of these being the same type.

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 13 Jan 2017, 17:21

Here are the Car, Engine, Fuel and Driver options for those entering the series for 2010, as promised (I'm posting them early this season, mainly as I actually have stuff prepared properly).

Car list:

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    S2000 spec:    
    Seat Leon TDI - Seat only - 50CR
    BMW 320si E90 - 2 teams, prefer WSR - 50CR
    Chevrolet Cruze - RML only - 45CR
    Honda Civic (2010) - Honda only - 45CR
    Seat Leon - 2 teams - 40CR
    Vauxhall Vectra - 2 teams, prefer 888 - 40CR    
    Ford Focus -1 team, prefer Arena- 35CR
    Honda Civic (2007)- 1 team-30CR
    Chevrolet Lacetti - 2 teams - 30CR
    BMW 320i E46 - 2 teams - 25CR    
    Honda Accord (WTCC) - 1 team - 25CR
    Peugeot 406 (WTCC) - 1 team - 25CR
    VW Golf GTI - 1 team, prefer Amd- 25CR
    Volvo C30 (WTCC) - 1 team - 25CR
    Alfa Romeo 156 (WTCC) - 1 team - 20CR
    Seat Toledo - 1 teams -15CR
    Toyota Corolla (WTCC) - 1 team - 10CR
    Lexus IS200 - 1 team - 10CR
    BMW 120d - 1 team - 10CR

    BTC-T spec:
    Honda Integra- 4 teams - 5CR
    Honda Civic (2002)- 2 teams - 3CR
    MG ZS - 1 team- 5CR
    Vauxhall Astra Coupe- 3 teams - 3CR
    Vauxhall Astra Hatch- 1 team - 3CR

All cars are at the same spec as the best team's version from 2009 (so the Seat Leon is to CVR's spec for example), and may have changed in pricing regarding their competitiveness last year.

Engine Options:

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  Factory S2000 engine- all teams - 0CR (installed as standard)
  S2000 with LPG conversion - 2 teams - 15CR
  NGTC Swindon Engine- 3 teams - 20CR

Drivers:

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Fabrizio Giovanardi - 50CR
Jason Plato - 60CR
Matt Neal - 40CR
Alain Menu - 45CR
James Thompson - 40CR
Andy Priaulx - 40CR, prefers RWD
Tom Coronel - 30CR
Colin Turkington - 30CR, prefers RWD
Tom Chilton - 30CR
Gordon Shedden - 30CR 
Norbert Michelisz -25CR
Jonathan Adam - 25CR
Andrew Jordan -20CR
Mat Jackson - 20CR
Rob Collard - 20CR
Stephen Kane - 20CR
Tom Onslow-Cole -20CR
Rob Austin - 20CR
Alex MacDowell - 15CR
James Nash - 15CR
Dan Eaves - 15CR
Paul O'Neill -10CR
Phil Glew - 10CR
Dan Lloyd - 10CR
Tom Boardman - 10CR
Marko Asmer - 10CR
James Kaye -10CR
Sam Tordoff - 10CR
Harry Vaulkhard -8CR
Lea Wood - 8CR
Martin Johnson - 5CR
Liam McMillan - 5CR
Matt Hamilton - 5CR
Fiona Leggate - 5CR
Shaun Hollamby- 2CR (0CR for Amd)
Nick Leason - 2CR (0CR for AFM)
Chris Stockton- 2CR (0CR for BTC)
Ben Collins- PD, brings 10CR
Henry Ho- PD, brings 10CR
Gavin Smith - PD, brings 10CR
Jeff Smith - PD, brings 10CR
David Pinkney - PD, brings 10CR
Carl Breeze - PD, brings 10CR
John George - PD, brings 15CR
Martin Depper -PD, brings 20CR
Andy Neate - PD, brings 20CR
Nick Foster- PD, brings 20CR
Arthur Forster- PD, brings 20CR
Chris James - PD, brings 20CR
Tony Gilham - PD, brings 30CR (but requires the awful HARD livery)

Alan Morrison and Anthony Reid have retired from the BTCC, Adam Jones and Roberto Colciago have left after poor seasons, and a few prices have fluctuated. Also, there's quite a few new drivers to pick from, although as with last year, non-listed drivers are allowed if they competed in the BTCC or similar series around 2008-2011 and are over 18 as of 01/01/10.

The entry form is pretty much the same as last years:
{TEAM NAME}
Chassis:
1.
2.
3.

Engine Spec: (if your bid fails, you just get the stock engine that comes with the touring car)

Driver #1
1.
2.
3.
Driver #2
1.
2.
3.

Normal32 · Post by **Normal32** » 13 Jan 2017, 17:57

Boulevard
Chassis:
1. Honda Civic 2007
2. Chevrolet Lacetti
3. BMW 320i E46

Engine Spec: NGTC Swindon Engine

Driver #1
1. Tony Gilham
2. Martin Depper
3. Chris James
Driver #2
1. Nick Foster
2. Andy Neate
3. Martin Depper

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 13 Jan 2017, 21:45

Clyde Valley Racing
Chassis:
1. BMW 320si E90
2. SEAT Leon
3. Vauxhall Vectra

Engine Spec: Stock

Driver #1
1. Gordon Shedden
2. Colin Turkington
3. Jonathan Adam

Driver #2
1. Colin Turkington
2. Jonathan Adam
3. Norbert Michelisz

Post by **Ataxia** » 13 Jan 2017, 22:10

Team: Motorbase Performance
Chassis:
1. Honda Civic ('07)
2. Chevrolet Lacetti
3. BMW 320i E46

Engine Spec: Stock

Driver #1
1. Mat Jackson
2. Andrew Jordan
3. Tom Onslow-Cole

Driver #2
1. Jeff Smith
2. Martin Depper
3. Tony Gilham

BioBiro · Post by **BioBiro** » 13 Jan 2017, 22:15

AFM Racing
Chassis:
We'd like to use our un-upgradeable BMW 120ds from last year.

Engine Spec: Stock S2000

Driver #1
1. Dan Eaves
2. James Kaye
3. Tom Boardman

Driver #2
1. Tom Ferrier, if he stills wants the free drive.
2. Nick Leason
3. Matt Hamilton

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 13 Jan 2017, 22:23

BioBiro wrote:AFM Racing
Chassis:
We'd like to use our un-upgradeable BMW 120ds from last year.

Engine Spec: Stock S2000

Driver #1
1. Dan Eaves
2. James Kaye
3. Tom Boardman

Driver #2
1. Tom Ferrier, if he stills wants the free drive.
2. Nick Leason
3. Matt Hamilton

You do realise that with your driver choices, you could afford new 120ds which you could upgrade (however you would also be broke, so fair point with the old cars- I mean, there's nothing stopping you changing later)

novitopoli · Post by **novitopoli** » 13 Jan 2017, 22:25

Team: Maxtreme Motorsport

Chassis:
Seat Leon
Vauxhall Vectra
BMW 320i E46

Engine: Stock

Driver 1:
Norbert Michelisz
Colin Turkington
Gordon Shedden

Driver 2:
David Pinkney
Ben Collins
Gavin Smith

BioBiro · Post by **BioBiro** » 13 Jan 2017, 22:28

This Could Be You wrote:You do realise that with your driver choices, you could afford new 120ds which you could upgrade (however you would also be broke, so fair point with the old cars- I mean, there's nothing stopping you changing later)

You're right, and I almost did go for the new ones, but I'd have such a tiny budget for an upgrade programme that I thought it wouldn't be worth it.

This season will be rough, but we'll be saving funds for a more serious 2011 campaign, or - if we wind AFM up - perhaps as an incentive for a merger with another team to carry on our legacy of never-petrol

.

andrew · Post by **andrew** » 13 Jan 2017, 22:43

Team name: Seat Sport UK

Chassis:
That goes without saying really.

Engine
S2000

Drivers
Driver 1
Jason Plato

Driver 2
Andrew Jordan
Tom onslow Cole
Sam tordoff

I am aware that my fist choice of signings will place me -1cr in debt. We will therefore run a pay driver during the season.

V8fan12 · Post by **V8fan12** » 14 Jan 2017, 02:13

Arena Motorsport (Team Aon)
Chassis:
1. Ford Focus
2. BMW 320si E90
3. Vauxhall Vectra

Engine Spec: Stock

Driver #1
1. Tom Coronel
2. Tom Chilton
3. Gordon Shedden

Driver #2
1. Rob Collard
2. Mat Jackson
3. Tom Onslow-Cole

RedEyes504 · Post by **RedEyes504** » 15 Jan 2017, 09:47

WSR
Chassis:
1. BMW 320si E90
2. BMW 320i E46
3. Chevrolet Cruze

Engine Spec: NGTC Swindon Engine

Driver #1
1. Colin Turkington
2. Alain Menu
3. Andy Priaulx

Driver #2
1. Tom Chilton
2. Andrew Jordan
3. Rob Collard

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 15 Jan 2017, 10:59

You can't bid for the Cruze, as it is exclusive to RML until 2011- do you want to bid for the Lacetti instead?

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 15 Jan 2017, 11:12

Team: GR Asia
Chassis:
1. Seat Leon
2. Vauxhall Vectra
3. BMW 320Si E90

Engine Spec: Stock

Driver #1
1. Tom Coronel
2. Norbert Michieliez
3. Fabrizio Giovarnadi

Driver #2
1. Nick Foster
2. Tony Gilham
3. Jeff Smith

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 16 Jan 2017, 15:12

Chevrolet Motorsport UK
Chassis: Chevrolet Cruze (45) S2000 (0)
Driver #1
1. James Thompson (40)
2. Colin Turkington (30)
3. Mat Jackson (20)
Driver #2
1. Nick Foster (+20)
2. Jeff Smith (+10)
3. Carl Breeze (+10)

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 16 Jan 2017, 15:52

Pinkd56 wrote:Chevrolet Motorsport UK
Chassis: Chevrolet Cruze
Driver #1
1. James Thompson (40)
2. Colin Turkington (30)
3. Gordon Shedden (30)
Driver #2
1. Colin Turkington (30)
2. Gordon Shedden (30)
3. Tom Chilton (30)
4. Mat Jackson (20)
5. Tom Onslow-Cole (20)
6. Andrew Jordan (20)

You may want to look at your starting budget and revise your options, as you will be between 12-32CR in debt when the season starts if you use your current options, which would be hard to regain even if you ran a lot of pay drivers like Vauxhall did last year.

Also, you forgot to specify which engine option you are going for; if you do not modify your bids I will assume you want a conventional S2000 spec engine

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 16 Jan 2017, 16:24

This Could Be You wrote:
Pinkd56 wrote:Chevrolet Motorsport UK
Chassis: Chevrolet Cruze
Driver #1
1. James Thompson (40)
2. Colin Turkington (30)
3. Gordon Shedden (30)
Driver #2
1. Colin Turkington (30)
2. Gordon Shedden (30)
3. Tom Chilton (30)
4. Mat Jackson (20)
5. Tom Onslow-Cole (20)
6. Andrew Jordan (20)

You may want to look at your starting budget and revise your options, as you will be between 12-32CR in debt when the season starts if you use your current options, which would be hard to regain even if you ran a lot of pay drivers like Vauxhall did last year.

Also, you forgot to specify which engine option you are going for; if you do not modify your bids I will assume you want a conventional S2000 spec engine

My apologies, I thought my budget had taken the car into account straight away. I'll adjust accordingly.

Pinkd56 · Post by **Pinkd56** » 16 Jan 2017, 16:33

Pinkd56 wrote:Chevrolet Motorsport UK
Chassis: Chevrolet Cruze (45) S2000 (0)
Driver #1
1. James Thompson (40)
2. Colin Turkington (30)
3. Mat Jackson (20)
Driver #2
1. Nick Foster (+20)
2. Jeff Smith (+10)
3. Carl Breeze (+10)

Edited

FantometteBR · Post by **FantometteBR** » 18 Jan 2017, 21:56

I am not interested for go on again for this series, maybe a next time

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 18 Jan 2017, 22:40

Thanks for letting me know- Honda Racing is therefore available for anybody wishing to take it over, as well as the other three teams left over.

UPDATE: now Aislabie has left, so there are now ]four teams available; Honda, Bamboo, BTC, AmD,and Forster.

UPDATE: Samster has now also left, so four teams are now available again.

TomWazzleshaw · Post by **TomWazzleshaw** » 19 Jan 2017, 21:11

I'll take Honda Racing. Plans will be announced in due course

EDIT:

Honda Racing
Chassis: Honda Civic 2010
Engine: NGTC Turbo (30)
Driver #1
1. Augusto Farfas (30)
2. Mattias Ekström (30)
3. Rob Bell (20)
Driver #2
1. Mehdi Bennani (+20)
2. Marin Colak (+20)
3. Katherine Legge (+20)

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 20 Jan 2017, 14:49

Wizzie wrote:I'll take Honda Racing. Plans will be announced in due course

EDIT:

Honda Racing
Chassis: Honda Civic 2010
Engine: NGTC Turbo (30)
Driver #1
1. Augusto Farfas (30)
2. Mattias Ekström (30)
3. Rob Bell (20)
Driver #2
1. Mehdi Bennani (+20)
2. Marin Colak (+20)
3. Katherine Legge (+20)

Your bids would leave you 5-15CR in debt; this is not unreasonable considering you could always swap pay drivers at some point during the year to gain more money, but I'm just pointing it out in case you hadn't realised.

Also, the NGTC engine only costs 20CR, not 30CR.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 20 Jan 2017, 15:14

I'll take over Special tuning, plans for 2010 to be posted shortly.

Ice1Racing · Post by **Ice1Racing** » 21 Jan 2017, 12:37

Eurotech (27)
Chassis: Volvo C30 (25)
Engine: Factory S2000 (0)
Driver #1
1. Tom Onslow-Cole (20)
2. Andrew Jordan (20)
3. Rob Collard (20)
Driver #2
1. Martin Depper (-20)
2. Arthur Forster (-20)
3. Nick Foster (-20)

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 21 Jan 2017, 16:30

Team: Special Tuning
Chassis:
1) Honda Accord
2) Peugeot 406
2) Chevrolet Lacetti
Engine: LPG Conversion
Driver #1
1. Colin Turkington
2. Gordon Shedden
3. Andrew Jordan
4. Mat Jackson
5. Rob Collard
6. Tom Onslow-Cole

Driver #2
1. Tony Gilham
2. Arthur Forster
3. Nick Foster
4. Andy Neate
5. Martin Depper
6. John George

Dexter249 · Post by **Dexter249** » 24 Jan 2017, 18:22

{VXR 888/888}
Chassis:
1. Vauxhall Vectra
2. Ford Focus
3. Honda Civic (07)

Engine Spec: (if your bid fails, you just get the stock engine that comes with the touring car) We're going to Bid for BRTC Swindon, However, only if we don't get the Vectra

Driver #1
1. Fabrizio Giovanardi
2. Alain Menu
3. James Thompson
Driver #2
1. Tom Chilton
2. Gordon Sheddon
3. Jonathan Adam

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 24 Jan 2017, 19:14

Dexter249 wrote:{VXR 888/888}
Chassis:
1. Vauxhall Vectra
2. Ford Focus
3. Honda Civic (07)

Engine Spec: (if your bid fails, you just get the stock engine that comes with the touring car) We're going to Bid for BRTC Swindon, However, only if we don't get the Vectra

Driver #1
1. Fabrizio Giovanardi
2. Alain Menu
3. James Thompson
Driver #2
1. Tom Chilton
2. Gordon Shedden
3. Jonathan Adam

Edit: oh wait, I misread your engine bid, you probably won't be in debt by that much (only about 15CR, this can be made up for by running some paydrivers like last year) if you get the Vectra, which you probably will based on the current bids.

In another news, I will run the RNGs on Monday, so you have until then to claim place bids for one of the unallocated teams if you wish to enter the series, although you can enter later using whatever's left over (and you'll probably miss the Media Day test and hence have to pre-qualify)

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 30 Jan 2017, 23:00

I will be running the RNGs shortly, so here's my [Tech-Speed's] bids

Tech-Speed
Chassis:
1. Peugeot 407
2. VW Golf GTI
3. Alfa Romeo 156

Engine Spec: S2000

Driver #1
1. Matt Neil
2. Jonathan Adam
3. Stephen Kane
Driver #2
1. Paul O'Neill
2. Tom Boardman
3. Phil Glew

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 31 Jan 2017, 18:07

I have decided to run the RNGs a bit early as nobody else seems to want to enter and this gives me more time to prepare resources, so here goes:

(* indicates clash)
Car Bids:
WSR: BMW 320si E90
Seat: Seat Leon TDI
CVR: BMW 320si E90
888: Vauxhall Vectra *
Arena: Ford Focus
RML: Cruze
GR Asia: Seat Leon
Maxtreme: Seat Leon
Tech-Speed: Peugeot 407
Motorbase: Honda Civic '07 *
Eurotech: Volvo C30
Honda: Honda Civic '10
Boulevard: Honda Civic '07 *
AFM: None (using '09 car)
Special Tuning: Honda Accord

As there are only two bidders for each (with two sets available), the E90 and Leon bidders get their first choices.

Honda Civic '07
1-70 Motorbase, 71-100 Boulevard
Result: 17, so Motorbase gets Dynamics' old spec cars, and Boulevard runs Lacettis instead.

Drivers:

Drivers:
WSR: Turkington *, Chilton *
Seat: Plato, Jordan
CVR: Shedden, Turkington *
888: Giovanardi, Chilton *
Arena: Coronel *, Collard
RML: Thompson, Foster *
GR Asia: Coronel *, Foster *
Maxtreme: Michelisz, Pinkney
Tech-Speed: Neil, O'Neill
Motorbase: Jackson, Smith
Eurotech: Onslow-Cole, Depper
Honda: Farfus, Bennani (non-listed drivers- will be run though acceptance RNG)
Boulevard: Gilham *, Foster *
AFM: Eaves, Ferrier
Special Tuning: Turkington *, Gilham *

First, let's see if Farfus and Benanni migrate to the BTCC:

Augusto Farfus
1-60 Moves to BTCC, 61-100 Accepts Semi-works WTCC BMW seat
Result: 27, so the Brazilian decides to try something new for 2010

Mehdi Bennani
1-60 Moves to BTCC, 61-100 Stays in WTCC
Result:54; after snubbing CVR's offer last year, the Morrocan moves to the BTCC for 2010, completing Honda's lineup

Colin Turkington
1-50 WSR, 51-80 CVR, 81-100 Special Tuning
Result:85, so Turkington makes a shock move to Special Tuning! As there are no other bidders for him, WSR get 1997 and 2000 champion Menu instead.

Tom Chilton
1-70 WSR, 71-100 888
Result:50, so at least they hold on to Chilton. 888 instead bids for Gordon Shedden.

Gordon Shedden
1-70 CVR, 71-100 888
Result: 66, so CVR narrowly hold onto the Independent's Champion, and 888 bid for race winner Jonathan Adam.

Jonathan Adam
1-50 CVR, 51-100 888
Result: 82, so CVR have to try and nab Norbert Michelisz instead

Tom Coronel
1-60 GR Asia, 61-100 Arena
Result: 65- Coronel moves to a Constructor for 2010, and GR Asia try to nab Michelisz off Maxtreme.

Norbert Michelisz
1-30 Maxtreme, 31-60 GR Asia, 61-100 CVR
Result: 23, Michelisz deciding to stay at the team he knows, considering their similar equipment. GR Asia now has to try to gain the services of double champion Fabrizio Giovanardi, and CVR have to bid again.

Fabrizio Giovanardi
1-60 888, 61-100 GR Asia
Result:35 - the Italian remains loyal to 888, GR Asia will have to bid again.

Nick Foster:
1-40 RML, 41-80 GR Asia, 81-100 Boulevard
Result: 59, so GR Asia hold onto Nick Foster for 2010. RML bids for Jeff Smith, while Boulevard secure the services of Andy Neate

Jeff Smith
1-55 RML, 56-100 Motorbase
Result:39 - RML nab Jeff Smith, and Motorbase bid for Depper

Martin Depper
1-50 Motorbase, 51-100 Eurotech
Result: 77, so Motorbase joins the large crowd circling Tony Gilham and his wads of cash.

Tony Gilham
1-50 Motorbase, 51-75 Boulevard, 76-100 Special Tuning
Result: 14 - Motorbase gets Gilham, while James and Forster take the seats at Boulevard and Special Tuning respectively.

Engines:
All teams who bidded for NGTC engines or LPG have received their first choices

Budgets:

WSR= 131-50-20-45-30= -14CR
Seat= 129-50-60-20= -1CR
CVR= 140-50-30= 60CR (needs #2 driver)
888= 105-40-50-25= -10CR
Arena= 91-30-30-20= 11CR
RML= 83-45-40+15= 13CR
GR Asia = 88-40+20= 68CR (needs #1 driver)
Maxtreme= 75-40-25+10= 20CR
Tech-Speed= 77-25-40-10= 2CR
Motorbase= 50-30-20+30= 30CR
Eurotech= 27-25-20+20= 2CR
Honda= 60-45-30-20+20= -15CR
Boulevard= 10-30-20+20+20=0CR
AFM= 25-1-15-0=9CR
Special Tuning UK= 70-25-15-30+20= 20CR

WSR, Seat, 888 and Honda are all in debt, and will need to clear this (by running pay drivers for some races) before the end of the season. Also CVR and GR Asia need to bid again, as they did not get any of their bids for one of their seats. After you confirm your choices, the Media Day test will be up shortly.

pasta_maldonado · Post by **pasta_maldonado** » 31 Jan 2017, 20:41

Turkington/Forster, LPG's, and 20CR in the bank? I don't think that could have gone any better for Special Tuning!

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 31 Jan 2017, 21:57

GR Asia would like to know how much the Following drivers woulf cost to hire

Jordi Gene
Tiago Montiero

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 31 Jan 2017, 22:05

Gene would cost 40CR, as would Montiero- this is well within your budget. Which one of the two would you prefer? (as I can run them through the acceptance RNG now)

Peteroli34 · Post by **Peteroli34** » 31 Jan 2017, 23:22

Gene first if he doesnt accept then Montiero

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 31 Jan 2017, 23:28

OK then:

Jordi Gene
1-50 Moves to BTCC, 51-100 stays in WTCC
Result:32, so the former Seat works driver completes GR Asia's lineup.

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 01 Feb 2017, 00:10

CVR will first try to see how much it will cost, and if it is even possible, to poach Yvan Muller from WTCC. If this fails, we'll fall back on Andy Priaulx.

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 01 Feb 2017, 16:13

Muller will take a healthy wage (45CR) and some persuasion to return to the BTCC

1-40 Returns to BTCC, 41-100 stays in WTCC
Result: 38- Yvan Muller makes a shock return to the BTCC after five years out of the series!

Post by **DemocalypseNow** » 06 Feb 2017, 19:02

Great. Based on his racing history (Audi BTCC, SEAT & RML WTCC) it seems Yvan always picks #12 where he can, so we will let him have that for his car.

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 06 Feb 2017, 20:04

DemocalypseNow wrote:Great. Based on his racing history (Audi BTCC, SEAT & RML WTCC) it seems Yvan always picks #12 where he can, so we will let him have that for his car.

The number's fixed now (I didn't notice the "12 trend" looking at old entry lists, so just gave him the highest number available initially)

Bandon23 · Post by **Bandon23** » 10 Feb 2017, 13:21

I'm interested to join Virtual BTCC 2010 series.

Bamboo Engineering
Chassis:
1. Chevrolet Lacetti
2. VW Golf GTI
3. BMW 320i E46

Engine Spec: Stock

Driver #1
1. Ben Collins
2. John George
3. James Nash
Driver #2
1. James Nash
2. Marko Asmer
3. Gavin Smith

I hope I'm in this one.

This Could Be You · Post by **This Could Be You** » 10 Feb 2017, 16:44

Welcome to the series, Bandon23; all of your car/driver bids are acceptable (leaving you with money to spare) , and your team will feature in the series from the pre-season "Media Day" test onwards (and as you chose the Lacetti, I don't even have to make a new livery for you, so thanks for that.