GTs at Silverstone this weekend

[martvr]

Has anybody seen a programme yet, particularly for Monday?

Anybody else going? Don't suppose there is anything arranged for TVR parking?

[JonRB]

Cosmic and I are planning to be these on the Monday in the Chimaera.

We'll be cheering Simon & Shorty on in the GT race!

[martvr]

Oops, wasn't that difficult to find the timetable:

Best of British Motorsport Timetable
Saturday 1 June

0900-1305 Free practice sessions
1305-1405 Lunch Break
1405-1435 National Formula Ford Qualifying
1450-1510 BRDC British F3 Qualifying 1 (Championship class)
1525-1545 BRDC British F3 Qualifying 1(scholarship class)
1600-1620 Michelin Porsche Cup Qualifying
1635-1705 Elf Clio Renault Sport UK Cup Qualifying
1720-1800 World Sports Car Invitation Trophy Qualifying

Sunday 2 June

1100-1120 BRDC British F3 Qualifying 2 (Championship Class)
1135-1155 BRDC British F3 Qualifying 2 (Scholarship class)
1210-1253 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship Qualifying
1310 National Formula Ford Race – 12 laps
1350 Elf Clio Renault Sport UK Cup Race – 12 laps
1430 World Sports Car Invitation Trophy Sprint Race – 20 mins
1510 Michelin Porsche Cup Race – 12 laps
1555 BRDC British F3 Race – 15 laps
1640-1710 Formula Renault UK Championship Qualifying
1725-1745 BRDC British GT Championship Qualifying (GT)
1800-1820 BRDC British GT Championship Qualifying (GTO)

Monday 3 June

0925 National Formula Ford Race – 16 laps
1010 World Sports Car Invitation Trophy – Endurance Race – 40 mins
1105-1145 Pit Walkabout and Autograph Session
1210 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship – Sprint Race – 15 laps
1300 Formula Renault UK Championship Race – 20 Laps
1350 BRDC British GT Championship Race – 1 hour
1515 BRDC British F3 Championship Race – 20 laps
1610 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship – Feature Race – 25 laps
1710 Elf Clio Renault sport UK Cup Race – 15 laps
1800 Michelin Porsche Cup Race – 18 laps

[Thumper]

Simon's also doing the Michelin Porsche Cup this weekend with Parr Motorsport. There's a qualifying report on their website; www.parr-uk.com
I think he's finding the Porsche a very different beast, but his times are improving with almost every lap, so he should make up ground in the first race.

[tvrforever]

Will be there Monday in the Purple Chimaera to cheer the guys along...

Going to have to 'risk' the rubble car park though

[viperman]

wots yer registration plate? i'll post the GT qualifying instantly as it hapens, (MST SPORTS TIMING)and update regularly, cant wait for tommorow, i'll be cheering the vipers on, wonder what they can do in qualifying, and please god let someone other than the saleen win! but the last GT race i went too was donnington and the saleen spun off there, the only race so far they havent won, hopefully they wont spin off but just not do too well!!!!

[viperman]

i'll post who does the fastest first lap then a progress report as the session goes on

[viperman]

qualifying for GT catergory is about to start

>> Edited by viperman on Sunday 2nd June 17:08

[viperman]

warnock, first lap 1st, but on 2nd lap stealth takes it

[viperman]

1st; stealth
2nd: lister
3rd saleen
4th VIPER!!!

[viperman]

barff puts in good lap to make 3rd saleen 4th viper 5th

[viperman]

British GT - Round 6 - Silverstone
Qualifying - GT Class

POS NO NAME BEST LAP GAP
SPEED
LAPS LAST LAP
1 21 PUDWELL 1:19.273 119.10 13 1:24.192
2 1 WARNOCK 1:19.614 0.341 118.59 14 1:36.705
3 27 BARFF 1:20.648 1.375 117.07 12 2:20.878
4 7 McKELLAR 1:21.059 1.786 116.48 11 1:41.358
5 38 WATKINS 1:21.293 2.020 116.14 13 1:29.929
6 15 LITTLEJOHN 1:22.774 3.501 114.07 13 1:23.988
7 8 HERRIDGE 1:23.774 4.501 112.70 11 1:23.960
8 17 BRADY 1:24.037 4.764 112.35 10 1:39.161
9 5 SHEPHERD 1:35.474 16.201 98.89 5 2:15.772

[viperman]

British GT - Round 6 - Silverstone
Qualifying - GTO Class

POS NO NAME BEST LAP GAP
SPEED
LAPS LAST LAP
1 57 SUGDEN 1:22.273 114.76 8 1:28.714
2 55 SHORT 1:23.056 0.783 113.68 9 1:23.056
3 69 McLOUGHLIN 1:23.061 0.788 113.67 7 1:39.247
4 51 HARTSHORNE 1:23.478 1.205 113.10 9 1:42.383
5 88 LOCKIE 1:23.597 1.324 112.94 9 1:23.917
6 77 JONES 1:24.481 2.208 111.76 8 1:38.049
7 66 ATTARD 1:25.508 3.235 110.42 9 1:44.921
8 52 JOHNSON 1:26.211 3.938 109.52 8 1:26.211
9 47 MARIES 1:26.241 3.968 109.48 9 1:27.058
10 68 GRIFFITHS 1:27.646 5.373 107.73 9 1:27.699
11 99 STANTON 1:29.033 6.760 106.05 8 1:30.779
12 70 DOVE 1:32.374 10.101 102.21 8 1:53.189

SUDGEN IS FLYING!!!!!

[VENOM500]

Viper of Littlejohn going a bit better!Just hope he stays on the black stuff.(who would have guesed that this is the car that won GTS Le-Mans class in 2000&the American LeMans Series with Oreaca!!)Me thinks its getting a bit old in the tooth(or Fang?).Look forward to some new blood next season if a 2003 Viper Comp Coupe comes to the U.K.Although the Vipers are still winning in the FIA GT Championship,so there is some hope for us Brookspeed hopefulls!

[GrahamG]

Not a Viper for 'Swiss' Tony I'm afraid. He's sharing Peter Cook's #15 Porsche 911 GT2 with Rob croydon this weekend - The Brookspeed deal is over.

As for qualifying - The timing chart only tells part of the story - The Stealth is NOT on pole position!

[jamesc]

Acording to Crash.net; the Stealth IS on pole!

www.crash.net/news_detail.asp?championship_id=14&news_id=38699&language_id=

James

[tvrforever]

OK - so who was there then? Thought the racing was pretty good (except for F3 trying to emulate F1 boredom)...

But how did those TVRs get to where the normal Tiv car park is? I tried in my Chim but ended up parked on some field/building site/car park...

~Rant On~
Oh - and if the 'mupwhit' in the Subaru (and don't think I've not noted your # plate) who tried to kill me on the A413 - by overtaking with full beams (trying to prove something???) with an oncoimng tractor about 80 yards away - is reading please stop, get out your car, go to the back, kneel over and suck the exhaust until you feel sleepy.
~Rant off~

>> Edited by tvrforever on Tuesday 4th June 13:47

[GrahamG]

That would be Crap.net posting press releases again then wouldn't it!!

For the record the Stealth lost it's times for failing the airbox test but had a storming run through the field.

[JonRB]

quote:But how did those TVRs get to where the normal Tiv car park is? I tried in my Chim but ended up parked on some field/building site/car park.

We talked to the owner of the Cerbera who got in, and he told us he simply blagged his way in by maintaining that the TVRs did have designated parking because we always park there. We didn't bother arguing and just parked in the rubble park. Saw several other TVRs in the same area, a silver 360 Modena, a Esprit V8 and a Skyline R34 with an outrageously large Nismo wing on the back.

[sukerkin]

Have to agree with tvrforever about the racing at Silverstone. The single-seater stuff is too much like the F1 in terms of circulating boredom! The GT endurance was as great as ever tho' except for the Speed 12 blowing a gasket, the Morgan blowing eardrums and the Saleen being too good!

How did the Saleen get into the class anyhow? I know that it might slip in under most of the GT rules but surely it's a little bit too 'supercar' to qualify?

On a more sombre note, does anyone know if that poor chap who had the horrendous off in the Clio is ok? I couldn't make out if it was Griffin or Griffiths but I'm fairly certain it was one of those two.