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Old 25 Sep 2007, 07:09 (Ref:2022304)   #426
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terence should be qualifying in the top 10 on the gridterence should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Lucky you!.So far I,ve only got [Hopefully] 3.5 hrs=3 in the six hour+0.5 on Sunday Morning.I have never looked forward so much for the Six Hr Weekend,I think it will be one to remember!
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Old 25 Sep 2007, 09:43 (Ref:2022418)   #427
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I'm looking forward to this too. I have four hours of racing and 60 mins of qualifying (roughly). That means no sampling of the culinary delights at the Beau Site until Sunday evening.

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Old 25 Sep 2007, 11:34 (Ref:2022503)   #428
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just fitted my new engine and it started ok . . . . I wouldn't say its running well but its booked in to the rolling road Fri am . . . . . . .
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Old 25 Sep 2007, 11:44 (Ref:2022512)   #429
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Looks like I have a relatively 'easy' weekend compared to the rest of you (since I'm not doing the six hours, alas).

Just an hour and 20 mins. of practice, plus two hours racing (U2TC in the GTA, and Top Hat in the SZ).

A friend who's racing in the six hours told me he had included me in his 'team' for the six hours. Not to race, you understand, but he was sure I wouldn't mind helping with the teas and coffees for the drivers in that team.

The immediate word that sprang to mind was a quaint Anglo-Saxon term for a part of the female anatomy, much favoured by D.H. Lawrence.

Much as I'd love to stay and watch the whole of the six hours from the pit wall, I suspect I will be on my third beer in the bar by 8pm....!

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Old 25 Sep 2007, 11:51 (Ref:2022520)   #430
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C--ould be on you,r forth if you,r near Peter,s and my garage!
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Old 25 Sep 2007, 11:51 (Ref:2022521)   #431
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I've just gone through the timetable and worked out I am entered in 4 1/4 hours of qualifying and 13 hours of races. Not all driving by myself as will of course be sharing in a couple of races (including the 6 hour) but it is certainly going to be a marathon weekend!
Hope you have saved a window free for the Lobster Thermidor from the hospitality truck ;-)
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Old 25 Sep 2007, 11:52 (Ref:2022522)   #432
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just fitted my new engine and it started ok . . . . I wouldn't say its running well but its booked in to the rolling road Fri am . . . . . . .

The Big ones never run too well anything under 5000 Zef.
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Old 25 Sep 2007, 12:03 (Ref:2022533)   #433
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Hope you have saved a window free for the Lobster Thermidor from the hospitality truck ;-)
Unlikely. The wife, 3.5 year old son and 18 month old daughter will be in tow - just to keep me busy!
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Old 25 Sep 2007, 13:00 (Ref:2022578)   #434
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Hi everyone,

Will there be anyone at the back for me to play with in my sky blue A40?!

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Old 25 Sep 2007, 13:16 (Ref:2022594)   #435
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Its unlikely that you will be at the back Richard.

Weather Forecast link. http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=4559
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Old 25 Sep 2007, 13:45 (Ref:2022619)   #436
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rain will put all the exciteable johnnies in the kitty litter - however it is only fair to point out that this is the forecast for this week and you lot are talking about next week!
I am off to Cape Town so will hopefully be in the sun!
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If you look here:

http://tinyurl.com/ywplzt

...you will see that the current forecast for Spa is rain on the Thursday and friday, but sunny thereafter...

fingers crossed!

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Old 25 Sep 2007, 14:06 (Ref:2022643)   #438
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however it is only fair to point out that this is the forecast for this week and you lot are talking about next week!
Yes it does update.
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Old 25 Sep 2007, 14:21 (Ref:2022659)   #439
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Unlikely. The wife, 3.5 year old son and 18 month old daughter will be in tow - just to keep me busy!
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Old 25 Sep 2007, 14:23 (Ref:2022661)   #440
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So are thier forcasters better than our,s?
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Unlikely. The wife, 3.5 year old son and 18 month old daughter will be in tow - just to keep me busy!
is that a success ballast?!
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The FPO will be keeping me on a tight rein - Fun Prevention Officer.
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Old 25 Sep 2007, 14:53 (Ref:2022691)   #443
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so that is why you are spending so much time in the car racing!
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so that is why you are spending so much time in the car racing!
one good thing about it, for us is that its genrally known that wife and kids trackside lower your laptimes
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Old 25 Sep 2007, 15:10 (Ref:2022707)   #446
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So ,you will be behind Peter and myself?
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because you put it sideways for the photo opportunities? Dont worry Roger does that anyway!
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Only one problem about the forecast rain,apparently it won,t be on Saturday
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Only one problem about the forecast rain,apparently it won,t be on Saturday
unless I am missing something I am not sure how they can predict your weather in Spa for effectively 10 days time with any degree of accuracy. Its Spa so its guaranteed to rain at some point somewhere on the track - although having said that in 2005 it was dry all race and that was in the days when it finished at midnight
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I was a bit puzzled about that too. I always thought that one of the challenges of Spa was that you were never sure what the weather was going to do.
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