BTCC Crashes 2015
BTCC Crashes 2015
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00:00By a young upstart, it's Tom Ingram, and this is a replay, just, Tornoff was just turning in across the front of Neil,
00:08they both got away with it, but slipping up the inside, Adam Morgan, Tom Ingram, and then, I didn't see if there was contact with Newsham, but
00:15oh, well that's hit the wall, I don't know how that happened, there was some gravel
00:20Oh, Warren Scott's lost it, we've seen that so many times, haven't we?
00:25From the VWs, and then, just coming up the inside, Martin Depper, just gets behind the lighter cars, so you've got Plato from Sheddon,
00:34and from Prio, a contact there as Smith and Gough come to blows, and Aaron Smith gets shoveled onto the grass on the outside of Graham Hill Bend,
00:40he's back on track, watching the distance, the car going through the gravel, that's Plato, he tries to keep it going,
00:47no way could he do it, the front splitter digs in, another one, he's just run wide,
00:52now, usually, the cars get through there, but suddenly, it just digs in, watch, the splitter catches, oh, he's buried
00:59And around the outside comes Sam Tordoff in the BMW, but Jack Gough hangs on to third place, but look at Austin, he's gone already, great start
01:07Oh, we've got one of the BMWs off, that's Collard, our first race winner, what a disappointment for him
01:14This is hugely important to him
01:15Well, now they've both cleared Rob Austin, oh, and now comes through Jordan as well
01:20Oh, they're running wide, they're running wide, can they get back on the track?
01:24Puncture for Jordan
01:26Yeah, you're right
01:26Andrew's got a puncture, that's why he couldn't turn presumably
01:29Yeah, yeah, you're right
01:30But seven-tenths of a second separated them onto the lap, now, this was Jordan
01:35There's the contact
01:35Yeah, I think the puncture came at the contact
01:37Rob is ahead of Jack Gough now, and this is Aidan Moffat, who was wrong coming into shots, and he got no better
01:43Well, no, but fortunately, he didn't go off
01:45The Honda is the one to watch, they've both gone ahead of Jordan, that kneel to the outside, they lead on each other,
01:50he's across the kerb, across the gravel, here comes Matt Neill, take that out of Morgan, he gets fired towards the grass
01:55As well, and he's not done yet, as Morgan again thinks about the inside, gets into the back of Jordan, gets him all sideways
02:00Is that a save from Andrew? It is
02:02Collard's got the momentum, he goes round the outside
02:05Jordan's right up behind him, trying to go back on the inside of Collard, and he does so, and here comes Plato
02:10Jordan's off the road, Plato round the outside of Collard
02:13The Volkswagen gets his nose in front as they start the last lap of the race
02:17Aaron Smith is thoroughly enjoying it, isn't he?
02:20Oh, look at this, attempt by Matt Neill to get back up the inside
02:25Oh, and that's, there's a touch there, and Jordan's lost two places
02:29That was all pretty robust stuff, and it's Andrew Jordan that's come off worse than that
02:32Tordoff is in strife, he and Gough get together, they're both off
02:35One in the gravel, one in the tyres, and so Tordoff facing the wrong way, Jack Gough's
02:40Done it this time, he's managed it, he's timed it to perfection that time
02:44Aaron Smith takes over the lead, there's a bit of bumping, and Josh Cook's off, and Aaron Smith, he's off as well
02:48That's going to put Collard in the lead, Smith back on the road and off the road again
02:51Cars are going to scatter everywhere, Smith hanging on to a real moment
02:55The on-track drama commenced in qualifying when an unfortunate incident between the Ford Focus of Mike Bushell
03:00And the Toyota Avensis of Simon Belcher forced both drivers out of the weekend's action
03:06The two cars touched as Bushell's AMD machine left the pit lane
03:10With Belcher coming past on a timed flyer
03:13And the end result was a high-speed smash into the barrier
03:16That tussle came to an abrupt end on lap seven
03:19When Neil's Civic Type-R made contact with the Team BMR machine at the complex
03:24It was a heavy hit, and one that forced Neil into retirement
03:27Into the top six, replayed Kieran Gallagher having a big old lose
03:31At church corner, and fortunately just staying to the outside
03:36And then, to the inside, yes, he comes across the road
03:40Ford is going to shuffle accordingly, and this is the replay of when the tyre goes pop
03:45Yeah
03:49Well, a great save, he'd rather have not had to do that
03:52Collard grabs the lead round the outside, can he hang on to it?
03:55Yes, he can, and Prios spins on cold tyres, and off goes Adam Morgan in avoidance
03:59A big, big grassy moment for the Mercedes
04:02Radiator fills with grass, Prios back in the right direction, amazingly
04:06And everybody continues with Rob Collard leading from Jason Fato
04:10But that was a big scare for everybody behind Prio
04:13And look, Josh Cook has managed to pick up one of the Dunlop hoardings
04:16He's wrapped around the front of the car, Prios off again
04:19Up at the complex, Stuart Lyons has got involved in all of that as well
04:22Now, have a look at this at the start
04:24Prio in the middle, there was a tap from Adam Morgan
04:27Around goes the BM
04:28Yeah, fortunately, he managed to do a 360 and keep going
04:32But it was the others taking avoiding action that hit the advertising hoardings
04:36Look at that
04:41And then, of course, Prio has further strife up at the complex
04:44He's got going, and let's see
04:47Because as everybody files into the corner, again, he's sideways
04:51And Scott and Stuart Lyons have just got nowhere to go
04:53The radio messages will be going out, Adam Morgan will be absent
04:57Oh, we've got an accident, Adam Moffat off the road
05:00Don't get collected by anybody
05:01Oh, just gets back on
05:07Onto Lakeside Straight, and that's Stuart Lyons who has crashed at Pit In
05:10He's got it wrong somehow coming out of Deer Leap
05:13Yeah, well, I'm not sure what happened there
05:15Whether there's contact to turn Stuart Lyons round it
05:18Stuart walking away from the car
05:20And the Midlander, new to the championship this year then
05:24Let's have a look at what happens
05:27Contact with Alex Martin
05:31Oh, blimey
05:34Thawed
05:36That's Mike Bushell of Druids getting it wrong
05:38Through the gravel, onto the grass
05:40Hooks first gear into the top 10 now
05:42And there, Tom Ingram alongside Aidan Moffat
05:44And at the inside comes Martin Depper who tags Moffat
05:48Who slides out wide
05:50And Martin Depper goes through
05:52Kieran Gallagher-Toyota comes into Island Bend
05:54To get out of the way of the race leaders
05:56Shedden is close
05:57But Criot makes contact with Collard
05:59Broken suspension
06:01Broken suspension for Rob Collard at the hairpin
06:03And his race is...
06:06And he's done it
06:06He's at the inside
06:08He's ahead
06:08Forces Matt Neil out wide
06:10And they lean on each other
06:11There's no love lost after Donington
06:13Don't forget
06:13Inside of Turkishton
06:15Do they both get through safely?
06:16They do, they're still levelling off
06:17There's Alex Martin off
06:18There's Aidan Moffat
06:19Traveller at the first corner
06:21Somewhere in the dust store is a Mercedes
06:22There it is
06:23Andy Jordan with rear suspension
06:25Toe link broken
06:26On the left rear
06:27That's him out of this race with no points
06:29He hasn't continued the form
06:31That he took through Alton Park
06:33Clearly a...
06:34Oh, there was a little touch
06:35And going through tower
06:36Broke the rear tyre
06:37And that's Alex Martin off
06:39With substantial damage front and rear
06:41He's in the tyres
06:41He's got...
06:42And this is how he got off the road in the first place
06:44It was another brush with Aaron Smith, was it?
06:46Well, he was with Smith
06:47And then Moffat there
06:49And bang
06:49That was a fair old lap
06:50Strengths and weaknesses
06:51In different parts of the corner
06:54This is...
06:55Josh Coulthard
06:57Wow
06:58That was a fair old impact to driver's side as well
07:00Yeah, it was
07:01That would have hurt
07:02That's weird
07:03Looks like he might even have had a puncture or something
07:06Because he just couldn't slow the car down
07:08And get it turned
07:09Maybe he had a puncture on that left front
07:12Alongside him is Smith
07:13Jason Plato third
07:14Bodywork goes flying
07:15Was it damaged?
07:16BMW Collard has got damage already
07:18And that's really going to compromise things
07:20As they head up towards Montreal
07:22It's still Turkington just ahead
07:23But Smith goes round the outside
07:24There's one of the motorbikes
07:25Falls on the grass in the background
07:27This is a real pinch point
07:28Are they all going to get through safely?
07:30No, because Collard's in more strife
07:32The days when they jumped ahead
07:34There's Collard
07:34He has made it
07:35But oh!
07:36It was his teammate
07:37So it was Tordoff that ran into the back of Collard
07:40Versus Shedden plus 75
07:42With Jackson plus 45 joining in as well
07:44And look at that
07:45Warren Scott way up onto two wheels
07:47Coming through the triple 18
07:49Oh, we've had an accident with Lines and Hamilton
07:53I hope that's not at his corner
07:54But there's some serious damage to the front there
07:57Yeah, a little extra to do about this
07:59Here is the answer
08:01Oh dear
08:02With some force, Nicholas Hamilton comes off
08:03Yeah, that's coming out of the hairpin
08:06I think at Agostini, isn't it?
08:07The middle sector on the lap
08:09Yellow flags in that sector
08:10There is Nicholas Hamilton
08:11It's okay, he's out of the car
08:13And the marshall's helping him away
08:15But those yellow flags, of course
08:17You've also got Jason Plato
08:18Trying to gain ground
08:19Prio is on the outside
08:20Jack Goff has lost out a little bit already
08:22There's contact lower down the order
08:23Barry Horne is off
08:24And Collard is off as well
08:25And Stuart Lyons is off
08:26Three cars have left the road
08:28And Rich is...
08:28And I think Collard has come off worse once more
08:30Yes, he has
08:31This is a day to forget
08:32The amount that's been happening
08:34This was Aaron Smith's problems to begin with
08:36He'd already had the incident
08:37The broken suspension
08:38So he was off the road anyway
08:40But Aaron Smith, I'm afraid
08:42With big, big problems from earlier on
08:45And more replays for the opening lap
08:48That was Gordon Shedden going off
08:49But from that angle
08:50Hard to see exactly who it was that did the assist
08:53Yeah, I couldn't see which car was behind
08:56Here we go
08:58This is a later shot
09:00That was Newsham getting turned around
09:03Yeah, going towards Riches
09:05Round the outside comes Mike Bushell
09:07In the red and black Ford look
09:09Whoops, contact
09:10So Bushell gets sideways
09:11And then clatters into Depper
09:13That's why Depper pitted
09:14Jackson's at the inside
09:16Is he going to be able to go through?
09:17Not there
09:18Hunter Abbott tries to get up the inside
09:19There's contact
09:20James Cole gets sideways
09:21He gets fired off under the grass on the outside
09:23And this race to close up
09:27Morgan running a little bit wide
09:28Because he's sideways
09:29And he's way out into the weeds
09:30Jordan's going to get past him
09:32Jackson's going to get past him
09:33Morgan demolishes the hoardings
09:35As he gets back onto the circuit
09:37Up the inside goes Rob Austin
09:39And Matt Neil is behind
09:40And so is Dave Newsham
09:41But as all, they work their way
09:42Oh, there's contact
09:43Abbott's sideways
09:44Collar was involved
09:45Newsham has to take evasive action
09:47And he's all over the grass
09:49But Hunter Abbott was sideways
09:51Ahead of fellow BMW man Sam Tordoff
09:53With Jackson third
09:54And Knock Hill specialist Rob Cullard in fourth
09:58As an attempted move by the MG of Jack Goff
10:01Sent local young pretender Aidan Moffat into a spin
10:04Although the Scotsman's day
10:05Was to take a number of twists and turns
10:07Before the final chequered flag
10:09As the race reached
10:11Turkington's got the inside completely covered
10:14Frio's gone round the outside
10:16Is he going to try and go?
10:16Oh, no
10:17No, Turkington couldn't get the car stopped
10:19Really, I think
10:20Difficult to tell whether he couldn't stop the car
10:23Or Frio came
10:26Off the drive
10:27Oh!
10:29Well, Andy wasn't alongside there
10:31To stick the nose in really
10:32And Moffat has better drive out the corner
10:36But Moffat is already steering to the inside
10:39So really Frio is driving into the back of him
10:42And Colin out of the race as well now
10:44Two West Surrey VFWs out in successive laps
10:48There's Moffat
10:48Then Frio
10:51Oh, suddenly Cullard just snapped sideways
10:52Doesn't he?
10:53Something went there
10:54Something went on the right rear
10:57Yeah, something just went
10:58So the gap 2.3 is now 2.1
11:01Stuart Lyons was given an assist by Derek Palmer there
11:03Going into Dean
11:04That is out
11:06And Alex Martin was involved with him
11:08One bit of contact
11:09Two bits of contact
11:10Bye-bye
11:11Oh, yeah
11:11The unfortunate thing is
11:13That he's hit that concrete wall
11:15And that concrete wall does not move a single millimetre
11:18So it's compressed the rear of the car
11:20It's just a...
11:20I don't think Kieran realised that Alex Martin was on his inside
11:25Because off the road
11:26Look at the background has gone
11:28Dave Mewsham
11:29He's in the tyres
11:30And he's got broken rear suspension on the left-hand side
11:33Look
11:33So I guess he's had some contact
11:35And then couldn't turn the car in
11:37Indeed
11:37But he does get it going
11:39And is this the answer?
11:40Nick Foster is involved in that
11:42Yeah
11:44Through turn one
11:45Ingram leads the way
11:46Comes across as Plato dives
11:48And inside for second
11:49Jack Goff gets turned around
11:50He slithers out wide
11:51Everybody else gets through
11:53Jack Goff hopefully can rejoin
11:54By heading up towards the completion of lap one
11:56And Tom Ingram it will be
11:57Who will lead them through as Hunter Abbott
11:59He's coming under attack from Dave Mewsham
12:00Derek Palmer up the inside
12:01Mewsham is sideways
12:02Martin Depper I think got into the back of him
12:04As the leaders come through
12:05Gets to un-piece together the first few corners
12:07That was what accounted for Jack Goff
12:10Yeah, three into one
12:11Doesn't go
12:12Another touch there
12:13Hunter Abbott and Dan Welch
12:17A brief safety car period
12:19Cool things off as Mike Bushell's Ford
12:20Was beached in the gravel
12:22But it wasn't long before the flat-out action resumed
12:25If he hangs on to this
12:26It'll be his best ever result
12:28Replay of dramas up at Dingo
12:30Heading towards deep
12:30Dan Welch in the wall
12:32I'm afraid the Proton rattles into the concrete
12:34That will pull off the circuit
12:35Bringing out a yellow flag
12:38Down the inside comes Cook
12:41Gets up the inside of Jackson
12:42And a spin
12:43Because Moffat gets hit by Hunter Abbott
12:45By the look of it
12:47Off they have both gone
12:48Turkington all on the medium tyre
12:50This is why we had the yellow flag
12:53Yeah
12:54Stuart Lyons has gone through
12:55And a shot comes to Hamilton-Maccas
12:58Indeed so
12:59And this is a look at what happened on the run
13:01Down Wellington Straight the first time
13:04Very crowded house indeed
13:05And Aidan Moffat gets a tag
13:07It really is very hard to come back from in the championship
13:11Because it costs you two races
13:12Yeah
13:12You know we've seen that
13:13It costs you two races
13:14Oh Hamilton on the start finish line
13:16Yes
13:17Got tagged or something
13:19Missed
13:20Ends up going round on the grass
13:22Does he miss everything?
13:23Or only a light graze?
13:24The safety car was deployed moments later
13:26After Hunter Abbott and Dan Welch had a coming together
13:30Having started right at the back
13:31Jackson leads the race
13:32Smith is second
13:33Then it's Morgan in third spot
13:35As they turn their way through Hawthorne
13:37Jason Plato then up ahead of Sheldon
13:39And off the road goes Dave Newsham
13:40Through the gravel into the tyres
13:42Oh and Alex Martin going off
13:44Oh and that's a hard hit
13:46Definitely safety car is going to have to come out soon
13:50But they will race until they get to the safety car boards
13:53And this was how Stuart Lyons ended up in the gravel
13:56This is going into 30s
13:58Tony Gilliam is behind
13:59But Stuart just running in too wide
14:02Didn't get the car slowed down enough for the corner really
14:06Oh and Jeff Smith's gone off
14:09That looks like the exit of Sheen kerb again
14:11That's a blind right hander
14:13Great corner when you get it wrong
14:14But very punishing when you don't
14:16But that gap that...
14:18Here we see a replay
14:19Oh he turned in on the grass
14:20Well that isn't the way to do it
14:21Right
14:22And lucky to stay out of the barriers
14:23Look he lights up the front
14:24Goff on the inside
14:25Newsham in the yellow Chevrolet on the outside
14:27The PowerMax Racing
14:28They're big off at the end of the lap
14:29There's an Audi in the dust
14:31And there's another car off the road as well
14:33It wasn't long before the safety car was on track once again
14:36As three cars ended up in the gravel at clearways
14:38With Martin Depper, Rob Austin and Derek Palmer all out of the running
14:45For the third time on finals day
14:47The safety car had to be deployed following a lap one off
14:50As Ingram and Jake Hill ended up in the gravel at Druids
14:53And there was to be more drama as twice when the race resumed
14:56Drivers made mistakes on cold tyres
14:58And ended up in the gravel at clearways
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