Sold out, done and dusted! Silverstone GP Circuit - Track Day on Monday 27th March

[Tigger]

Booked 

[Doctor]

Booking form sent. 

[Shortshift]

Good to see the bookings coming in!

As it's an earlier start to the season than normal, it's probably worth spreading the word to make sure people don't miss out...

James

[Mark w]

Booked .

Sorry cannot  make the dinner this time .

[Chris-]

booked.

[Dobson_justin]

I am booked in.  I will be driving down the night before with the 7 on a trailer, rather than facing the M1 on a Monday morning, and it seems like the best place to camp for the night is the Dadford road campsite, but if anyone has a better idea for secure parking with a trailer, just let me know.

Cant wait to get there!

[Redbullwings]

booked  cant wait for the first track outing of the year. Anyone got any thoughts on where to stay Sunday eve? premier Inn looks pretty reasonable at £45 

 

 

[Titanium7]

Booked.....

[makingff]

Booked! 

RedBullWings, I'm also heading up from Kent but will likely go early in the morning.

Simon

[Redbullwings]

Hey Simon

Ill be going in the later afternoon, to keep the family happy but will see you up there in the evening.

Doug

[makingff]

Doug

Going early Monday morning :-)

Simon

[Davesvroadsport]

For overnights try;

 

Crown Inn Brackley

Red Fox Farthinhoe

Crewe Arms Hinton in the Hedges

 

D

[MadCat52]

Booked up.  Can't wait to knock the 'rust' off my track driving skills!!

I need to book overnight accommodation - are we trying to meet up somewhere for dinner on the Sunday?

Bob

[Dobson_justin]

Instructions for the day just received on email, and will probably join for the curry the night before, assuming I can park there easily with a trailer, but that might be a challenge.

Planning to sleep in the tow car on the Sunday night as I am too scared to leave the car on a trailer overnight on its own! 

[MadCat52]

Do we know how many places were planned so we know how many cars/garage?

[Shortshift]

At capacity there will be 47 cars to share the 12 (I think it is - after excluding garage 6C which is reserved) garages, so just a smidge under 4 cars per garage.

Should be fine.

James
 

[Shortshift]

The Silverstone GP Circuit track day on Monday 27th March is now open for booking. 

The day is being run by our friends at "MGs on Track" and we have arranged with them for Club-exclusive sessions to run through the day, operating for twenty minutes every hour.

Because the format of the day will allow Club members on circuit at any time during our allocated sessions, irrespective of experience or ability, the event is not suitable for novice or first-time circuit drivers.  You should therefore be at intermediate or advanced level to participate.  For this reason, we will not be operating our ‘Buddy System’ at this event.

Cars must comply with a noise limit of 105dB (static) and 102bB (drive-by) and free coaching from qualified ARDS instructors will be available by booking on a 'first come first served' basis on the day.  We are also planning a pre-event social get-together (most likely a drink and meal) for the evening of Sunday 26th March.

Looking at the pricing being charged by MGoT and LoT, and taking into account our free-instruction and our other costs, we have priced participation in the Club sessions at £210 for a car and main driver.  Additional drivers (who must be Club members) will cost £25 and passengers are free of charge.

Further detail, with links to the Booking Form and other important documentation, is contained in the relevant calendar entry in the "What's On" section of the web site; a link to the page is here.  Because we are not yet ready to take track day bookings online, you will need to contact Sam in the Club Office to confirm your place.

This should be a great event with which to launch our 2017 season!

James

[Shaun_E]

BTTT

[danielcwsmith]

Hi James - one question - with nearly 50 cars in our session, what is the maximum number of vehicles on track at any one time? Presumably less than that or it'll be like a Britcar 24 Hour rolling start!

Very excited for Monday. My first time at Silverstone.

[Shortshift]

The limit on the number of cars allowed on the GP circuit is set at 60...

We have decided on a maximum of 48, plus the Caterham Cars 'hot laps' 620, so comfortably within limits.

I guess the first few minutes of the first session might be a bit tight, and I'd urge everyone to recognise that there will be seven sessions through the day, so plenty of time and (if everyone is sensible) plenty of space too.

Looking forward to this event kicking off the 2017 season in style.  Even the weather looks to be good!

James

[danielcwsmith]

Thanks James - that's good to know. I had visions of spending a session sitting in pitlane hoping to get out! That said, it's interesting to see how it compares to Castle Combe, who limit it to 12 cars!

[Tigger]

Silverstone pit lane marshals are good at sending cars out at intervals it's really only the first session which starts behind a course car where it might be a bit busy but a drive through the pit lane can create a decent amount of space without loosing much track time.

on the question of car numbers its really about cars per mile. A comfortable number on Brands Indy is 24. Combe is limited by noise and 12 is very sparse. Silverstone is Mahoosiv so there is plenty of room for 50 cars, far fewer per mile than Brands.

It'll be great fun.

tim 

[mikeo996]

Brilliant day today, thanks to all involved.

Started off slow but added speed each session, not unrelated to the gradually warming conditions.

[Tigger]

A big thank you to all involved in organising the track day. Sharing the day with LoT and MGoT seems to be a good match. 

[jimh]

Thanks to all the organisers for a fantastic day.

Does anyone know if the photographs are available to buy online?