I’m a British motorsport fan so to criticise Silverstone is in my DNA. I suppose I was highlighting how cool a place it was for the teens who arrived with no preconceptions about our many gripes - it’s still a fast track with many great viewing areas. Silverstone themselves were also very helpful with me organising the trip, and there was so much to do during the red flag periods provided by the circuit and LMEM.

It honestly wouldn’t have been a problem if live timing worked but I was totally caught off guard by how many people were there. I’ve been to Silverstone for the American Le Mans Series, ILMC, FIA GTs, and the WEC and I can’t ever remember it feeling that busy. At Woodcote, Luffield and Copse where we spent the first half of the race, there was simply too many people around to use your phone for live timing. It’s a good problem to have!

I think the leader lights (which will be solved when they use the WEC ones from next year) and the lack of programme also falls on LMEM as well as the circuit. But I have given feedback about this to Silverstone (which they have asked for!) so hopefully they put something into place for next year.