Having been to Donington and Brands and seeing the qualifying in person under the new rules - it is dull as dishwater to watch at the track, and pointless unless youre; right beside a tannoy, or following timing on your phone (which will happen for nobody at some tracks, especially Thruxton here the phone signal is terrible.) I imagine if you're paying £25 just for the day you'll be dissapointed if you're there for BTCC.
From trackside I'd rather see all cars on for a half hour giving it some stick.
Having said that, watching them back on YouTube - and I'll be watching this one live on YouTube before going on race day - it works as a TV thing, and at Brands the grid and racing that came from it worked. I expect it would be the same at Snett in the dry, but with a good chance of rain it'll likely be mixed up anyway.
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