Team Dynamics 2019 Season Guide
Your full guide to the 2019 BTCC with Team Dynamics and SBT Patron. Matt Neal. The team, the drivers, the car, the circuits, the whole thing.
Your full guide to the 2019 BTCC with Team Dynamics and SBT Patron. Matt Neal. The team, the drivers, the car, the circuits, the whole thing.
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ROUND 5:<br />
OULTON PARK<br />
Hills and high speed in beautiful Cheshire<br />
Ihave to say, of all of the circuits on the<br />
BTCC calendar, Oulton Park is not only a<br />
very stunning setting but also one of<br />
those circuits that spectators dream of.<br />
Oulton, in recent years has been a favourite<br />
with the Honda team. Just take a look at<br />
the haul of points and trophy’s in 2017<br />
between Matt and Flash.<br />
Not the widest of circuits but certainly a real<br />
driving challenge. Straight after the start<br />
finish straight, you find yourself barrelling<br />
down a hill to a tight left. along a straight to<br />
a sweeping left before a pants-clinching<br />
hairpin then back below the spectators on<br />
the hill before turning right and charging<br />
back up towards the home straight. So<br />
much fun!<br />
One thing I did realise about Oulton Park is<br />
that she is very unforgiving. One wrong<br />
move and she will spit you out in a vicious<br />
way. This is one track where the<br />
Marshalls really earn their money, not that<br />
they don’t elsewhere. They certainly did<br />
that last year, not only in the BTCC races<br />
but also the support races including a rolled<br />
Clio.<br />
I have to admit, I love this track. It’s highly<br />
exciting, in a gorgeous setting and it’s very<br />
spectator friendly. If fact, if you place<br />
yourself on the bank above Hill Top straight<br />
you will be able to see a good two thirds of<br />
the circuit. Take it from me, we were there<br />
last year and were certainly not<br />
disappointed with the action.<br />
So how did the lads fair here last year?<br />
Matt Neal on Oulton Park<br />
“Not a bad weekend for us. Maybe no cigar<br />
this time. We weren’t too sure how we were<br />
going to go. I think it was promising with<br />
the car and I was just unlucky in the last<br />
race, otherwise I think we could have had<br />
three fairly solid top six finishes. We would<br />
have been right up there in the<br />
championship. It means we’re going to be a<br />
bit lighter going into Croft and given how<br />
close it is this year everything can change<br />
in a meeting as Colin (Turkington) has<br />
shown. Where you qualify really dictates<br />
your weekend and your fortunes. Being<br />
lighter will help us in qualifying because it is<br />
so close. There’s a long way to go yet –<br />
we’re not even half way.”<br />
Dan Cammish on Oulton Park<br />
“It was always going to be tough coming<br />
here, the first time at a track where I’ve not<br />
had chance to test. I did the best job I<br />
thought I could in qualifying and it’s<br />
highlighted a few little issues in myself and<br />
my mentality, in the way I’m approaching it.<br />
I think I need to follow Matt’s lead a little<br />
more really and accept it’s too early on for<br />
me in the BTCC and in front-wheel drive to<br />
expect to have much of an input in terms of<br />
setup. He has a habit of getting the car<br />
where it needs to be for qualifying and he<br />
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