2008 British Grand Prix - Race 9/17
- Thread starter rpstewart
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Food for thought. The driving school guys say that the track looses money when the british GP is on.
Best track for vantage point is Mallory Park. You can stand in one spot and see the whole track. Its not the biggest however.
First time I saw a R32 Skyline was at Mallory Park. Lapped everything 3 or 4 times then conked out
My friend is going today and tomorrow - tomorrow his mode of transport is some 1100cc Ducati tri colour monster. I suspect the journey will be as exciting as the racing!
Indeed. Thats why they lost it, they couldnt afford Bernies silly-high fees.
Funnily enough, Bernie isn't running a charity. And I'm reasonably sure Silverstone *could* afford to run the GP, they just *wouldn't*.
I swear, some of you have really odd ideas about Bernie being the root of all evil....
I understand that, what I fail to understand is how a track is meant to host a GP when the sole income they have is gate money. Bernie takes all the TV money, all the trackside advertising money and the race title sponsorship.
NO!
I want to stay dry for the day
Only if you are there would I want it to stay dry.
For the millions watching on TV rain would make a usually fairly dull race into something worth watching.
Speaking of which i'm so annoyed with the weather forecasts for the last few races. Canada said it was going to rain... we only got it in a practice session. France was supposed to rain, got it in the GP2 and it was cracking but nothing for F1 and YET ANOTHER DULL RACE followed (why is Mangy Bore on the F1 calendar!!?!?!). Supposed to rain for quali and race for Silverstone but looking at the BBC forecast, no rain for quali and the race forecast is looking like being dry every time I check!!!
Saturday Practice Times
DC had yet more mechanical issues meaning he could only set a time when the track was wet.
Code:
1. Alonso Renault (B) 1:20.740 16
2. Webber Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:20.988 + 0.248 18
3. Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:21.266 + 0.526 14
4. Vettel Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:21.277 + 0.537 19
5. Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes (B) 1:21.668 + 0.928 14
6. Piquet Renault (B) 1:21.786 + 1.046 14
7. Bourdais Toro Rosso-Ferrari (B) 1:22.059 + 1.319 21
8. Glock Toyota (B) 1:22.183 + 1.443 21
9. Raikkonen Ferrari (B) 1:22.355 + 1.615 20
10. Barrichello Honda (B) 1:22.387 + 1.647 17
11. Button Honda (B) 1:22.440 + 1.700 19
12. Massa Ferrari (B) 1:22.461 + 1.721 20
13. Rosberg Williams-Toyota (B) 1:22.544 + 1.804 18
14. Trulli Toyota (B) 1:22.556 + 1.816 20
15. Heidfeld BMW Sauber (B) 1:22.916 + 2.176 22
16. Nakajima Williams-Toyota (B) 1:23.028 + 2.288 17
17. Sutil Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:23.049 + 2.309 22
18. Fisichella Force India-Ferrari (B) 1:23.112 + 2.372 21
19. Kubica BMW Sauber (B) 1:23.282 + 2.542 20
20. Coulthard Red Bull-Renault (B) 1:32.119 + 11.379 6DC had yet more mechanical issues meaning he could only set a time when the track was wet.
I got a call yesterday offering me some platinum corporate hospitality tickets for tomorrow. They arrived this morning and the itinery says that breakfast is served in our tent from 08:00 with the first race at 08:30. Having never been to Silverstone before, my question is what is the traffic like near the track at that time of the morning and what should I allow over and above the normal travel time to get parked up and into the venue for breakfast?
First of all DAMN YOU!!!
We were in there by 6am having left Bristol at 3am and gone to the Park and Ride to leave our car.
Never seen so many people wide awake at that time on a Sunday!
First of all DAMN YOU!!!
Yeah, I'm pretty chuffed as it was completely out of the blue. Free food and drink all day long and seats in some sort of executive box on Copse.
I've got car park tickets for something quite close to the circuit I think so no parking and riding. Certainly the instructions tell you to walk from parking the car to the gate we have to go in.