A quick question

[daveylad1978]

when was the last time a ferrari raced in the btcc?

[bringbacktheolddays]

when was the last time a ferrari raced in the btcc?
1958 at a GUESS.

[Romano]

Alfa Romeo, Along with Fiat and other companies owned a parts of Ferrari for a long time now, And Fiat never entered the BTCC as far as im aware, So im taking a guess that it was 1994

[daveylad1978]

Nope. Neither are right.

[mattlovestbs]

have they actually raced?

coz ive never known a Ferrari to be in it...

so never :p

[daveylad1978]

oh yes a ferrari's been in it alright :)

[Tomabigbtccfan]

Alfa Romeo, Along with Fiat and other companies owned a parts of Ferrari for a long time now, And Fiat never entered the BTCC as far as im aware, So im taking a guess that it was 1994

The last time Alfa entered was 1995 with Derek Warwick and Simeone, I forget his first name.

[Romano]

The last time Alfa entered was 1995 with Derek Warwick and Simeone, I forget his first name.

I meant Alfa as a manufactorer in general, I am aware that Alfa left the BTCC in 1994 after winning, But a team kept the cars and used them in 1995, As you told me ;)

[Tomabigbtccfan]

I meant Alfa as a manufactorer in general, I am aware that Alfa left the BTCC in 1994 after winning, But a team kept the cars and used them in 1995, As you told me ;)

Oh sorry. I thought it was still a manufacturer in 1995.

[mattlovestbs]

1970s i reckon

[daveylad1978]

I'll either give or verify the answer tomorrow night. :)

[daveylad1978]

Ok, as nobody has answered, it was Amato Ferrari, who raced a Sierra Cosworth in 1990 occasionally. :D :p

Do you see what I did there? ;)

[mattlovestbs]

very clever... very clever

now tell me - has there ever been a Ferrari i.e car on the BTCC grid?

[Romano]

now tell me - has there ever been a Ferrari i.e car on the BTCC grid?

If there was, He would have mentioned it in his answer ;)

[Editor1]

I meant Alfa as a manufactorer in general, I am aware that Alfa left the BTCC in 1994 after winning, But a team kept the cars and used them in 1995, As you told me ;)

Nearly but not quite. Alfa continued in '95 as a full manufacturer team, simply with Prodrive running their cars. Drivers were defending champion Gabriele Tarquini, Giampiero Simoni and Derek Warwick.

Cheers

Ed1

[Jonathan McLeod]

Gabriele didn't defend his title tho. He only did a couple of meetings later on in the season.

[daveylad1978]

You're splitting hairs there. He as the previous season's champion, was still the defending champion, whether he did no races, 1 race or 26.

[Romano]

Well at least I had the general idea :)

Now about this defending champion!
Plato won the BTCC Title in 2001, But he didnt compete in 2002, Does that make him a defending champion or does it make a title up for grabs?
Same goes for Thompson in 2004:confused:

[topgear1]

Well at least I had the general idea :)

Now about this defending champion!
Plato won the BTCC Title in 2001, But he didnt compete in 2002, Does that make him a defending champion or does it make a title up for grabs?
Same goes for Thompson in 2004:confused:


far as i am concered- plato is the defending champion of 2008!!!!- to comw within 3 points of gio with all those injuries was amazing, lets hope he doesnt burn himself again this year!!!!!!

[Romano]

I understand what you mean mate.
All Plato fans will be saying that, But in reality Gio is still defending champ :)
But I have a feeling it wont be Gio or Plato taking the crown in 2008

[turk06]

enlighten us on who you think it will be then.....

[Romano]

Its to hard to tell TBH, It could be any of them, Or it could possibly Jackson, Turks, Sheds, Chilton

[turk06]

i reckon on of four probably, those being turkington, shedden, gio, or plato. only time will tell though.

[SpeedRacer]

enlighten us on who you think it will be then.....
Gio, Neal, Plato, Sheds, Chilton for me I think.