It is also important to maintain regularity and visiting the outfield is calculated to seriously upset your team manager who has to make a decision as to whether to send out a replacement. It also loses valuable laps. The bank manager is also likely to be difficult if you "total" your racer as happened to one MGB driver today. Others were luckier.

There were 8 teams of Caterham Sevens and one of Lotus 7s which shows how popular this timeless design has become. Morgans were also well represented with 4 teams and it was interesting to see the rare Plus 4 SLR coupé of which only three were built.