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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Robin Hood on 04 July 2008, 12:34:04
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... to move to Donington form 2010 http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=43211
Saw the European when it was held there. :)
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... to move to Donington form 2010 http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=43211
Saw the European when it was held there. :)
You obviously got very wet then! ::) I seem to remember that Senna drove a superb wet race and won.
Shame about Silverstone but I do think the trackside viewing is better at Donnington as Silversone is so flat that you can never see very much of the circuit.
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Yeah, saw on BBC earlier.
That means I dont have to become a hermit for the GP weekend :)
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Downside of Donington, I don't think it will make a good GP circuit.
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Downside of Donington, I don't think it will make a good GP circuit.
Its not a bad GP circuit but, access is worse than Silverstone!
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Now that was a great race with the man showing everyone how to drive a wet race on slicks.....
Of course by the time the GP arrives at Donington there will be a new dual carriageway serving just the cct from the M1.
varche
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Now that was a great race with the man showing everyone how to drive a wet race on slicks.....
Of course by the time the GP arrives at Donington there will be a new dual carriageway serving just the cct from the M1.
varche
Dream on.....its not even in the planning yet so will take at least another 25 years! ;D ;D ;D
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Easy from the M42/A42
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Easy from the M42/A42
Not when there is an event on its not, clogs the motorway, A42, A50, A453 and you need to add an extra 2 hours to your journey if going to the airport....and thats just when the bikes is on!
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glad its leaving silverstone,i have always hated the place.donington is (imo)a really nice track but they couldnt run a bath.every year the organisation/facilities at the bike grand prix are a disgrace and every year they promise they will get it right next year.the f1 race is a much bigger event so it could easily overwhelm them very quickly. i would love to see it back at brands,i love the place.
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Queued long enough to get to MotoGP to know that F1 will be a disaster until every A and B road round there is dual carriageway. Like the A43 is now. (Thanks Bernie...)
Yes, it's a better spectator circuit but - as said on BBC earlier - it's too narrow. You've got to think that Silverstone is a better driver's track and more exciting TV.
A long bet, but I think F1 will be back at Silverstone in 2021.
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You obviously got very wet then! ::) I seem to remember that Senna drove a superb wet race and won.
Was at Barcelona in ’96 as well, when Schumacher won in the wet. First and last one the wife went. :D
Interesting to see what upgrades they have planned for the circuit.
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glad its leaving silverstone,i have always hated the place.donington is (imo)a really nice track but they couldnt run a bath.every year the organisation/facilities at the bike grand prix are a disgrace and every year they promise they will get it right next year.the f1 race is a much bigger event so it could easily overwhelm them very quickly. i would love to see it back at brands,i love the place.
i agree. beautiful track. but is it not a bit narrow for the wider f1 cars they use today. and it's a shame its in kent.
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Queued long enough to get to MotoGP to know that F1 will be a disaster until every A and B road round there is dual carriageway. Like the A43 is now. (Thanks Bernie...)
Yes, it's a better spectator circuit but - as said on BBC earlier - it's too narrow. You've got to think that Silverstone is a better driver's track and more exciting TV.
A long bet, but I think F1 will be back at Silverstone in 2021.
Personally, i think Bernie is loosing his marbles.
Cant see anyway that this is a positive move for f1 fans. I have spectated and track dayed(on a bike) both circuits over the years and silverstone is without doubt the better venu, dony is much to narrow for f1 cars to over take, access is a joke, facilitys very poor, and the attitude of the place gets right up my nose.
The best place to view dony for me is down craner curves. I would rather watch f1 cars through the complex at s.stone myself.
To ride tho, s.stone just about wins but is more expensive, pay your money, make your choice.
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glad its leaving silverstone,i have always hated the place.donington is (imo)a really nice track but they couldnt run a bath.every year the organisation/facilities at the bike grand prix are a disgrace and every year they promise they will get it right next year.the f1 race is a much bigger event so it could easily overwhelm them very quickly. i would love to see it back at brands,i love the place.
Not that good a track for the cars though and its in a bloody awful place to get to for 95% of the population.
So, very pleased they have continued with somewhere central in the Uk which is where these major once a year big sporting events need to be.
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Queued long enough to get to MotoGP to know that F1 will be a disaster until every A and B road round there is dual carriageway. Like the A43 is now. (Thanks Bernie...)
Yes, it's a better spectator circuit but - as said on BBC earlier - it's too narrow. You've got to think that Silverstone is a better driver's track and more exciting TV.
A long bet, but I think F1 will be back at Silverstone in 2021.
Personally, i think Bernie is loosing his marbles.
Cant see anyway that this is a positive move for f1 fans. I have spectated and track dayed(on a bike) both circuits over the years and silverstone is without doubt the better venu, dony is much to narrow for f1 cars to over take, access is a joke, facilitys very poor, and the attitude of the place gets right up my nose.
The best place to view dony for me is down craner curves. I would rather watch f1 cars through the complex at s.stone myself.
To ride tho, s.stone just about wins but is more expensive, pay your money, make your choice.
You wont recognise the circuit, its being totally re-laid and re-designed for the F1.
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Queued long enough to get to MotoGP to know that F1 will be a disaster until every A and B road round there is dual carriageway. Like the A43 is now. (Thanks Bernie...)
Yes, it's a better spectator circuit but - as said on BBC earlier - it's too narrow. You've got to think that Silverstone is a better driver's track and more exciting TV.
A long bet, but I think F1 will be back at Silverstone in 2021.
Personally, i think Bernie is loosing his marbles.
Cant see anyway that this is a positive move for f1 fans. I have spectated and track dayed(on a bike) both circuits over the years and silverstone is without doubt the better venu, dony is much to narrow for f1 cars to over take, access is a joke, facilitys very poor, and the attitude of the place gets right up my nose.
The best place to view dony for me is down craner curves. I would rather watch f1 cars through the complex at s.stone myself.
To ride tho, s.stone just about wins but is more expensive, pay your money, make your choice.
You wont recognise the circuit, its being totally re-laid and re-designed for the F1.
And probably lose a lot of its charm in the process :(
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Narrow tracks? F1? Does it matter? With the current stupid rules for about last 7 or 8yrs, track only needs to be one car width, as they gay boys won't overtake anyway
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stop the mickey mouse re-fuelling /tyre stops and they will find a way of overtaking on the track. :y
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Queued long enough to get to MotoGP to know that F1 will be a disaster until every A and B road round there is dual carriageway. Like the A43 is now. (Thanks Bernie...)
Yes, it's a better spectator circuit but - as said on BBC earlier - it's too narrow. You've got to think that Silverstone is a better driver's track and more exciting TV.
A long bet, but I think F1 will be back at Silverstone in 2021.
Personally, i think Bernie is loosing his marbles.
Cant see anyway that this is a positive move for f1 fans. I have spectated and track dayed(on a bike) both circuits over the years and silverstone is without doubt the better venu, dony is much to narrow for f1 cars to over take, access is a joke, facilitys very poor, and the attitude of the place gets right up my nose.
The best place to view dony for me is down craner curves. I would rather watch f1 cars through the complex at s.stone myself.
To ride tho, s.stone just about wins but is more expensive, pay your money, make your choice.
You wont recognise the circuit, its being totally re-laid and re-designed for the F1.
And probably lose a lot of its charm in the process :(
sadly ,you are almost certainly right.i thought the old silverstone was better than the new one.i still remember keke rosberg doing his 150mph lap on a drying track back in the eighties,and lighting up a fag to celebrate when he got out of the car.gonads like water melons.
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But on the other hand, just watched qualifying and the Dony deal comes with obligations to improve the whole show at donington including access facilitys run off and lengthening the track. And that can only be a good thing, we will then have 2 f1 spec circuits. Just a question of how long it takes them to sort it. Bloody ages if i know them at all.
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Narrow tracks? F1? Does it matter? With the current stupid rules for about last 7 or 8yrs, track only needs to be one car width, as they gay boys won't overtake anyway
Plenty today
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Narrow tracks? F1? Does it matter? With the current stupid rules for about last 7 or 8yrs, track only needs to be one car width, as they gay boys won't overtake anyway
;D I knew it! ;D
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rain is usually a great leveller,it would appear that hamilton has that senna like quality of superhuman feel in the wet,impressive to watch. :y.....if they removed a lot of the aerodynamic grip we could have a lot more overtaking.
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stop the mickey mouse re-fuelling /tyre stops and they will find a way of overtaking on the track. :y
Wont need to soon, they'll all be diesel ;)
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My vote goes for sprinklers or a misting system for every Grand prix cct. I personally will impartially decide before the start the severity and incidence of "rain".
The drivers with ability show through. I thought Hamilton was true class even though he had an off like others. Massa just confirmed what I have always thought about him.
Plenty of overtaking on Sunday.
Roll on the next wet race.
varche
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My vote goes for sprinklers or a misting system for every Grand prix cct. I personally will impartially decide before the start the severity and incidence of "rain".
The drivers with ability show through. I thought Hamilton was true class even though he had an off like others. Massa just confirmed what I have always thought about him.
Plenty of overtaking on Sunday.
Roll on the next wet race.
varche
I think this just shows that, in the dry, the skill of the drivers is not being tested at all. Surely testing skill is what sport is all about?
Kevin
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imo the balance has shifted much too far away from the driver.far too much aero generated grip,carbon brakes deny chances for brave late brakers,too much electronic everything,engineers directing drivers from the pits via radio,pit stops almost removing the need to try to overtake,ex ferrari chief being number 2 at the fia makes a level playing field doubtful.vast sums of money involved always makes for less sport/more corruption.on the bright side -schumacher is long gone. :)
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ban wings, as I've always said...
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yea, it was a piss poor follow on to the beatles....
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