Donington Park - Test Day

As I couldn't get to my track day at Donington (the weekend after Brands Hatch), I've managed to book myself on a half test day at Donington Park on the day before my race.

Getting here involved a late night run after work down to Somerset on the Thursday evening, and an early morning start to load up the car. After a 4.5 hour drive to Donington (nr Derby) we unloaded the car and I went off to sign on and kit up (it's full race wear so out came the flame retardant under crackers, race suit, balaclava, boots and gloves).

This afternoon was spent putting the car through it's paces and familiarising myself with the circuit ( I'd only done one track day there about 6 months ago in a different car). It was great practice as I was out with a variety of different cars, including Radicals that were very fast in comparison. My fastest lap came in at 2 mins before the heavens opened at the end of the day.

After the test day had finished we set the car up in the paddock along with the other Elise Trophy cars that were turning up, plus competitors from the other series that were competing during the weekend

Back to the hotel now and an early night.