All salient questions we have gone through, yes.
Hotel’s are a given, not all circuits allow camping. I’d prefer to camp as it helps ensure a good pit garage choice and it’s more secure, sleeping near the bikes. Plus, a bit more sleep. But we’ll have to stick with hotels for now. The downside to hotels is worrying about the bikes/gear in the van. A van does not guarantee security. They do get broken into.
A car is far more comfortable to drive, than a van. This is a big part of our trailer decision. Jury’s out on using our Tesla as it has a major downside: you have to unhitch to charge. We don’t know if this is going to be a hassle or not. We are expecting 50% range reduction, so will almost certainly have to unhitch at least once, maybe twice for all but Brands Hatch. If we can charge at the circuit it might massively improve matters, we don’t know. The upside to the Tesla is that Autopilot works in Trailer Mode, which massively reduces fatigue, which would be amazing at the end of the day when we’re both tired.
Some circuits are clear about charging a small surcharge for such situations. That’s totally fine of course.
We will give it a go though. If it’s a terrible experience, we are prepared to buy a second hand, 7-10 year old towing vehicle, ie a diesel SUV. This would have been sacrilege before, but one has to be pragmatic if one wishes to enjoy the finer things in life
Injuries… a car and trailer is better as invariably only one of us gets added to the hire van insurance at the mo, so this would be an improvement. Hitching a trailer? I’m sure both of us can, but if not, there will be someone to help. People are helpful at Trackdays, mostly.
On balance, I think a van with sleeping capacity would be ideal, especially if it was an automatic with adaptive cruise control, etc, but we can’t fit one, so it’s a moot point.
We could use a normal size van and sleep in it after removing the bikes, but I don’t like the idea of keeping the bikes outside. I don’t think I’d sleep very well, worrying about them. Even if they were chained up.