The Motor Racing Spectator

As Summer arrives in the United Kingdom, invariably so does the rain! After a quite appalling week of very wet weather in the East Midlands, it was with some trepidation that I arrived at Donington on Saturday morning. The previous weekend had seen the Download Festival take place at the circuit and the internet was full of scenes of rivers flowing through campsites and mud everywhere! As expected on arrival at the circuit there was a sense of the calm after the storm as the giant clean-up operation was under way and as parking was unavailable outside the circuit perimeter, I was directed to park in the Formula E factory units and ended up parked directly outside the Mahindra racing team's front door! Thankfully the main stage at Download is located outside the boundary of the actual circuit but there was still quite a lot of flotsam and jetsam left over at the Old Hairpin where hardy campers had been camping on the steep slopes of the spectator banks...The cleaners had found a...

It was back to Mallory Park for The Spectator's latest meeting in 2016. After giving serious thought to going to Silverstone for British GT/BRDC F3 action , I plumped for Mallory as, not only is it nearer to home, but also the lack of meetings at Mallory this season means that a meeting is a rare event . With Silverstone being abandoned for the day at 5pm following a heavy rainstorm, I think I chose wisely! 750MC were in charge for a 12 race schedule that saw double headers for Formula Vee, Classic Stock Hatch, 750 Formula, Historic 500cc F3, Stock Hatch/Hot Hatch & 750 Trophy. Rain was forecast but the days qualifying started dry and even when the expected rain did start to fall it was never that heavy thankfully. Indeed the days heaviest rain came during the lunch break so given the events at Silverstone, Mallory was fortunate to escape the pleasures of Summer weather in the UK! With 4 reserves in the 28 car entry list, Formula Vee is seeing a resurgence after a few year...