Still up for grabs . . .

[simon1220]

There is loads still to be decided at the Brands finale, which is going to make it a superb days racing. As well as the main titles up for grabs, there are battles for pride still to be held. Still up for grabs is:

Championship Winner

01 F. Giovanardi 261
02 Jason Plato 217

3rd Place

03 Colin Turkington 188
04 Mat Jackson 185

Independents Title

01 Colin Turkington 293
02 Mat Jackson 271
03 Adam Jones 253

2nd Highest Vauxhall

05 Matt Neal 165
06 Tom Onslow-Cole 155

2nd Highest Seat

08 Darren Turner 129
09 Adam Jones 119

So what are your predictions and thoughts for each of the scenarios still to be decided . . . .

I think:

Championship Winner: I reckon Gio all the way. The 44 point gap means all he needs to do is get in the top 4 in race 1 (assuming Plato gets pole, then wins with fastest lap) and he is champion. If not wait till race 2 and same sort of scenario. I cant see, baring major disaster, Gio throwing the title away, hes a too clever driver.

3rd Place: Really couldnt be closer could it, and i reckon it all boils down to how Jackson does i qualifying. A decent qualfying run for a change and it will be down to who is the better racer on the day and who gets the luck. A poor qualfying run and he could be stuck down the order and Turkington walk away with it.

Independents: For Jackson to win it he needs at least one Turkington DNF and then to beat him in the other racers with other independent drivers between them. This is a tall ask for him but he is still in with a chance. Jones is just too far back.

2nd Highest Vauxhall: This could be really interesting. Neal came into Vauxhall with people talking of him being a potential championship challenger, but if he has a bad round at Brands, TOC could easily make up the 10 points and jump ahead of Neal. Im sure at the begining of the year no one would expect that and it would be a huge shock for the young charger to beat the wiley old fox.

2nd Highest Seat: How cheeky would it be for the old petrol car to beat the new diesel in the champonship :) I know Turner has had mechanical issues and bad luck but Jones has always been there and there abouts and would truly deserve to beat one of the new cars in the points and maybe show Seat he should have a works drive. Like TOC above, if Turner has a bad round, 10 points isnt that hard to make up.

[mattlovestbs]

Champ: Gio

3rd: Mat J

Indy Champ: Turks

2nd VXR: OC

2nd SEAT: Adam Jones

[mbailey06]

Jackson could qualify well at Brands because it is the track he qualified on pole at the beginning of the year.

[ash1751]

Championship; obviously Gio, with the gap in the points and Gio very consistant, i think there is no chance Plato can win the Championship

3rd Place; Im going to go for Jackson, obviously because i support him, but i think after the win at Silverstone he will be a bit faster than Turkington and will get third overall.

Independants Title; Hmm difficult one. 17 points difference between Turk and Jackson. If Jackson is to win he will need Turkington far down the field or a DNF. If Jackson can be on the podium each race and Turks further down, i think he has a chance, i hope he wins as it will be great for Jackson.

2nd Highest Vauxhall; Im going for Onslow-Cole as Neal hasn't been very consistant at the moment. Therefore im going for Onslow-Cole because he is quick and consistant.

2nd Highest Seat; Im am going for Jones -and i am going back to the word consistant again, as Darren seems to be having a lot of bad luck at the moment, and with his car's reliability doesn't help either. Good Luck to Jones at beating DT:D

[BTCCROCKS]

Champion: Gio

3rd: Turks

Indy: Turks again

2nd Vauxhall: Neal

2nd Seat: Turner

[Editor1]

Guys: you don't need to keep repeating Simon1220's original (and quite lengthy) post in your replies - it's obvious what you are replying to...

Definitely worth discussing, though - there is plenty to play for at Brands Hatch and we hope as many of you as possible can make what will be a very exciting day. :D

Many thanks

Editor1

[Eunos]

I think the Title is pretty Much Sealed, Plato is the only person now who could mathematically Dethrown Gio, But seeming as Fabrizio only needs 9 more Points i believe to secure the Crown, It's a very Long Shot.

[Chris05]

I think its highly likely either Turks or Jackson could still grab 2nd from Plato.. That is if they STILL haven't sorted that blummin car out for him.. :o

[bigred]

the only thing i hope is the title is decided with out anyone getting bumped nurffed blocked or generally bashed up in the process. clean hard fair racing, TOC;s little shunt with turks on sunday may have been more costly than it was if it werent for some manic driving by colin to get himself up to 4th again as was jackos incident was in race 2.
i hope the stewards lay down the law in the pre race briefing and let the driving do the talking

[tankman40]

Hi all

Good as over now gio will lift the cup!!:( only pride to race for,for J.P think he will still make a good account of his self thow,think Turks will snatch it in race 3 :) :) :cool:

[VR6Steve]

Firstly agree with Bigred 100%.

Teflon Gio will almost certainly lift the title again this year. (No insult intented or implied :D ) He really has all the luck in all the world (and yes skill too). Incidents always seem to happen around him, still thats what wins championships. Not wishing it on him, but the only thing that will stop him is the kind of mass accident like last year at Paddock Hill.

2nd - Plato...... please!!

3rd - Jackson

Indy Champ - Turkington

2nd Vauxhall - Onslow-Cole. It would be great to see the young upstart pull it off as he had had a pretty good season.

2nd SEAT - Come on DT!!!!!! It would really add insult to injury if he is not. :(

I think the biggest ding dong battle of the weekend could well be Jackson / Turkington. As above, I hope they share the spoils. :D

[mattlovestbs]

i reckon you'll be right... and you can garuantee that it'll be a pretty clean, yet hard fought battle between them

[simon1220]

Firstly agree with Bigred 100%.

Teflon Gio will almost certainly lift the title again this year. (No insult intented or implied :D ) He really has all the luck in all the world (and yes skill too). Incidents always seem to happen around him, still thats what wins championships. Not wishing it on him, but the only thing that will stop him is the kind of mass accident like last year at Paddock Hill.

2nd - Plato...... please!!

3rd - Jackson

Indy Champ - Turkington

2nd Vauxhall - Onslow-Cole. It would be great to see the young upstart pull it off as he had had a pretty good season.

2nd SEAT - Come on DT!!!!!! It would really add insult to injury if he is not. :(

I think the biggest ding dong battle of the weekend could well be Jackson / Turkington. As above, I hope they share the spoils. :D

That could happen and i hope it will actually. If Jackson just finishes ahead of Turkington in a three races he will get the third but not the independents.