GT at Donington
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dont forget the heritage gt's
saturday 12.55 - 1.20 (ish) qualifying
sprint race 17.10 - 17.30
sunday ? qualifying (might be in sprint race order - i dont know)
enduro race 15.15 - 16.00
keep your eyes out for me and my bro at the back of the pack in my mini! - its blue, number 61 and has a huge minispares love heart on the side.
saturday 12.55 - 1.20 (ish) qualifying
sprint race 17.10 - 17.30
sunday ? qualifying (might be in sprint race order - i dont know)
enduro race 15.15 - 16.00
keep your eyes out for me and my bro at the back of the pack in my mini! - its blue, number 61 and has a huge minispares love heart on the side.
From Donington web site.....
SATURDAY
0900-1015 Avon Tyres British GT Championship Practice
1025-1055 AVO Ginetta Championship Qualifying
1105-1135 Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3 Qualifying
1145-1210 UK Formula Ford Championship Qualifying
1210-1255 LUNCH
1255-1315 Historic Grand Touring Challenge Qualifying
1325-1345 Autosport Caterham Superlights Qualifying
1355-1415 Volkswagen Racing Cup Qualifying
1425-1455 Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3 Qualifying
1505-1520 Avon Tyres British GT Championship Qualifying
1530-1545 Avon Tyres British GT Championship Qualifying
1600-1620 AVO Ginetta Championship Race 1
1635-1655 UK Formula Ford Championship Race 2
1710-1730 Historic Grand Touring Challenge Race 3
1745-1815 Autosport Caterham Superlights Race 4
SUNDAY
0900-0910 Avon Tyres British GT Championship Warm up
0920-0940 AVO Ginetta Championship Race 5
0955-1015 Volkswagen Racing Cup Race 6
1030:20laps Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3 Race 7
1111-1131 UK Formula Ford Championship Race 8
1146-1216 Autosport Caterham Superlights Race 9
1216-1300 LUNCH
1300-1500 Avon Tyres British GT Championship Race 10
1515-1555 Historic Grand Touring Challenge Race 11
1556:20laps Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3 Race 12
1631-1651 Volkswagen Racing Cup Race 13
1711-1735 AVO Ginetta Championship Race 14
Testing is now on the Thursday before the race weekend 
instead of the Friday when it should have been,
so we won't be doing that due to the extra days cost.
If it were on the Friday, then we would have to be there anyway, so the cost is minor and we don't lose an extra days work, (some of us work for a living,) but having it on a Thursday with the added cost of a full team for the day adds massively to the budget and we just can't afford that.
I do wonder sometimes if us smaller teams are taken into consideration when decisions like this are made, the big teams take it in their stride being well funded but it's teams like ours,with little chance of moving up to FIA GT budgets that will probably support BGT for many years to come, that end up being penalised.
We would love to have the extra track time, for we are still getting used to the car and need all the practice we can get, not only to improve our performance, which we most definitely need to do,
but also for experience and safety.
Anyway, rant over
instead of the Friday when it should have been, so we won't be doing that due to the extra days cost. If it were on the Friday, then we would have to be there anyway, so the cost is minor and we don't lose an extra days work, (some of us work for a living,) but having it on a Thursday with the added cost of a full team for the day adds massively to the budget and we just can't afford that. I do wonder sometimes if us smaller teams are taken into consideration when decisions like this are made, the big teams take it in their stride being well funded but it's teams like ours,with little chance of moving up to FIA GT budgets that will probably support BGT for many years to come, that end up being penalised.
We would love to have the extra track time, for we are still getting used to the car and need all the practice we can get, not only to improve our performance, which we most definitely need to do,
but also for experience and safety. Anyway, rant over
Racing Rod said:
Testing is now on the Thursday before the race weekend
I do wonder sometimes if us smaller teams are taken into consideration when decisions like this are made, the big teams take it in their stride being well funded but it's teams like ours,with little chance of moving up to FIA GT budgets that will probably support BGT for many years to come, that end up being penalised.
We would love to have the extra track time, for we are still getting used to the car and need all the practice we can get, not only to improve our performance, which we most definitely need to do,
Anyway, rant over
think of the even smaller teams!
testing = qualifying!!
or is that just me!
guru_1071 said:
think of the even smaller teams!
testing = qualifying!!
or is that just me!
Agreed, we're small in GT terms but there are plenty out there that are just one man bands and it costs us all a heap of money to go racing regardless of the series we run in, it's all relative to our individual means especially non sponsored . Any increase in race costs usually ends up with compromising the time on track, or bashing the budget, it's a shame those who organise don't remember or, for all I know, have little or no experience of racing or running a small team.
Never mind eh, life's a bitch but then there's racing
scuffham said:
Rod,
Know, *exactly* what you mean, talk about unecessary costs...
Hi Mate,
Just having my usual dig at the establishment, don't want them to think that I've mellowed with age
Are you coming out to play at Donington? thought I saw Chris's name down for one of the new GT3's, probably miss read it, must find my glasses
Racing Rod said:You just need some hot V8 action to cheer you up.
Just having my usual dig at the establishment, don't want them to think that I've mellowed with age
Are you coming out to play at Donington? thought I saw Chris's name down for one of the new GT3's, probably miss read it, must find my glasses
dino ferrana said:
I would imagine that the Thursday testing has more to do with the local noise Nazis than SRO. Could it be that the circuit is not permitted to run 3 noisy days in a row?
You prompted me to check with Donington and you are correct, they are not allowed to run three noisy days in a row so Friday is a bike test day. The Nazis win again as you suggested, but even so, the SRO could have informed us earlier instead of keeping quite about it until a week or so ago, for as it turns out, it wasn't their fault.
Maybe it is time for all race circuits to get together and form an anti Nazis co-operative and fight these people where ever they start a campaign. I'm sure fans and competitors alike would offer a £1 a ticket surcharge if we knew it was going into a well administered fighting fund otherwise these numptys are going to spoil things for all of us.
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