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Last year NO warm up laps ( for me anyway ) after the 1st session

Colin wrote:Last year NO warm up laps ( for me anyway ) after the 1st session

not even a warm up corner for you

That will be you this year

The track is awesome it's only the organiser's that worry me.
Hopefully they will have changed there ways and everything will run smoothly and everyone will get the groups they booked and enjoy every minute of the day

julian wrote:If donninton this year is half as good as last year , it will still be awesome.

As far as track time is concerned… we had 4 groups last year, which will be the same for this year. However, if my memory serves me correctly we did not stop for lunch, but I believe there is an hours break at focused.

But…..only myself and gav did the last session last year. soooooo all you need to do is the last session and you would get the same track time as last year. Its also £40 cheaper

As for the lack of laps per session, I for one will be trying to squeeze in more by going faster

The proof will be in the pudding. But it was nice to hear that gsxrsi and bat fastard had a good time

nope we had 3 groups and were running on the national circuit with a laptime around 1.30 hence the 11 or 12 laps we got in. im sure there was a lunch break as the track staff usually have to stop for their lunch,if we didnt stop it was because the day was being followed by a evening session so they couldnt afford to overrun

deej wrote:

julian wrote:If donninton this year is half as good as last year , it will still be awesome.

As far as track time is concerned… we had 4 groups last year, which will be the same for this year. However, if my memory serves me correctly we did not stop for lunch, but I believe there is an hours break at focused.

But…..only myself and gav did the last session last year. soooooo all you need to do is the last session and you would get the same track time as last year. Its also £40 cheaper

As for the lack of laps per session, I for one will be trying to squeeze in more by going faster

The proof will be in the pudding. But it was nice to hear that gsxrsi and bat fastard had a good time

nope we had 3 groups and were running on the national circuit with a laptime around 1.30 hence the 11 or 12 laps we got in. im sure there was a lunch break as the track staff usually have to stop for their lunch,if we didnt stop it was because the day was being followed by a evening session so they couldnt afford to overrun

There was 4 groups and no lunch break and you were all in inters slow

crikey my memories getting bad,been donington too many times to remember what was what

deej wrote:crikey my memories getting bad,been donington too many times to remember what was what

Comes to us all mate. I'm sure i will be the same when i hit my 50's to

the next day and only 71miles away .........http://www.trackdays.co.uk/calendar/eve ... event=3473

And what a stunning ciruit oulton park is too
Love that place,real fast flowing circuit in places

I did a FE donnington day last week. I wouldnt have chose it, as I am well aware of Focused events bad rep and it comes from people I know wouldnt say such things without reason, but it was the only TDO running a day we could make around that time.

3 groups 105db

on the plus side they got the track time in. so they met the main objective....everything else is secondry. So they where no where near as bad as I thought they might be.

on the bad side they have s hite rules on overtaking ...6ft radius no overtaking mid corner!?!?!, and the briefing is done to arrogently for my liking. I just ignored their overtaking rules and got away with it, although we did have to put up with the FE guy ranting at our group for over taking mid corner how lame is that?...and my friend who was doing his first track day got a telling off.

Also they have the no overtaking on the last lap rule - which i dislike..but those things said it didnt detract from the day to much.

I guess if FE is all your used to then its fine...but if you have experiance of superior TDO's like No limits then you might take a dim view of them.

I would use them again but only as a last resort, if they had a date and track I was after.

and its probably just me but I have done donnington twice now and I would take anglesey, pembrey or rockingham over it any day of the week.

do you have to be 18/21? can you ride on a restricted liscence? how can i make my bike quieter? Thanks, Tom.

don't know about the age thing - contact FOCUSED EVENTS its their day so will have their rules posted on their site. Am doubtful that you can go on it with a restriction but again ask them. As for quieter, how about a standard can, a db killer or even just getting it checked at a mot station ?

jason wrote:on the plus side they got the track time in. so they met the main objective....everything else is secondry. So they where no where near as bad as I thought they might be.

on the bad side they have s hite rules on overtaking ...6ft radius no overtaking mid corner!?!?!, and the briefing is done to arrogently for my liking. I just ignored their overtaking rules and got away with it, although we did have to put up with the FE guy ranting at our group for over taking mid corner how lame is that?...and my friend who was doing his first track day got a telling off.

Also they have the no overtaking on the last lap rule - which i dislike..but those things said it didnt detract from the day to much.

How the hell can you think am i 6ft away on track while concentrating on braking and turning in and passing someone who may be s hite in the corners but quick down the straights

jason wrote:I would use them again but only as a last resort, if they had a date and track I was after.

exactly my thoughts too

TOM91 wrote:do you have to be 18/21? can you ride on a restricted liscence? how can i make my bike quieter? Thanks, Tom.

nope,no age limit at donny, ive seen 14year olds with acu licencses out on 125 race bikes at donny. yes you can ride with a restricted licencse as their inusrance covers anybody with a bike licencse unlike the motorsportvision tracks (cadwell,oulton,brands,snetterton) who dont accept a 33bhp licencse

as for making it quieter at a trackday,if its aloud day you should be ok if its a 98db day then you'll need a baffle which the tdo can usually provide for you (at a cost of course ) so you can continue your day