[BTCC] Oulton Park, 17/18 June 2023, Rounds 13/14/15

[S griffin]

It's nice to hear from you Rowbo. It's nice you are in a team of talented drivers and I look forward to seeing more of your exploits this year. Whatever car you're in, whatever series you're in, I'll keep a close eye. You're a winner

[Pickles]

Originally Posted by porsche962fan

Bobby another victim of fragile suspension

More like Bobby a victim of getting fired off...

[Redshift]

Originally Posted by Mike Harte

Mention was made earlier in this or one of the other threads about problems leaving circuits. Yesterday was a pretty protracted affair, and it took about ¾ of an hour to get to the first of the narrow lanes outside the walls of the circuit – we even had to drive on the track between Clay Hill and Knickerbrook to get to the exit – and once outside it took a further 1/2 hour to reach a free-flowing road. Not the problem of the circuit, but it then took us twice as long to get back home, this time in rain that was lashing down, as two of the motorways we had to travel on were closed off due to incidents resulting in an almost 4 hour journey.

It sounds like you were sitting quite close to where I'd planted myself for the day.
The best exit from the circuit involves gaining access to the track at Cascades and driving down Lakeside. You then turn at Island Bend and are directed out of the circuit. I reckon I was out of the circuit within 15 minutes of the last race finishing. They were very quick in getting that exit organised this year.
That exit does take you on the country roads but the advantage is that there isn't a huge amount of traffic on them. With Sat Nav you can soon be heading in the right direction home.

[Mike Harte]

Unfortunately we didn't have any option but to follow the instructions of the staff who directed us as described. It may be because we were parked in the Blue Badge area overlooking Knickerbrook, which would have been a great advantage if it had rained seriously.

[S griffin]

Oulton I've heard can be tricky to get out of. Sometimes it's about timing, as it is just outside a quiet village.

[billy bleach]

I understand there is a test day at Donington next week. Is it open to spectators?

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by billy bleach

I understand there is a test day at Donington next week. Is it open to spectators?

https://www.donington-park.co.uk/whats-on/23/07/04-day

'PARKING
Parking in the paddock is for test day participants only, but free parking is available in the public car park'

'SPECTATORS
All are welcome to spectate free of charge but please be aware that the pit garages, pit wall and pitlane are working areas, with access restricted to team personnel only.'

[tocatrucky]

Originally Posted by billy bleach

I understand there is a test day at Donington next week. Is it open to spectators?

Yes but bare in mind mid-season midweek test days are usually dead public-wise, I'd be amazed if 25 members of the public turned up for it. Basically a trackday with more noise.

Related, I've heard acouple of driver substitutions are planned for the day to cover prior commitments.

[Jiiiiiiim]

Originally Posted by tocatrucky

Yes but bare in mind mid-season midweek test days are usually dead public-wise, I'd be amazed if 25 members of the public turned up for it. Basically a trackday with more noise.

Related, I've heard acouple of driver substitutions are planned for the day to cover prior commitments.

It will be interesting to see who gets to sub, considering we haven’t seen any driver swaps YET!

[redshoes]

We see the same every year at the mid-season tyre test. Some drivers will miss it as they don't have the budget, whilst those teams will find someone to stump up the necessary cash to pay for a few hours behind the wheel.

[AnnoyedMoose]

Be interesting to see if Creesy is one of the subs seeing that he's without a drive again.

[Millvi]

Originally Posted by AnnoyedMoose

Be interesting to see if Creesy is one of the subs seeing that he's without a drive again.

Hinting? Teasing? Here….

https://twitter.com/creesy777/status/1672319544444985365?s=46&t=caWsEnKlaGx6HhR1Sf-G6A

[S griffin]

I do wonder whether we need to make room for one or two more teams, would be nice to have a bit more variety of cars on the grid

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by S griffin

I do wonder whether we need to make room for one or two more teams, would be nice to have a bit more variety of cars on the grid

There is room and I’m sure they’d be welcomed with open arms… there isn’t the money and/or interest at the moment.