Thruxton

[graeme]

At Thruxton yesterday, I'm sure I heard mention of "side by side through Green". Has a corner been named after the current World Landspeed Record holder? - about time! But which corner? Seemed to be towards the start of the lap, so the un-named left kink after Allard?? Or has Allard itself been renamed??

The circuit itself seemed very different to what a remember over the last few years - VERY bumpy (my in-car video shows opposite lock through some of the corners 'round the back and the front of the car flexing in relation to the camera in the back!) - has the surface degenerated over the last year or so? (Trucks racing on a very hot day recently perhaps...?). No criticism - it makes one of the most exciting circuits in the UK even more exciting

[Teletubby]

You're right Graeme, Green is the left hand kink after Allard. Thanks very much for some entertaining races from the Grads yesterday, yours was a humdinger!

[Ian Sowman]

Yes, spot on Graeme - this came after a campaign in Motorsport News.

[Chigley]

Agreed but which Graeme was Graham.



Ian

[graeme]

It was the G Smith in the Green Caterham - oh... Perhaps safer to say I was the winner (though that wasn't so clear cut on the track - and yes, I did know the leader had a ten-second penalty - he did say he was rather confused when I waved him through up Woodham Hill on the last lap ). Not a bad race from only a dozen cars (the first 8 within 4-and-bit seconds) - hopefully more out next season

So when did Green appear? I must have missed that, though always muttered about it. BARC need to put it on the circuit map...

[Chigley]

Hi Graeme, Just jesting, I knew you'd won but it was beautiful hearing the commentators trying to make the distincion especially when the 2 G's were first and second. I picked up on the left hand kink being called "Green" from the last Startline magazine.

Ian

[DarrellB]

It was certainly news to the circuit manager!!!

[Ian Sowman]

Think it was confirmed in MN about three weeks ago.

[Suze]

Now I know which corner it is....but was there really just a "spare, un-named" corner there?

[kipper]

Originally Posted by Suze

Now I know which corner it is....but was there really just a "spare, un-named" corner there?

I guess so - the track does change direction at that point although not significantly, so I suppose it qualifies as a corner.

[Suze]

Fair enough, before knowing which corner was, couldn't figure exactly which one they'd named.

[Bob Pearson]

graeme,
It's funny you should say about Thruxton feeling different to expected on that day, I had the same experience which culminated in the Renault being flung up the road on the last lap on qualifying in a corner which always used to be comfortably flat.