点评:We had 10 people booked in for a mini GP today. We were instructed to arrive at 2 and our session will start at 2:30. The mini GP is structured as 1X5min warm up session, 2X10min race heat and 1X10min grand final according to their website.
Four of our members, including myself, were 25 minutes late, which is our fault. When we arrived at 2:25, We were told that for us who were late, we will miss 15 minutes of our driving time because they combined the first 5 minutes warmup session with the first 10min race heat, which was not previously stated.
We also asked if it's possible to make up our loss by putting us in one come and drive session (10min) if there are seats available, the reception lady told us that we can't join one unless we want to pay $40 for it.
I would like to take the full responsibility of being late. It's very reasonable that if we missed the brief, we are not allowed to be on the track with our friends. I understand punctuality is very important, however, this is not my final exam, it just a leisure activity. You can kick your friends out of your birthday party for being 25 minutes late, but you normally wouldn't do that. Giving us a free 10 min session for missing our 15 min session has no safety risk, will not affect other people, and that's the driving time we had already paid for anyway.
Eventually, four of us who were late were only got to drive 20min on track for $125 per person, when the track wasn't even busy, and it was easy to just put us in one of the 10 minutes arrive and drive sessions. It seems that they just want to punish us for our mistake as hard, as harsh as they possibly can instead of working with us, and this decision is very likely to be backed up by their management team because the lady at reception tells us feel free to send them an email if we want to complain.
Also, anyone who is considering booking a mini gp should be aware that the grand final is NOT a standing start race as all of you would expect. It's just the same format as a normal arrive and drive session except the fastest person got to leave pit first. There will be no checkered flag either, your racing result will only depend on your fastest lap.
翻译:今天我们有 10 个人预约了迷你全科医生。我们被告知 2 点到达,我们的会议将于 2:30 开始。根据其网站,迷你大奖赛的结构为 1X5 分钟热身赛、2X10 分钟正赛和 1X10 分钟总决赛。
我们的四名成员,包括我自己,迟到了 25 分钟,这是我们的错。当我们2点25分到达的时候,我们被告知,对于迟到的我们来说,我们将错过15分钟的驾驶时间,因为他们将前5分钟的热身赛和前10分钟的比赛热身赛结合在一起,这是之前没有说明的。
我们还询问,如果有空位的话,是否可以安排我们参加一个来了就开车(10分钟)的课程来弥补我们的损失,接待女士告诉我们,除非我们愿意支付 40 美元,否则我们不能参加。
我愿意承担迟到的全部责任。如果我们错过了简报,我们就不能和我们的朋友一起上赛道,这是非常合理的。我知道守时非常重要,但是,这不是我的期末考试,它只是一项休闲活动。你可以因为朋友迟到 25 分钟而将其踢出你的生日聚会,但你通常不会这样做。如果我们错过了 15 分钟的时间,就给我们免费 10 分钟的时间,没有安全风险,不会影响其他人,而且这也是我们已经支付的驾驶时间。
最终,我们四个迟到的人只需要在赛道上行驶 20 分钟,每人 125 美元,当时赛道甚至不繁忙,而且很容易让我们参加 10 分钟到达和驾驶课程之一。看来他们只是想尽可能严厉地惩罚我们的错误,而不是与我们合作,这个决定很可能得到他们的管理团队的支持,因为接待处的女士告诉我们放心如果我们想投诉,请给他们发送电子邮件。
此外,任何考虑预订迷你大奖赛的人都应该意识到,总决赛并不是所有人所期望的站立起跑比赛。这与正常的到达和驾驶会话的格式相同,只是最快的人必须先离开维修站。也不会有方格旗,您的比赛成绩将仅取决于您的最快圈速。