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3 Jun 2004, 11:58 (Ref:992587) | #1 | ||
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Could Motorsport Events Be Cancelled?
According to a report from the BBC, the Government are considering the possibility of cancelling Sporting Events in a bit to reduce the demand for fuel should the proposed protests go ahead.
It mentions Wimbledon specifically, but is there a chance that the GP may suffer too? |
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3 Jun 2004, 12:02 (Ref:992592) | #2 | ||
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Nah not the GP. Take a lot or Bernie to stop that
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3 Jun 2004, 12:32 (Ref:992646) | #3 | |
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Well I suppose it would be one more excuse for Bernie to drop the GP and award it to another country with government backing and a new track.
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3 Jun 2004, 12:41 (Ref:992660) | #4 | ||
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This wasn't intended to be a Bernie-bashing thread!
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3 Jun 2004, 13:04 (Ref:992693) | #5 | |
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You mean club events?
Under what authority would the government cancel an event? I'd assume all the necessary paperwork/permits/permissions would already have been granted. Does the government or local authority have the power to revoke them? |
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3 Jun 2004, 14:14 (Ref:992756) | #6 | ||
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In a possible situation like this then I think the answer would be yes!
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3 Jun 2004, 14:28 (Ref:992773) | #7 | ||
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Of course they could.
At £1.12 per litre, they will not need stopping, they will fade away. |
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3 Jun 2004, 16:49 (Ref:992900) | #8 | |
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Introduce petrol rationing and no one will be able to get to the circuits
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3 Jun 2004, 17:30 (Ref:992942) | #9 | ||
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Its been on the radio that opec are to increase production of oil to stop any problems? This was on radio 2 so I trust it to be true.
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3 Jun 2004, 20:04 (Ref:993119) | #10 | ||
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Have you seen the price of petrol at circuit forecourts. The £1.12 per litre is pretty much what they are charging now.......
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3 Jun 2004, 21:13 (Ref:993225) | #11 | ||
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Taking into account the distance that the majority competitors / marshals travel to each meeting, i would expect that meetings would be cancelled due to lack of competitors and marshals rather than government interferance.
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Good job price of crude dropped worldwide today then and Brent is $3 cheaper than most places in the world so it not go up much if anything. It just speculation and fear not reality. Shame some people in media love panick. Yes there is an issue but it not going to jump that much. I doubt events will get cancelled, maybe you be down the John George Garage running off with his LPG!
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I think we have the press scare mongering again.
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4 Jun 2004, 11:54 (Ref:993768) | #14 | ||
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Just read that the planned "Protests" have been scrapped!
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4 Jun 2004, 20:32 (Ref:994211) | #15 | ||
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We live on an island floating on the bloody stuff. Tell OPEC to stick their oil, commandeer what's ours for us, stop the Government being greedy, and we can have realistically priced fuel for years to come.
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The combustion engine can run on all sorts of fuels with a bit of tweaking.
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I think if the fuel protests did cause a problem in the future the goverment would call a halt to motorsport.
This did happen once before in the early seventies when petrol rationing was in force, |
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12 Jun 2004, 23:24 (Ref:1002146) | #20 | |
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Blackcrow,If i remember it right, during the fuel crisis in the 70's the powers that be introduced caravan racing! So if it's brought back, you're half way to being on the grid. Just get a towbar fitted to your hairdressers car and you've got the full set.
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15 Jun 2004, 09:42 (Ref:1004474) | #21 | ||
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That might be true grumpy, but i'm too young to remember the 70s.
I hear you've been modelling for Grecian 2000 again. Are you before or after? |
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15 Jun 2004, 18:46 (Ref:1005115) | #22 | |
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Neither mate, I'm the 1% where it goes wrong! Looking forward to seeing your new articulated RV at the weekend. Hope you'll have the kettle on.
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Cirtainly will old boy. However, the caravan dealers tell me that Stannah Stairlifts don't do a model for caravans yet, so you'll have drink it in the awning.
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