Donington: BTCC & support chat

[Milkyway]

I thought that we could have a separate thread just for today's meeting...

I know that the BTCC has a general thread, but it would to be nice to cover the meeting as a whole.

Support races:
Porsche Carrera Cup
Vertu Mini Challenge
F4
Legends
Radicals

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 28th April 13:49

[egor110]

Nice lake forming in the gravel trap bottom of craner curves !

[Milkyway]

egor110 said:

Nice lake forming in the gravel trap bottom of craner curves !

Good start to the season... Craner curves into Craner lake.
Plus, the track will be extra slippery due to the nearby airport.

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 28th April 10:53

[rjfp1962]

Looks like it will be a while before we see any racing

[FredericRobinson]

Milkyway said:

Good start to the season... Craner curves into Craner lake.
Plus, the track will be extra slippery due to the nearby airport.

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 28th April 10:53

I’ve never understood the airport thing, are we to believe planes spray aviation fuel all over the surrounding area?

[zsdom]

Read up on chemtrails, it’s real man, the evidence is out there man, they want to control the BTCC man

[Milkyway]

FredericRobinson said:

I’ve never understood the airport thing, are we to believe planes spray aviation fuel all over the surrounding area?

I know that it used to be a problem in the past...current aviation fuel must to be a lot cleaner.

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 28th April 11:34

[FredericRobinson]

Milkyway said:

I know that it used to be a problem in the past...current aviation fuel must to be a lot cleaner.

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 28th April 11:34

How does it get out of the plane?

[Milkyway]

FredericRobinson said:

How does it get out of the plane?

It must fall out when the wheels are down.
( ... Really hope that the racing starts sometime today... Picked a good day to start a new thread,)

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 28th April 12:14

[loskie]

Tuned in to watch the first race on TV.

I'm in SW Scotland. Yesterday and today glorious sunshine here.

Couldn't believe the weather in Donnington.

Pretty tough call for the organisers.

[Dinoboy]

Looks no worse than knockhill last Sunday where multiple grids of club racers managed to have a great day's racing without much incident.

[Milkyway]

Dinoboy said:

Looks no worse than knockhill last Sunday where multiple grids of club racers managed to have a great day's racing without much incident.

Maybe they are being a bit cautious, as it's on National TV.

[Dinoboy]

Milkyway said:

Dinoboy said:

Looks no worse than knockhill last Sunday where multiple grids of club racers managed to have a great day's racing without much incident.

Maybe they are being a bit cautious, as it's on National TV.

To completely misquote Billy connelly, 'there's so such thing as bad weather, just the wrong tyres'

[Milkyway]

Big thumbs up to Jade... Doing a great job.
Baptism of fire...obviously, she has good insight about the drivers & teams, it's also nice to hear the views of a driver from the current era.

Ahhh... finally some racing.(2023).

Edited by Milkyway on Sunday 28th April 12:36

[GlobalRacer]

Dinoboy said:

Looks no worse than knockhill last Sunday where multiple grids of club racers managed to have a great day's racing without much incident.

It's the multiple rivers that are the issue. I've never seen Donington (or any other track, including Knockhill) with that many rivers and racing happening.

[rjfp1962]

1st race start in just over 15 minutes!

[Dinoboy]

GlobalRacer said:

Dinoboy said:

Looks no worse than knockhill last Sunday where multiple grids of club racers managed to have a great day's racing without much incident.

It's the multiple rivers that are the issue. I've never seen Donington (or any other track, including Knockhill) with that many rivers and racing happening.

Fair enough!

[Milkyway]

A mixed up grid in mixed conditions... It's going to be interesting.
( It's GO, GO, GO...).

[SpudLink]

Very relieved to see the driver walk away from that legends car. The way his head shook around as it landed was horrific.

[Milkyway]

SpudLink said:

Very relieved to see the driver walk away from that legends car. The way his head shook around as it landed was horrific.

... coming to a dead stop like that would certainly have produced a few G's.