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great weekend, good squad on post 10. racing was alright, banter on campsite 1st class. aye bring on next year
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I've got to echo the comments, it was a great weekend, although I think all of us on Post 9 have lost any credability when asked about overtaking. We don't think we would see any but in the end got a couple in each race. Obviously the track must be too wide
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The track looked very narrow when I viewed the race on TV. As the people on the spot, did it look too narrow to you?
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Track was narrow and bumpy but produced good racing, don't think the TV did it justice.
Not sure all incidents were captured by the TV? On post 0 at the start line (but not the finish line) which was hilarious when the media asked and suddenly realised the finish line was 250metres up the track just after post 17 and the unseemly scrambled to get the magic chequered flag photo began........ ![]() Had one flaggy (Mike from Brands) and no other personnel on post. Did the countdown for the race director on the startline and just ogled the startline ladies and guests (with the exception of over dressed male Italian VIPS) drinking champagne and demanding to go anywhere they wanted. Good craic on the campsite although the showers and toilets did have problems but were soon sorted by our lovely lady from FIA who visited us everyday. Where else can you be inches (and I do mean inches away!!) from cars travelling at over 120mph........... ![]() As I won't be doing Formula E and BGP next year, if it's the same weekend next year, the week before the BGP I know I will chose Formula E over the BGP any day. |
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Pau, Monaco, Long Beach, Montreal to name but a few, but admittedly 120mph would be considered slow at those places. [this is not a criticism BTW, it's nice to see so many of you caught the street circuit bug at Battersea]
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Gas Bag Mike, Thanks for a great weekend on Post 0.
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Guys, what advice/instructions were you given when dealing with the recovery of these cars? Did incident marshals have to wear special gloves? I'm interested to know if AFFF bottles were available and/or the restrictions on their use, that sort of thing.
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In this instance no marshal was to touch the car even if the incident was very serious with the driver unconscious still in the car until a specialist extraction team had arrived on the scene. They did mention in the briefing that even the Nick Heidfeld crash at Beijing did not cause a 'red light' on the car. If an incident produced a 'red light' car and then if the driver was conscious and mobile the drivers had been instructed to extricate themselves in a certain manner so as not to 'ground' the car and our normal style of holding out a helping hand was a definite 'no no' |
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I've got to agree with previous comments by Gas Bag. The racing was very good and the company equally so. the organisers have a few niggles to sort, but apart from that. . . . If it came down to a choice of which to do ( BGP or Formula e), I would chose Formula e over the BGP.
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I loved this meeting, apart from the cars and racing, which were excellent, I loved the "can do" attitude that pervaded throughout the whole team.
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I think there will be a plug-in for your Android device.
OK, I'll stop now! Well done everyone, great work as usual showing British marshalling at it's best and I'm genuinely pleased that everyone who attended seems to have had a good time. |
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