(08-06-2015, 05:12 PM)excollier Wrote: Can someone remind me why the early morning practices were stopped please? It used to be all done and dusted by 7 a.m. and roads opened. I know, as a marshal in the late eighties, it was a bit tough getting up at 4 a.m. but the roads were quiet and the marshals and the very hardy were the only traffic, fewer accidents.

I loved the early morning practices, up at 4, a couple of hours marshalling, big fry up breakfast after, then back to bed for a couple of hours.
It was like having 2 days for every day in practice week (if you know what I mean).
And no crowds of spectators to worry about.