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Great photo's, shame I missed the old cars, but could only get there on Sunday, superb race with the petrol class keeping you excited right up to the final lap.
Attendance was very low but the weather forcasts were totally wrong, a great day to watch motor racing.
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« Reply #16 on: September 12, 2011, 09:58:26 am » |
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Good to meet a few friendly faces yesterday  : - Bob U Rick Ade JW Lord Steve Lawnmower Man Weather held off for us those it was bloomin' windy sitting at Becketts - think I have wind burn on my face. Shame those pesky Pugs won the race. Has anyone seen the photo of 007 getting airborne at around the 4 hr mark? It's on Mid-week Motorsport on Facebook. I think they were VERY lucky to get the car back in one piece. Superb GT-Pro battle for the last 30 mins Paul / Landman |
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« Reply #17 on: September 12, 2011, 11:03:10 am » |
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Yes a good weekend great to meet up with everyone again. Also saw:-
Chris24 and Dottore.
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« Reply #18 on: September 12, 2011, 11:52:36 am » |
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Yeh, good to see everyone again, and a good race too. Very well attended this year in spite the dire weather forecasted which thankfully didn't materialise. IMHO Silverstone, even after the all the rebuilding and improvements is still a soulless place with no atmosphere, and I think the changes have possibly made it worse. I must say though, the shuttle bus service around the circuit is a fantastic addition and saves a lot of walking. The new pit complex is all very modern and spacious and should keep The Poison Dwarf off The BRDC's back for a while. The Speedchills Girls that Paul and I met in the paddock were all Porkable and are going to Le Mans. Must invite them over to Blue Nord.
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« Reply #20 on: September 12, 2011, 01:21:38 pm » |
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Agree, a nice all round view from that grandstand. Bloody windy up there though. What time were you up there? We were in the top row for the first hour
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« Reply #22 on: September 12, 2011, 03:42:37 pm » |
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Official figures posted were 40,000 spectators. Was good to see everyone and agree with Bob,the circuit is even more "soul-less" then before. Good race shame about the winners  |
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« Reply #23 on: September 12, 2011, 09:36:38 pm » |
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Hey all, good to meet up with everyone, Ade, Rick, Tom, Bob, Paul, Kriss and gentlemen, you forgot to mention Helen.
I used to think the trek from Whittlebury was a pain but Copse to Woodlands is a complete mission!
The one thing I'd do to improve Silverstone would be to install some flamin' ATMs. How difficult would it be for goodness sake.
Great weekend though and great race, especially Maniac McNish's early charging (and barging). Sorry I had to leave early chaps but I had to do my ironing!
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« Reply #24 on: September 12, 2011, 10:33:15 pm » |
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Great to meet up with everyone. Cracking race & company. Some photos: Zytek Hybrid during free practice on Friday.  What a difference a day makes - the hybrid went off just before the pit entrance at the start of free practice on Saturday (I checked to make sure the driver was out before I took this).  Aftermath  Audi & Peugeot neck & neck   Peugeot #8 has an off  |
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« Reply #25 on: September 12, 2011, 11:45:38 pm » |
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« Reply #26 on: September 12, 2011, 11:50:58 pm » |
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Crackin' pics mate!
In fact boody amazing!
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« Reply #27 on: September 13, 2011, 10:13:45 am » |
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What a difference a day makes - the hybrid went off just before the pit entrance at the start of free practice on Saturday (I checked to make sure the driver was out before I took this). Aftermath Ade, great shot, it took the marshals a long time to put this out as the fuel pump never got shut off, and no one could get to the power shut off. |
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« Reply #28 on: September 13, 2011, 12:31:15 pm » |
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Had a great weekend ! Enjoyed Silverstone ... was great to see some familiar faces again & put some new faces on some forum members. @Chris24 : sorry we missed eachother, we'll meet again at Sebring.
First time I went to Silverstone, sometimes difficult to find my way around but it looks like a great track to watch a race (beside from the wind). Few grandstands with a super view over the track like Beckett's and the grandstand where we saw qualifying and the start of the classic race. Managed to get trackside for a couple of hours on Sunday afternoon, I'm still getting through my pictures but apparently they didn't turn out as well as I expected.
Cracking shots there Ade, seems like you were on the right spots this weekend !
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