Worst Snowfall in Britain since 20 years - but Marlon Stockinger is testing...!
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Stockinger in Great Britain!
Worst Snowfall in Britain since 20 years - but Marlon
Stockinger is testing...!
“We
literally arrived with the last plane flying into
London’s Heathrow airport last February 1. After that
everything stopped working: Airports, trains,
Highways and even the famous London tube.
Rugged
up, but a relaxed Marlon & now
dealing with Ice and Snow...
But
not us: After a day or so we started testing at
famous Olton Park circuit. It was just a matter of
clearing away the snow and waiting for the ice to
melt away at around 10 am before hitting the track.
February and March have a heavy testing schedule on
all the tracks of the UK Renault Championship. The
tracks are older, narrower and more challenging than
most of the European and Asian circuits I know. You
make a small mistake and you end up in the wall
destroying the car as many of my competitors, team
mates and myself experienced last week in a very fast
and tricky circuit called Thruxton. All testing
generally went very well and I am among the fastest,
specially in the wet which is good because it rains a
lot in England! If you had fast times on the track,
every body knows right away in Silverstone: Your
landlady, the bartender in the pub (only lemonade,
please!) or the waiter in the restaurant…it’s
incredible, everything revolves around racing here.
Snow
on the side of the track...
I
am currently living in Silverstone near the famous
track in a Bed & Breakfast together with other
racers and my Hungarian team mate Tamas Pal Kiss.
The season starts with the first race in famous
Brands Hatch on April 4/5 (my Birthday!) I am
delighted to participate in a series that has
produced such great champions like Lewis Hamilton and
Kimi Raikkonen.
Action
in cold weather...
If
time permits I will study between races at CATS
College in Cambridge, the same college that Lewis
Hamilton went to. Uhhh…that’s the hard part!
And of course…I will try to visit the Philippines!”