Glacier White 200 Cup

[Tarticmonkey]

Death, taxes, clio gearbox issues and red flags at Donington. The four guarantees in life

 

[burrellbloke]

Here are a few of the track day photos of the Clio from Donington Park.

 

[Chambers_rs]

Gold wheels really suit that

 

[burrellbloke]

Here is a bit of footage from Donington Park on 6th November 2025.

This is the 4th gear challenge hot lap, and in fact my fastest lap of the day.

 

[dan_87]

Love this

 

[burrellbloke]

The Clio has not moved since it came back from Donington Park in November 2025. Due to busy lives we have still not investigated the gearbox issue yet.

I have SORN'd the car as it was due an MOT recently but I decided that as the Clio was not going to be used for a little bit that we would sort out some issues and then get it back on the road.

The car needs to have the suspension to be removed, and rebuilt by Gazmatic. The front drivers side strut is not rebounding like it should and the rear drivers side strut is leaking. As Gaz is only a short drive from home we can drop off all of the struts, and get them rebuilt and any perished parts replaced, and then pick them up. We have had the fronts rebuilt before by Gaz and the cost was very reasonable.

When the suspension is back we can see if there are any obvious issues with the gearbox. If it continues to be a problem that only reveals itself after a few miles of driving we will have to get the car MOT'd and then investigate some more.



We are booked on to the OpenTrack double header date at Zandvoort on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th February 2026. Neither of us have done Zandvoort before so two full days there should fun - we just need to hope that the Clio works for two days rather than doing a few sessions and giving up early on Saturday morning.

Next in the Clio's track day calendar is Donington Park on Monday 16th March 2026. This is a date that a lot of Megane and Clios have booked on to so we thought why not?



The Clio is returning for its third trip to the Nurburgring for the Circuit Days track day on Monday 6th July 2026. We will travel over on either the Friday or Saturday before to have a weekend at the Ring and will probably do a few slow and easy TF laps.



I have three items on my Wishlist at the moment:

1. Full cage
2. Electronic dash to replace the analogue clocks
3. New lighter wheels

The cage is at the top of the list and is the priority this year, but as track days abroad are not cheap it is something that may have to wait until later in the year. We did think about a full weld in cage from someone like Fulcrum Motorsport but it would cost twice as much and be a pain to paint so it is likely that we will go for a SW Motorsport bolt in full cage.

2026 Should be good fun in the Clio.