They’re giving a quick rundown of Snetterton—how long it is, how many corners it has, and what the fastest laps have been. Then they talk about whether this weekend could be quicker.
Qualifying is when drivers try to set their fastest lap to earn a good starting position. A qualifying lap record is the quickest lap anyone has managed in that qualifying session at that track.
A race record is the best lap time someone has done during the race itself. It’s different from qualifying because the car and conditions are changing during the race.
Racers talk about an “operating window” because tires and car setup only work well within a certain temperature range. Outside that range, the car doesn’t grip as well and can feel hard to drive.
Slipstreaming (drafting) is when a car follows closely behind another to reduce aerodynamic drag. The trailing car can carry more speed into braking zones and set up passes.
The infield is the area inside the track’s main outer edge. It’s where some corners are located, and depending on the layout, it can be harder or easier to pass there.
A hairpin is a very tight corner that you usually have to slow down a lot for. Because it’s so slow, it often becomes one of the best places to try to pass.
These are parts of the track where it’s realistically possible to pass another car. They’re usually places with good braking or good acceleration out of a corner.
A Vauxhall Corsa is a small everyday hatchback. The point here is that even a car like this can feel really tight and narrow when you’re driving through certain track sections.
In touring car racing, tire performance and tire management can swing results because grip changes as the tires heat up and wear. A “big influence” usually means the tires affected pace, consistency, and how well drivers could defend or attack.
The Opel Astra is a compact car that’s made for normal road use. In the podcast, it’s mentioned because a driver had a notable race result while using an Astra. That’s why it comes up in a racing discussion.
“Grunt” just means the car feels strong when you put your foot down—especially when accelerating out of corners. It’s about how much push you feel, not a specific number.
Qualifying is when drivers try to set their best lap times to decide where they start the race. If qualifying is short, there’s less time to fix mistakes and try again.
Track limits are the rules about staying inside the marked edges of the track. If you cut too much, your lap may not count, which can hurt your qualifying time.
“Race to pole” means the competition to earn pole position, which is the best spot on the grid. They’re saying this season’s situation makes pole-winning more important at this track.
“Race trim” just means the car is prepared in the way it’s meant to run during the actual race. It’s usually different from how it might be set up for practice or qualifying.
“Traction zones” are sections of the track where tires either grip well or struggle. Those areas can make a big difference to who’s fast and who spins or falls back.
The Porsche Carrera RS is a special, performance-focused version of the 911 sports car. It’s designed to be faster and more track-ready than a regular road version. People mention it because it’s closely tied to Porsche racing history.
A pit lane walkabout is when fans get a chance to get near the teams and race cars in the pit area. It usually happens between race sessions and depends on the event rules.
They mean the real top-three finish in the race overall. BTCC also has separate categories, so they’re making sure listeners understand they’re talking about the overall podium, not just a category podium.
“Independents” are teams/drivers not backed by the main factory program. They’re still racing for overall race results, but they also have their own points/championship fight.
They’re talking about finishing positions that earn points. In BTCC, being in the top 10 usually means you score, so it’s a big deal for the championship.
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Strap in as we drive by Long Stanton Spice Museum, go past the Cracking Owl Sanctuary
and turn up at Snepston in Norfolk.
They're all Alan Partridge references, I know you won't get it, but there will be plenty of people
that will get it. You're one of the few people I know who hasn't buckled to my Alan Partridge
obsession as of yet. Hello and welcome back to the British Turing Car podcast. Yes, we are back
and we have another race weekend ahead of us. How are you feeling mate?
Week has been since the last one. Right this minute, quite tired.
Otherwise, pretty good. Snepston is our local circuit which makes getting there and getting
back very nice indeed, particularly when we've got to get back for an F1 race on the Sunday night.
It's even better that it's bank holiday afterwards, so we've got a Monday to recover.
And I'm off the week after that. But as it stands at the moment, it's scheduled to be a gorgeous
bank holiday weekend, which means it's going to absolutely pelt it down on Sunday.
Positive thoughts. Oh, you've come to the wrong man of this particular forecast,
but never mind. How are you doing? Yeah, I'm not too bad. A little bit tired as well, but
looking for my restful week afterwards and going to hopefully enjoy this weekend with plenty of
good racing. And yeah, we'll bring you up to date with any of the news that we've had in between
times and what we think might well be happening this weekend as to the runners, racers, riders and
who's going to be at the top. Well, if you do see us this weekend, please do come and say happy
birthday to my colleague and co-host because it is his 49th trip around. It is his birthday this
week. It is his birthday this weekend. He can't think of a better way to spend it than at Snetton,
watching touring cars or with me. All of our friends and family have been booted out the way,
so I feel very special and honoured. And it's weird at the once it's not been both our birthdays,
because normally Donnington is on mine today. Yeah, we are looking to do both the Saturday
and Sunday this weekend to get the full immersion, shall we say, and view how that
qualifying session and the race to poll is going to feel like being out of the track,
because that's something that we haven't yet experienced. Absolutely. We will be aiming still
to do a Saturday qualifying review. However, it will probably be a little bit different to what
you've seen for Donnington and Brands Hatch, because as you've just alluded to there, we are
going to be at the circuit, so it will be more of a quickfire live reaction video without the
in-depth analysis you come to know and love for the touring car podcast. But as I say,
it's going to be slightly different just because we're going to be there reacting straight to it.
And also, as listeners will know, I've been a little bit down on it. You've been less so,
but still in the down spectrum. So we'll be able to react to see how it is actually like for fans
at the circuit. It'll be interesting to see if the screens, etc., are turned on, or if they exist
at all, because Brands Hatch didn't have them period. I have a little theory about the screens
at Brands Hatch, and I just think that's just because of how small the indie circuit is. You
can see the majority of it, so you don't tend to miss too much where you can on these larger circuits,
especially like SNET, and being the largest one on the calendar. Right, well, you've assured
me you've done some of your research this week. So, I mean, we will crack through the usual stuff,
so SNET, and then 2.97 miles is the longest circuit on the calendar, I believe was cropped
slightly longer. It's got, no, there you go. Let's answer that then. 12 corners,
straight that goes on for basically a mile, and it debuted in 1959. Now, this is a bit where
Sam normally embarrasses himself. However, would you like to tell me who has the quantifying
lap record around here? I believe it was Camish last year. It was. Would you like to have a
hazard of a guess of the time? No. 159? 153.8. Oh, okay. So, I was thinking of wet times.
He's thinking of wet times. Would you like to guess or tell me, as you know, the race
record around here? That was Sutton in 2023. It was. Guess on the time? No, no guess on the time.
154.9. So, a second, basically just over a second slower than race.
I think that may well be beaten this weekend. No, looking at how the cars are set up nowadays,
they are gradually getting a little bit quicker and quicker. The only thing that might
could tell that is if it is too hot. There is a window where these touring cars are,
they're very fragile beasts. If it's too cold, they don't like it. If it's too hot, they don't
like it. There is a really small operating window, which we could, in fairness, be in this weekend.
We could. We could very well be, especially if we get a little bit of cloud cover, no direct sunlight,
but plenty of warm ambient temperature. As you said, two of the longest rates in the UK as well
for race circuits. So, possibly some slipstreaming and I think there'll be plenty of passes.
We'll see on the boost going down into the Ss as well. There'll be a lot of
boost passes and that's straight 100%. Before we go into last year's stuff, do you like Snediton?
Do you like those screens? I'm not sure whether I like Snediton one because it's
my local track and the track that I went to so much throughout my teenage years.
Yeah, you've got a lot of fond memories. Yeah. And I was able to go and bike around there and
know the ins and outs of it. Obviously, it's changed. I think it was 2011 when it had its
redevelopment and has now changed to the 300 layout. I think that has really helped it and
really improved it because you get that infield section where a lot of people can spectate from
and you can see quite a lot of action. Oh, hello. I don't. I prefer the old layout. Really? I think
it was a quicker circuit. I think this has slowed the circuit down quite a lot. I understand why
I've done that and I think for other racing it might be really good, but for the touring cars,
I think those sections are quite tight and we don't see a lot of overtaking in that section.
I think that it's more about setting yourself up to get a good run on the straight
in that particular part of the track. I still think that, yes, you can overtake into the hairpin.
Is it Agostini the hairpin? Yep. And you can, but that's basically the only part of the infield
you see overtaking on. I think the action is still mainly at the S's and the bomb hold part of the
track. It's just a little bit too slow for me. I don't think that there's a lot of opportunity
for overtaking, which I think is a little bit of a problem. I think part of the problem as well
for me is that it comes after somewhere like Brandt's Hatch, where you can pretty much overtake
on every corner at Brandt's Hatch. And that's in my world how a race circuit should be,
that the majority of the corner should be overtaking areas. It seems bonkers in my mind that you hear
people describing tracks as, oh, you can't overtake here. Why? It is a race circuit.
And I think it's a little bit from that. But again, I think that's...
Probably depends which driver you are as well. Some of the drivers on the grid just go for it.
And I think it does depend on the series. I think we've seen previously other series and support
series that are a little bit more interesting in the infield sections. They do use it to overtake,
whereas in the touring cars, I just think there might be a little bit too big and wide
to maximize the track. And having driven it, like I have, and I always mention it every year,
it is amazing how narrow it is when you're actually driving it. And I have a Vauxhall
Corsa, it's not particularly wide, but it is when you're behind the wheel in some of those
infield sections, it is really tight. It's not like a DTM car then. Mine isn't, no. No, it's not.
Right, going back then to last year's results. Camish, to apologize, you quite rightly said.
Race one was won by Dan Cam from Ingram from Sutton. Race two, Dan Robotton from Morgan
from Chilton. I think Camish fell all the way back to maybe 15, 16, 17.
It's tires had a big influence last season. Absolutely. And then race three,
Dobal took his maiden win from Sutton from... In the astra.
Sadly, no more. From Sutton from Cook. So Sutton likes this circuit, Ingram likes this circuit.
Those two at the top of the standings, I think that ends the podcast.
It's very much of the circuits we've got on the calendar. It's very much the circuit where I go.
That is a saloon car circuit. Agreed. Because of the long straights, because of the flowing
corners that you got around the back of the circuit, I think we could actually see the Mercedes
run quite well this weekend. Agreed. As long as it's got the grunt down the straights,
which we believe it probably has, and they've fine-tuned and fettled that to the maximum that
they can so soon into the project. They will also have a higher salocation of boost because
neither of them have done particularly well in the standings in the open two weekends.
They could certainly be two drivers to watch this weekend as to how they're going to make
progress through the field if they don't already qualify well on the Saturday.
Absolutely. I would agree with you on that. I think the only, let's say,
mind the interesting thing on the qualifying front will be, it was only 10 minutes.
It's a long lap. It's nearly a two-minute lap. You're only really going to get maybe three
fast laps in. They're not going to have time to mess about if they get track limits and stuff like
that. That is going to be a little bit of a peril this weekend. Obviously, we've just come from
Branzi, where it's a 49-secle lap. We're now going somewhere it's nearly two minutes, so
that could play a part. What I would also say, because of the length of the circuit, though,
being split into two different groups, they shouldn't have any problem with drivers getting
in the way. No, I agree. They should be able to spread themselves out nicely and possibly even
pick up long slipstreams to help them in there. Yeah. I think I say you're going to be looking
at four minutes for a flying lap and a quick lap, which means you're probably only going to get
two, maybe three quick laps in, depending on timings and when you go, etc. There's going
to definitely be a need this weekend for them to be on it from the start, which could be interesting.
I think that might suit some of the stronger qualifiers a little bit better. I think that
Sidenomingo are really going to struggle in the Saturday sessions, because I think they'll be
swallowed up by the boost. They won't have the high amounts of boost. Of course, they've got
to get the laps right early. I think that could be tricky for them. Two drivers that know how to
do it. Absolutely. You would back both of them, but I think that there are some circuits where
you don't necessarily feel the boost as much as anywhere else. I think here with that straight,
you are really going to see. The other thing that I would say is knowing how good they are and
knowing how well they can pass, I think the race to pole situation that we have this season
benefits them more at a circuit like this, rather than that qualifying session that then sets the
grid for the Sunday. Yes, because they've got a good chance to come through the field in
race trim if they qualify a bit further down. Would agree with you on that. Is that good for
the championship? That's another question, which we'll have a think about when we actually see
what unfolds on the Saturday. It'll be interesting, I think, for some of the other teams like PMR
this weekend. Obviously, I would expect the Audi to go well here. As he alluded to there,
Mikey Dobel took his first win here. Moffat tends to go fairly strongly around here in the past,
so it'd be interesting to see what they can do this weekend. Do you think the Toyota might struggle?
We've always seen the Toyota run okay here, especially in the hands of Ingram. And Colard
won here on the road. Exactly. Not on a steward's bus, but he won it on the road.
So do you think we're going to see the same sort of difficulties? Obviously,
Bucs then had a really quite haul weekend at Brands last time. You could replace that
at the start of the season, if you like. Struggled to keep it on the circuit, a decent
amount at the time. But we also saw Anthe Smith last time outtake his fifth win of his career in
the first in 10 years. And Shedden has had a podium. Exactly. Toyota are a really tricky one,
because I think the ladies at all side of things are pretty good. I think they're pretty solid. I
don't think they're going to be in the conversation for poll, but I think they're going to be well
in the top 10. I think that's basically where they are. I don't think they're quite at the elite
level of the Napa Ford and the Hyundai at the moment, but they're not a long way off. And I
think that they've shown that they can pick up good results by their less solidness.
The other side of the garage or Bucs and seems to be running about an engine.
That's just not gone at all well for him. And Cook can't seem to keep the tires inflated.
So it's really difficult to judge where Toyota might be, because I say,
yeah, half of them are doing quite well. The other half seems to be getting all the bad luck.
And then what we've always known is there are plenty of traction zones here at
Stetson. So it should be good for the real-world drive car, back being the BMW.
Two drivers this weekend, as far as we know, but talks have possibly a third coming later
to the season and possibly even a certain Mr. Jake Hill as well. That has been at the
rumours on the grapevine. Rumours are up there to be believed, but should they expect to have
a good weekend this season? Or this weekend even? I think that if the hotter it is, the better
they'll be. We know they do really well in the heat. They're probably the best cars we're dealing
with, hot conditions. We've seen that in the past, a brand touch last year. I think from memory,
they did really well at the Stetson, one where it was nearly 40 degrees. That was a ridiculous
weekend. And they were strong there, if memory serves me right. I think Turquatin won that weekend.
And as you say, traction zones, there is a saloon-style car. They're going to have a good
level of boost. Everything would point to them having a good weekend, but everything points to
having a good weekend at brands. Although that was a lot colder than I think anyone was expecting.
It was, although Rainford is also a very good wet driver. I mean, obviously,
that there was incidents of bits and pieces. We saw some flashes of pace.
Yeah, we did. Absolutely, we did. I'm just saying that, again, they're quite hard to judge,
because they've not quite hit the ground running. They have had some issues. They've had some bad
luck along the way as well. But yeah, I think that this is the track where they'll both be aiming,
dealing on Rainford to really kickstart their seasons and try and get themselves back in.
It's mad that leaving Donnington Park, Rainford are second in the championship.
Leaving Brands Hatch, I think he's dropped to eighth, eighth or ninth. Yeah,
crazy how quickly that can change. So yeah, I think points to BMW having a good weekend.
And yet, this is touring cars. Part of the reason that he fell down through the championship
were obviously poor results, but also other drivers at Brands had really good weekends,
like Collard. Yeah, Collard goes well around here as well. Collard does go well around here,
and I think he's probably going to be Ingram's biggest ally this weekend in trying to keep those
Napa Fords back and be a thorn in the side of Mr. Sutton.
Yeah, I mean, Chilton also goes well here talking about the Virtue team, and I think
he needs to have a good weekend. As long as the car allows him to.
Yeah, I think he needs to have a good weekend because he's had a bit of a scrappy start.
He's a long way off in the championship. I know it's early doors, but I think it's been compounded
by the fact that Ingram is already second. Okay, you expect that. But then how well Collard has
started the season as well. I think that has kind of, yeah, just highlighted a little bit more
that Chilton hasn't had the best of starts to the 2026 campaign. But again, this would be a good
chance for him. He's going to have a good load of boost. It's a circuit he goes well at when
he's not in cornfields. And yeah, I think that he will also be looking this weekend to try and
push his way, certainly to the podium places.
Do you reckon he can take a win?
Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, yeah. To be honest with you, I think that
75% of the field could take a win this weekend. I think there's only a couple of drives that you
wouldn't be putting wins on, and Chilton would not fall into the no good degree, to be honest with
you. I think that, yeah, I think, I think Selby and Osborne might struggle this weekend a little
bit. I tend to think Osborne goes better at fast flowing circuits.
Yeah, we've seen that with Silverstone and Browns.
Yeah. And to a discontent, I know Donington's long, but it flows a lot better. And I think Selby
might really struggle this weekend because it's going to be a long hot lap in a car that he's not
still not fully up to speed with. It's not necessarily going to be a great place to be
for him if it's hot and you're just trying to churn it out lap after lap and you're still
getting used to all the bits and pieces. So it'd be interesting to see how they run.
The Jack Sears is really interesting because that's turned on its head after the first week
as well. And I think the restart Hyundai is, again, really difficult to grade at this point
because they're not existing at Donington, but Browns, Dallin won two out of three Jack Sears
and now sits top of the Jack Sears championship. Smiley could do a good weekend. Smiley kept
getting bumped into. Yeah, he could do a good weekend though, this one coming. So,
yeah, I think that's pretty much everything spoken about in some shape or form.
I don't think there's anyone else to talk about team wise.
No, I don't think there is, is there?
Shall I update you on the support series that we've got this weekend then?
You can. I will then do the timings and we'll go into predictions.
So we have the mini challenge with us. We've got the Porsche Carrera Cup
Great Britain, obviously the F4s. Just that might be it.
It's not, is there two minis this weekend?
Mini challenge trophy and mini challenge.
Yeah, I thought we had two minis. So two types of minis this weekend.
It's not the greatest support package if I'm being honest. It's not particularly big. I think,
again, part of it is when you tempt your expectations from having a good support package
at Brands where we had the cater rooms that were quite fun to watch and now come down to this.
But again, I think because the length of the circuit is difficult to get some of the more
eclectic support races to race around to, although we have had radicals here in the past.
We have, we have. And for timings on Sunday, we've got the first touring car race at 1130.
Obviously, all times are subject to change. The pit lane walkabout then hopefully will be
about 10 to 1 to 20 past 1, followed by another touring car race at 230 and the final one at
520, all of which are scheduled to be 12 laps as long as we don't see any safety car and have laps
added on. Saturday, the qualifying first session of the 35 minutes of standing around watching
cars is two o'clock till Huppers, or just gone to Huppers 2. And then the race, the sprint race
to pole event will be five minutes past three, which is eight laps long. Eight laps long.
Anything else? Or should we do our predictions? Let's do our predictions. We can then cover
anything that we might think of afterwards. So where do you want to start this weekend?
We'll start at the top with our sprint or qualifying pole sitter. That makes sense to you all.
That's bold. I've got for Mikey Doble. I think the car will be quick.
And he's going to have a decent allocation of boost. He's not going to have the best on the
field, but that Audi looks so strong already this season. I think, as I mentioned, Saloon circuit,
bit of grunt, that car has got it in abundance. So yeah, Mikey Doble.
I've gone for that. That's very bold. I know you think that's bold, but I think I know how
good of a driver he is. And there's a reason he's got a 40-point lead at the top of the championship
already. There is. I just, I can't look past the boost issue for him this weekend. I just can't
see past that. We'll see how it turns out. Yep. I don't think Doble wins the sprint race, though,
because nobody has as of yet. I think Dan Kamish wins that. I agree with you on that. I think
he's going to have a decent weekend this weekend. As we've already said, he went well at that last
year. And I think he'll back that up again this season. I almost had him for pole as well, I have
to say, but I think it'll just miss out. And yeah, win the sprint race. Then in terms of three winners.
I've gone for Ingram Sutton and Collar. Yeah, okay. It feels, especially after the open two ends,
yes. Okay. Ingram has only taken one so far. Obviously, he had one taken off of him, but
penalties and such like, but they're the two drivers to beat. And I just think they're good
enough to win anywhere. I have gone in a completely different direction. You have. I don't have
Sutton or Ingram winning a race. I've got Kamish winning the race. I think he will. I think he's
very strong round here. I've got Robotton winning a race. I think that the car will be strong here.
I think that it goes one or two ways. Oh, 100%.
He's really strong here at all. They'll struggle. And I go for Doble repeating last year and getting
a race win, potentially race three maybe. But I think that Doble can be on top of the podium.
My Collar prediction is sort of like in there with, I think he's going to be up in that top four or five.
Yeah. Yeah. He's going to make a new sense of himself. Oh, God, yeah. And he could just fall
into a position where he's going to be leading on final half of the race. I think it's fair to say
yours are in the more safe category. Nice. However, they might get a point where you have to stop
predicting Sutton and Ingram to keep things interesting. And Jack says we've gone for the
same driver once again in Paterson. Yeah, I think the Audi is going to be better than any of the
cars this weekend in that category. Right, into our general predictions then. And I'll kick
things off. I think Adam Morgan will outscore Tom Chilton this weekend. Fairly simple. Okay, fair enough.
I've gone for no BMW podium on Sunday, which, okay, there's only two on the grid.
But we know how strong BMW can be here. And if it's going to be as hot as we think it will be,
then that's touch and go. And just for clarity, that is the outright podium,
because they are both independents. Yes, no greed. Okay, I've gone for the race one winner.
We'll finish outside of the top 10 in race two. So if it wins race one, won't finish inside the
top 10 for race two. I think we're tires with boost and with shenanigans that can happen.
Yeah. Yeah. Okay, fair enough. I've gone for Sutton or Ingram to be outscored by another driver,
not Sutton or Ingram. Okay. Across the weekend. That is bold. Okay. Yeah, okay. Only takes one
driver to outscore him. It only takes one point more. I'd be fascinated to go back through the
history of the last few seasons to see when that actually happened. Yes. Yes. But yes,
I'm going to think go for it would have probably been Jake here that not kill last
year off the top of my head. But yeah, okay, fair play. And I've gone for there'll be a new
independent and Jack Sears leader by the end of the weekend. So coming into the weekend.
Jack Sears. Yeah. So coming into the weekend, Dornan leads the Jack Sears. And who is the
independence? I'm assuming it's one of the Audi's. I put a post up literally on Instagram earlier.
It's dobb. It's dobble, dobble. Yeah, dobble. Sorry. So yeah, dobble leads the independence.
Dornan leads the Jack Sears by the end of the weekend. Neither of them will be leading their
respective championships. Fair enough. My final one is I played a racing podium this weekend.
Yeah, okay. We haven't seen one as of yet. I think this is going to be the circuit has already
said where they could start to look like they're excelling Saturday or Sunday, Sunday, Sunday.
Yeah. And I think it's going to be the circuit where they have the best opportunity to get
on to the podium. Yeah, I think this is the circuit so far or best suit them without a
shadow of a doubt agreed. Yeah, completely agree. I will just quickly run through the
standings then as I've alluded to them there. Sutton leads the way, as you say, of a large
point in the distance. A very large point gap over Ingram. Mikey Doble in third,
Collard Camish, Moffat, Taylor Smith, Rainford, De Leon on Sheddon rounding out your top 10.
Over in the independence, Doble leads that from Moffat, De Leon, Taylor Smith,
Sheddon, Rainford, Smiley, Dornan and Patterson. Patterson led that at the end of Dyington.
I know. Mad. And then in the Jack Sears standings, Dornan from Patterson, from Osborne from Selby,
from Hamilton, from Buxton. That independent championship is going to be really close.
Yes, it is. Especially with the BMWs and to the Toyotas having dropped into it for this season
going forward. Pick a name out of hat from those at the moment, certainly.
Yep, would agree. Would agree. Any further thoughts ahead of the weekend?
I'm looking forward to it because it is close. It is our close circuit. It should be hopefully
quite hot. If it is hot, then there is not a lot of shade, it's not. And if you're going for the
first time, so you're going to want to make sure you pack your umbrellas, your sun hats,
and your suntan lotion, and not only just pack the suntan lotion, use the suntan lotion.
I might bring a cushion this weekend. You really are getting old. You really are getting old, aren't
you? Yeah. Yeah, bring all the necessities that you need for the weekend. But hopefully,
it will be a good weekend of racing. What I do like about Staten is there are plenty of places
to view from. That is a very, very good point. And it is a very good viewing circuit. Either
up on the main bank, down the back straight, you can see a lot of the action on the infield,
even down at the final S's. Or all the way up for turn one, you can go down right down the
down the bank, can't you? So, you know, it is a good circuit for viewing. That is a very good
point. And we'll get our steps in because it's a long walk to various bits and pieces. So, yeah.
But I'm looking forward to it. I say it's not necessarily my favourite circuit for racing,
but it is a good circuit for a reason. So, I'm looking forward to it. And it is your birthday.
So, I'm looking forward to celebrating your 50th this weekend. Hopefully, we'll be able to speak
to a couple of drivers as well, walking up and down the paddock and the pit lane, which obviously
no one's really able to do unless you've got the OP Access app brands. So, that makes a nice
difference and a nice change. But yeah, until the Saturday review, we'll be back then. Bye for now.
About this episode
Snetterton BTCC weekend gets a full preview, from weekend logistics and timing around an F1 race to what qualifying and the sprint-to-pole format could feel like. The hosts break down the circuit’s 2.97-mile length, 12 corners, and key overtaking zones, arguing that a small temperature window, slipstreaming, and boost into the Ss and hairpin will shape the action. They also look at who’s likely to lead—especially Audi—while noting the championship picture and spectator viewing spots.
