Thursday 25th February 2016

Silverstone Sunday Service 06/03

Get on circuit with our first track based Sunday Service of 2016!

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With winter hopefully behind us, it's surely about time we blew off the cobwebs and had our first track experience of 2016.

So dig out your race slippers and helmets, because on the morning of the March 6 Silverstone's 1.6-mile National Circuit is exclusively ours!

Over the course of the morning, there will be six sessions divided into two categories - Novice and Intermediate - based on your driving experience. Each session lasts 30 minutes and costs £40.

All of the track sessions will have a maximum of 30 cars per session, so there will be plenty of space to get to know the track. We'll also be taking some of the PH Fleet cars out on track and offering passenger rides in them. Our resident photographer will also be on hand to capture the best bits of the day.

As always, there will be refreshments available from the Silverstone cafe and we will be selling the usual array of T-shirts, mugs and stickers, so bring some spare cash to grab yourself some merchandise! The event will also raise money for Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance so any donations you can provide during the day will be greatly appreciated.

Please note that if you book track time, your name doesn't need to be added to the Sunday Service calendar as you will be parked in the paddock, not with the Sunday Service. The areas are next to each other though so you will still be able to wander around and mingle with your fellow PHers.

Please call 0844 3728 235 to book track time quoting 'PISTON0316' and state your proficiency level, whether novice or intermediate.

The gates will open at 0830h and the Sunday Service will run until about 1300h. We have space for 600 cars on top of those going out on track so there's no excuse not to come along!

This event will be subject to stoppages and weather conditions. Fingers crossed!

Sign yourself up via the calendar here and we'll see you there.

The PH team

Sign on Time	Briefing Time	On Circuit	Off Circuit	Description	Track Time
07.40	08.20	09:00	09:30	PistonHeads Intermediate Session 1 including familiarisation	30 mins
08.15	08.25	09:35	10:05	PistonHeads Novice Session 2 including familiarisation	30 mins
08.50	09.30	10:10	10:40	PistonHeads Intermediate Session 3 including familiarisation	30 mins
09.25	10.05	10:45	11:15	PistonHeads Novice Session 4 including familiarisation	30 mins
10.00	10.40	11:20	11:50	PistonHeads Intermediate Session 5 including familiarisation	30 mins
10.35	11.15	11:55	12:25	PistonHeads Novice Session 6 including familiarisation	30 mins

[Photos: Dafydd Wood]

[court]

Thanks for this PH. Should be a fun morning

I still don't seem to be brave enough to take the new car on track though.. Maybe later in the year once I've had it serviced and some new front tyres.

Will be up for a pax ride though!

[Bluehawk]

Hmmm...my 95 HOT Aero Estate... Should I track it for a giggle?

[Blipi]

Would a bubble car ever be acceptable on track?

Incredibly slow but hilarious!

[93Jay]

What is the DB Level? I'd like to get on track, but I'm quite loud.

[K14A]

Been waiting for another SS with track time after I missed out on the last one.

[FELIX_5]

93Jay said:

What is the DB Level? I'd like to get on track, but I'm quite loud.

Could someone else bring your car?

[LankyLegoHead]

Hmmm this could be a good first track outing for the GT86...

[3795mpower]

Mother's Day.....

[mattwilko]

That sounds brilliant, wish I had a car worth putting on the track!

[Driver Rider]

Is a golf GTI good enough for track?

[Shaoxter]

Question: If I'm intermediate and someone else is novice, is there enough time for me to complete an intermediate session then ride as a passenger in the next novice session?

[BenWRXSEi]

Driver Rider said:

Is a golf GTI good enough for track?

Definitely, There'll be faster things and slower things out there I'm sure

Debating taking the Westfield out for some pre-sprint season leg-stretching...

ETA: Any idea whether passengers are allowed out on track? I might persuade the OH to tag along.

Edited by BenWRXSEi on Thursday 25th February 15:59

[v8-fettler]

HA!! The number of 'Mothers Day' replies i got when i messages the gang about this. For those wondering whether to track your main car/expensive car, consider track day insurance. I always thought it'd be prohibitive, but I've just done a quote for me and a friend in his £20k Jag XF-R, and its a little over £110. Bargain! I'm between cars just now, and I don't think the Truck would be the best tool for track.
I really should check out the terms on extended test drive insurance documents, there's a Porsche Dealer not far from there, and Avis have just introduced a Prestige and Sports Hire at Birmingham.....

[James Drake]

Shaoxter said:

Question: If I'm intermediate and someone else is novice, is there enough time for me to complete an intermediate session then ride as a passenger in the next novice session?

Yep - there is normally a couple of minutes between one session ending and the next one starting - If you came in a lap early you'd have plenty of time to park and then hop into another car as a passenger.

Please also note that we'll be bringing down a few interesting cars from the PH fleet and giving passenger rides all day in exchange for a small discretionary donation to charity... this is open to all PHers attending - you just need to sign on with race control as a passenger before coming to find us (we'll be running the cars out of the pit garage next to race control - where we're also selling merchandise so you can't miss us)

Also, this will be the second event where our tame photographer Chris will be on hand to get some shots of you on, including some action shots of those of you venturing out on track.

Cheers

JD

[CaptainSlow]

So no bike session again?

[Driver Rider]

BenWRXSEi said:

Definitely, There'll be faster things and slower things out there I'm sure

Debating taking the Westfield out for some pre-sprint season leg-stretching...

ETA: Any idea whether passengers are allowed out on track? I might persuade the OH to tag along.

Edited by BenWRXSEi on Thursday 25th February 15:59

Thank you GTI it is on track then. Tomorrow I will give them a call.

[James Drake]

CaptainSlow said:

So no bike session again?

This is down to Silverstone and not us I'm afraid. I suspect that they don't ever run them on the same day. Equally, we're obviously car biased and the track time already fills to capacity, so reducing that would be a shame for the majority of attendees.

JD

[MOTK]

93Jay said:

What is the DB Level? I'd like to get on track, but I'm quite loud.

102Db just booked

[lezdix]

Signed up: Will think about track time and remove if I do, though I doubt we'll pass 600

[F355GTS]

3795mpower said:

Mother's Day.....

I could ask my Mum if she wants to come but fear it's a lost cause