Testing @ Rockingham

getting in shouldn't be a problem. getting out depends on what time they wrap things up ( it's a working day and rockingham's on an industrial estate), whether everybody decides to leave at the same time and whether they open the 2nd exit but i don't expect it to be a major problem if a problem at all.

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Originally Posted by LiamM

Of what I can remember of the round in 2004

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.....which probably isn't a lot as the only btcc round at rockingham was 2003.

Good, thanks.

Getting out on the raceday was a nightmare in 2003 as we were parked quite close to the main grandstand and it was just a free for all to join the main line to get back onto the main drive. Could have done with some better traffic management. Mind you I've been sitting in the carpark at Croft at 7.30pm before..... :s

i very much appreciate the fact that the general public will be able to attend free of charge BUT wouldn't it be so much better and give more people the opportunity to attend if the session were held at the weekend. i'm sure there's valid reasons not to(perhaps the weekends are booked for track days, track license restrictions or team personnel liking the weekend off or the journos are covering what little motorsport there is at that time of year) but it would be nice. just a thought.

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Originally Posted by Iain

Getting out on the raceday was a nightmare in 2003 as we were parked quite close to the main grandstand and it was just a free for all to join the main line to get back onto the main drive. Could have done with some better traffic management. Mind you I've been sitting in the carpark at Croft at 7.30pm before..... :s

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and at Donington and Brands and queuing to get in Silverstone!!! All pretty poor but a weekday Rockingham will be fine

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Originally Posted by acorn

i very much appreciate the fact that the general public will be able to attend free of charge BUT wouldn't it be so much better and give more people the opportunity to attend if the session were held at the weekend. i'm sure there's valid reasons not to(perhaps the weekends are booked for track days, track license restrictions or team personnel liking the weekend off or the journos are covering what little motorsport there is at that time of year) but it would be nice. just a thought.

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Probably so it doesn't get overcrowded and the teams and drivers can get on with some serious testing without too much interruption from people pestering them for autographs all the time I guess. :)

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Originally Posted by Les

and queuing to get in Silverstone!!!

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Some of that was down to drivers sitting in the one lane miles away from the entrance, some people are like sheep, if they had used both lanes like i did it wouldn't have taken so long to get into Silverstone.

That said, the roads around an International circuit are poor, certainly for people getting into the circuit.

rockingham now has alot of restrictions on the amount of weekends they can use they race circuit so it wouldnt make sense for them to use up a day for media purposes.

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Originally Posted by acorn

i very much appreciate the fact that the general public will be able to attend free of charge BUT wouldn't it be so much better and give more people the opportunity to attend if the session were held at the weekend. i'm sure there's valid reasons not to.

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How about that trying to get any media there at all, except for the specialist press who will go at anytime, would be pretty much impossible?

Not having the media there does`rather defeat the object of having a media day...