[BertMk2]

Originally Posted by BertMk2

I'm sure I saw something in the official Silverstone blurb that hinted at that - something about trying the circuit out with an event before the WRX round to make sure it all worked as expected and the circuit 'flowed'. That would at least give them a chance to fine tune things ahead of the WRX round.

Found it:

We've never had rallycross circuit before and we've got this one built one year out from the event so we can work on it, listen to what the drivers want and make any changes necessary.