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There have been localised spikes in covid cases. As a result emergency localised lockdown measures have been put in place overnight. As a result it wouldn't be ideal to allow events that encourage people to be in close proximity even if they could socially distance. I am wondering if a symptom of covid is the lack of rational or logical thought. There seems to be a growing number of people that have developed the ailment, unless it's always been there. |
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I was unable to workout at home when the gyms shut, lack of space and suitable equipment. 3 months later I was able to return to the gym this week. Strength seemingly almost gone, lost 1.5 stone and now ache all over. Hopefully it won't take long for the muscle memory to kick back in. |
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Oh yes he has, just like the people on here bemoaning the fact that they can't get into Donington & watch this weekend will have heard of the other circuits & race meetings but wanted to see the BTCC. The point I was making is that they can still watch the BTCC racing on television.
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2 Aug 2020, 11:57 (Ref:3992272) | #7234 | ||
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Stuff changed. Money of course was a very significant factor in stepping down at WSR. A top line BTCC ride is a very expensive hobby; way more expensive than what he's planning on running in.
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Running your own team and cars, as well as driving them for 14 consecutive weekends, is a lot more time-consuming than concentrating on driving alone. Compare and contrast JP's activities this weekend with AJ's, then it's clear. |
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Just watched the start of GT. Spectators looked to be well spaced out. Only problems I could see was the organisers allowed a grid walk, no facemasks for pit crews or the interviewers and drivers. With a crowd of just 5k, no gridwalk, I don't see TOCA / Donington as having much of a problem.
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My suspicion is that you would see the same at BTCC, or any other event regardless of crowd size. |
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Watched todays, no gridwalk, you are right restricted team numbers on the grid and Kelvin Fletcher was wearing a mask, even when alone doing his piece to camera. As for spectators, still very few people there as I had seen earlier, most people had chosen to watch from the start/finish but other than standing in what appeared to be family groups, they were all spaced out and had plenty of room. |
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I better cancel the room I had booked for Oulton Park
Really cant see Knockhill having spectators as Sturgeon is copying everything down South does but with a delay so if Brands/Oulton is no spectators then Knockhill won't be too. |
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i'm not sure about the sunday spectator numbers, but the saturday figure was around 1600.
one issue that appeared was that the paddock gate was staffed by msv, who went home at a fairly early hour in the evening (quite right too) allowing those who were camping to walk around free range in the paddock whilst many if not most teams were still working. seemed to defeat the object... if they were going to allow spectators in for the larger events that's something they'd need to look at. |
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Talking of spectator numbers, we never found out what MSV had intended as being the limit for Donington. During the TV coverage intro, where they talked about the meeting being behind closed doors, Tim Harvey mentioned the figure of 5000, but that seemed a bit low to me.
I've never really paid much attention to the queues to get in so don't have a feel for how many would normally buy tickets in advance and how many would buy on the gate. I assumed, perhaps incorrectly, that the majority would buy in advance. The original Donington date was cancelled a couple of weeks before it was due to take place, so I would assume a good number of tickets had already been sold (or do people normally leave it until the last minute to buy?). With most of those sales carried forward, and with a few weeks of additional sales for the new date, surely they would have hit the 5000 limit long before the Elite sport judgement came in? |
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3 Aug 2020, 20:05 (Ref:3992773) | #7249 | |
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do we really need to talk so much about spectators ?
it's like the freaking talking about what dresses the actress wear at Oscar awards rather than the movies themselves... |
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For most people on here it's probably the most important part of the BTCC.
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