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Title: 2018 British MotoGP cancelled
Post by: Rods2 on 26 August 2018, 18:33:09
Water retention on the resurfaced track made it too dangerous to race due to aquaplaning. Safety has quite rightly taken priority. Rabat broke his leg in 3 places in a crash in a wet Moto2 final practice yesterday. :'(

As the race was moved from drier July to one of our wettest months in the UK due to Caribbean storms regularly crossing the Atlantic and dropping large amounts of rain, will this become the norm as the track is now unsuitable for heavy rain races or Silverstone make improvements to cater for this common weather, or will they move the race back to drier July? :-[
Title: Re: 2018 British MotoGP cancelled
Post by: STEMO on 26 August 2018, 18:38:20
My missus suffers from water retention but I've never seen her aquaplaning.  :-\
Title: Re: 2018 British MotoGP cancelled
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 26 August 2018, 19:02:59
My missus suffers from water retention but I've never seen her aquaplaning.  :-\
Kinda trumped  by your bed shitting ::)
Title: Re: 2018 British MotoGP cancelled
Post by: STEMO on 26 August 2018, 19:47:50
My missus suffers from water retention but I've never seen her aquaplaning.  :-\
Kinda trumped  by your bed shitting ::)
At least my shit comes out of my arse  ;D
Title: Re: 2018 British MotoGP cancelled
Post by: TheBoy on 26 August 2018, 20:19:29
The dull F1 nabs the July options.
Title: Re: 2018 British MotoGP cancelled
Post by: TheBoy on 26 August 2018, 20:20:14
I should point out, it has been mullering it down all day, and early afternoon, it was proper rain for ages.
Title: Re: 2018 British MotoGP cancelled
Post by: Rods2 on 26 August 2018, 20:58:30
Same here, typical cold, wet August bank holiday weather. :(
Title: Re: 2018 British MotoGP cancelled
Post by: ronnyd on 27 August 2018, 14:37:05
Don,t know what time the race was pulled but my brother and nephew were going so am presuming he got there. Will ask, (take the pish) when i see him tomorrow. :D
Title: Re: 2018 British MotoGP cancelled
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 27 August 2018, 15:45:49
They finally cancelled at 4pm.
I would like to think that the useless shower of shite who run Silverstone will lose high profile racing events in the future because of it, but they wont. They are too well connected for that.
I have always considered Silverstone to be a dump run by morons who couldn't give a toss about the paying public, and each of my rare visits there have reinforced this view.
The only reason I attended the Grand prix there last month was to see the best driver since Senna do his thing. If he wasnt driving I would have flogged the tickets and banked the money.
Title: Re: 2018 British MotoGP cancelled
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 27 August 2018, 17:15:19
They finally cancelled at 4pm.
I would like to think that the useless shower of shite who run Silverstone will lose high profile racing events in the future because of it, but they wont. They are too well connected for that.
I have always considered Silverstone to be a dump run by morons who couldn't give a toss about the paying public, and each of my rare visits there have reinforced this view.
The only reason I attended the Grand prix there last month was to see the best driver since Senna do his thing. If he wasnt driving I would have flogged the tickets and banked the money.

Your mate Vettel? :)
Title: Re: 2018 British MotoGP cancelled
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 27 August 2018, 17:16:29
Obviously.  ::) ;D