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« on: July 04, 2008, 01:07:00 pm » |
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« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2008, 01:18:23 pm » |
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Brilliant news! Silverstone is lifeless now with no viewing areas at GP weekend unless you've got a seat... i wouldn't mind paying to go to a F1 race at Donington! The views from the infield would be great! If they don't put concrete everywhere to obstruct the views?!
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« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2008, 01:23:35 pm » |
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Brilliant news! Silverstone is lifeless now with no viewing areas at GP weekend unless you've got a seat... i wouldn't mind paying to go to a F1 race at Donington! The views from the infield would be great! If they don't put concrete everywhere to obstruct the views?!
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« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2008, 01:34:31 pm » |
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Might even go the GP in 2010 now Haven't been since I discovered the 24 Heures. Funnily enough it was because of the ALMS race at Donington that we 1st went to Le Mans Hope they don't screw up what is a great track already! |
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« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2008, 01:38:21 pm » |
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You do have to wonder what plans Donington have put on the table to pull this off. At the moment it is one of the great tracks in the UK with fantastic spectator viewing. We can but hope they don't screw that up to appease the poison dwarf and his travelling circus.
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« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2008, 01:48:31 pm » |
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hhhmmm Donington is going to need;-
New access roads
New Pits
New Paddock (over the top of the Melbourne Loop)
Longer Track
New Spectator Facilities
New Grandstands (that will block the viewing...)
Track upgrade to F1 safety standards
I wonder if this will just end up like the Brands Hatch deal.... Especially when the owners realise that they have to spend huge amounts of money and get 1p revenue from it all after Bernie and his buddies have taken everything else...
Still good luck to them, at least Silverstone/BRDC don't have to worry about raising a load of money hacking about with the circuit!
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« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2008, 01:49:11 pm » |
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Hmmm think they might have to widen parts of the circuit which will change how it drives. IMO that can't possibly make it a better track  |
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« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2008, 01:58:37 pm » |
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Good news. It's about time the BRDC had its arse kicked. How long have they been promising a major refirmishment. I remember seeing plans about 4 years ago for a state of the art pit complex on the hanger straight and nothing has been built yet. The grandstand opposite the pits hasn't even got a roof on it. A real asset on a typical British summers day. I'm sorry but I don't consider building a few extra toilet blocks and tarmacing the carparks a major refirb.
I am certainly no fan of the poison dwarf, but, to be fair to him he has been warning them for years that he would take the GP away and they didn't listen. So tough sh*t Silverstone. May the souless dump rot away.
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« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2008, 02:23:10 pm » |
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Not sure whether to celebrate or mourn... IF (don't forget Bernie has already taken the GP away from Silverstone once only for planning regs to stop the move to Brands) the swap happens then we can celebrate the passing of Silverstone (dump that it is). But like others I have concerns that the changes necessary to make Donington a GP venue would sterilise its existing charms.  |
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« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2008, 02:27:43 pm » |
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I think becasue of the changes required to bring the circuit up to the required FIA / Bernie level, then there is a great risk that Donington will become as faceless as Silverstone.
Donington is a great circuit for watching now, as it is, but that will have to change to support F1.
I think this might turn out to be a thinly disguised shot across the bows of Silverstone.
Plus they only have about 18 months to get all the planning done and granted, and then complete the physical works.
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« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2008, 03:25:20 pm » |
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To save Donnington, British immigration should blacklist german race circuit designer Hermann Tilke immidiately
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« Reply #11 on: July 04, 2008, 03:50:04 pm » |
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Brilliant news! Silverstone is lifeless now with no viewing areas at GP weekend unless you've got a seat... i wouldn't mind paying to go to a F1 race at Donington! The views from the infield would be great! If they don't put concrete everywhere to obstruct the views?!
Ah bless you. Pretending you like cars again Rob you're right... someone must have hijacked my machine/account |
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« Reply #12 on: July 04, 2008, 05:22:43 pm » |
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I have just got back from Silverstone, wandering around the back of the F1 padock. Donnington have got thier work cut out, new pits (they have just built new ones too) new bigger smoother padock, grandstands, service roads, (If anyone remebers Renult Day at Donnington, It was hell getting out).
The one major problem they will have is closing East Midlands Airport for 3 days, when they were there for the European GP (Wich Tom Wheatcroft lost a small fortune on and told BE were to stuff it when he was offerd the Brit GP contract) the cranes for lifting the cars of the track, monaco style, were right in the flight path. Now there a hellicopters, costanly flying around.
So one of Britains greatst tracks is about to get ruined, leave it at Silverstone that's ruined already! Plus we could do with keeping the revenue the GP brings round here
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« Reply #13 on: July 04, 2008, 05:24:37 pm » |
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And think about all the high catch fencing that is sure to go up, lots of great photo places at the track will be lost  |
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« Reply #14 on: July 04, 2008, 05:29:59 pm » |
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Do you think they'll have to move the pits at Donnington? can't see Bernie putting up with that amount of room length wise & width wise.
How about onto the straight opposite the exhibition hall (not very flat there)or on the exhibition site??
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