This is really annoying me and Im desprately searching the forum to find an answer.

I managed to get on a server for ONE whole lap

Ditto

I have the same problem and it seems to be totally random. Some days it's fine, other not.

Ditto!

I too am having the same problem. Sometimes it will just suddenly work but most of the time it's annoying slow and when I do get racing, I'll loose my connection mid race.

I too am in the UK, Blackpool and all my other online games work fine.

GK