Donington Britcar - 13th April

[The Fat Clerk]

I've just seen the Timetable for this:
MSA British Endurance Championship Warm up: 09.15 - 09.45 Various other practices and races, a gap of give or take 30 minutes between the end of the the first race and the start of the second
Finishing up with:
MSA British Endurance Championship Race: 16.40 / 19.40
HoHum that's a long old day
Glad I'm elsewhere

[Greem]

There's a timetabled hour for lunch, though, so it's not all bad.

[thepits!]

Originally Posted by Greem

There's a timetabled hour for lunch, though.

so we all know what that means

[JimW]

Originally Posted by The Fat Clerk

. . .
Finishing up with:
MSA British Endurance Championship Race: 16.40 / 19.40
HoHum that's a long old day
Glad I'm elsewhere

Me too. (Glad that I'm elsewhere, somewhere, anywhere, not that you are!)

Frankly that's just taking the Mickey.

I may have to wash my hair that day.

Regards

Jim

[kipper]

To be fair, it has been known for a reasonable length of time (from memory, the BARC volunteering forms sent out in Jan specified this) and the timetable has been in circulation for a couple of months, which means people have the opportunity to decide whether this meeting is for them or to make alternative arrangements. Personally, it is a bit too late for me, so will be at Silverstone.

[Philo]

Originally Posted by kipper

To be fair, it has been known for a reasonable length of time (from memory, the BARC volunteering forms sent out in Jan specified this) and the timetable has been in circulation for a couple of months, which means people have the opportunity to decide whether this meeting is for them or to make alternative arrangements. Personally, it is a bit too late for me, so will be at Silverstone.

Totally agree, I really enjoyed this event last year, especially the endurance race and volunteered again this year knowing it will be a long day.

However I would say it is a good idea to try to find out finish times at Donington when/before volunteering.

[The Fat Clerk]

However I would say it is a good idea to try to find out finish times at Donington when/before volunteering.[/QUOTE]

Good point. The 360 event on August 4th will have a similar late finish, but we will be 'rewarding' Marshals.

[The Fat Clerk]

Originally Posted by Greem

There's a timetabled hour for lunch, though, so it's not all bad.

Not really

Race 1 finishes @ 12:55, so by the time the last car has taken the flag and done another lap to get back into the Pits, and then the Course Car goes round that'll be past 1 o'clock.

Race 2 starts @ 13:55 so you'll have to be on post by at least 13:40, if not earlier, so suddenly the lunch time isn't as long as it looks on paper.

Made even worse if you've had an incident on your post that needs clearing up.

In the afternoon the 3 races have a gap of 15 minutes between one finishing and the next one starting, no room for error eh?

[thepits!]

Originally Posted by The Fat Clerk

In the afternoon the 3 races have a gap of 15 minutes between one finishing and the next one starting, no room for error eh?

Could be worse, last week the Motors TV at Castle Combe had 10 mins between racing, as has Donington this weekend for its 13 races

[The Fat Clerk]

Bl..dy hell

[thepits!]

Originally Posted by The Fat Clerk

Bl..dy hell

I suspect we may land up running a tad late - like last year - HF were not happy

[JimW]

Originally Posted by The Fat Clerk

However I would say it is a good idea to try to find out finish times at Donington when/before volunteering.

Good point. The 360 event on August 4th will have a similar late finish, but we will be 'rewarding' Marshals.

Taking the "***".

Jim

[Woolley]

*sigh* 'twas ever thus. I like Donington as a circuit, but it's many years since it got removed from my list of places I was prepared to marshal. Every year I get told it's changed and every year we get a thread like this. Guess I won't be back in a hurry.

[JimW]

Originally Posted by Woolley

*sigh* 'twas ever thus. I like Donington as a circuit, but it's many years since it got removed from my list of places I was prepared to marshal. Every year I get told it's changed and every year we get a thread like this. Guess I won't be back in a hurry.

I do lots of Donington days but do keep a close eye on the proposed timetable and take that into account when balancing my season's commitments. 1940 is just too silly.

Regards

Jim