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And horse racing along with other equestrian activities continue to be fairly popular considering they haven't been the main form of transport for close to 100 years.
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I suppose cycling falls under that to an extent too.
Motorsport needs to be away from the idea of having to be road relevant and it will survive fine. As long as there are enough wealthy people who want to run and drive these cars, manufacturers will build them. Even if in 20 years we're seeing GT Cars that have no road version and are running a Judd engine or something. |
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A few observations from an enjoyable weekend in Monza (my first visit there).
40+ GT3 cars is an awesome spectacle. Great sound, colour, variety. Just so much fun. Let's not take it for granted - these are great times for GT racing! Monza is wonderfully historic (the old banking is amazing to see) but it is very scruffy and badly in need of some TLC, which of course requires money which isn't available. The setting is beautiful and it's good to walk around, but the fences make it hard to see more than a small part of the track at once and photo spots are hard to find (basically, the three chicanes). The Monza marshals are impressive - they react so fast and so efficiently to the many crashes and spills. Before the race start I was sitting in the grandstand in multiple thick layers, 3 pairs of socks, two hats and gloves and I was still cold. All the grid walk VIPs had umbrellas, the marshals had waterproofs and the teams had various rain protections and coats. Yet the grid girls were left standing for nearly an hour in pouring rain and freezing cold, wearing short skirts, flat shoes and with no umbrellas. Many (but not all) were eventually given umbrellas by sympathetic mechanics or drivers. I'm not trying to argue the rights and wrongs of grid girls but they should be treated better than they were on Sunday. Photos will follow in a few weeks - I have quite the backlog now! |
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Well Monza is a great place to start and it’s great there are so many cars on the grid. That combination always provides great racing. But let’s not get too carried away
Monza is still a great racetrack and the banking is great for it’s history. Of course the facilities could be improved, but it’s a great setting and a few tweaks here and there will help Certainly rain must have livened things up. Let’s enjoy this style of racing while we can |
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Well you can only have so many makes, we’re lucky with who we have. The series is keeping on going in it’s own right
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Well you can only get so many.
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Watched the race via the live stream from the SRO website and thoroughly enjoyed it. John Watson was his usual passionate Porsche supporting self.
Weather caused a fair bit of chaos and always nice to see a new team win. However, I then watched a bit of the Eurosport coverage - what a joke! Missed the first hour and a half off the broadcast and then the two commentators had no idea what was going on - what was the point - Mark Cole is normally okay but the second guy? Who was he? They even missed the fact that Haase had come into the pits with a puncture 15 mins from the end. If they are not going to put the resources into covering the event properly then rather they didn't bother at all! Hope their coverage of the Spa 24 hours is better! |
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John Watson and David Addison, I mean, you can't get two more likable and knowledgeable commentators (Ben Edwards aside).
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Addison is outstanding, I agree, but I'm not convinced about Watson. He gets very ranty sometimes, he interrupts and talks over Addison and he gets fixated on things (like saying over and over again that GT3 cars lose downforce and performance while following closely, as a train of 8 cars goes past nose to tail).
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Here are some pics from Monza for everyone to (hopefully enjoy): https://gt.report/kgpKQ
Full gallery: https://gt.report/kgpKQ |
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Well everyone has a right to their opinion and Wattie can’t go on forever
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Strong teams, weak attendance @ Monza . They should invest in fans. More open friendly attitude for Bentley and ROWE staff. Too much VIP lines and restrictions for the fans. Looks like hiding something unseen and classified outside top 5.
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I'm not sure it would be if it was about 5 degrees C and (accurately) forecast to rain heavily all day. The weather was miserable at Monza and frankly I was pleasantly surprised by the number who braved it. The car park was a quagmire and the paths to the (uncovered) grandstands around the circuit were pretty muddy.
I don't know what Ivoset is referring to as regards access. My ordinary ticket got me everywhere except the team hospitality areas (obviously) and the grid walk (which always requires a VIP ticket). All the grandstands were open all three days, parking was right by the main stand and Friday entry was free. This contrasts with Silverstone where Friday is closed to spectators, only one or two grandstands will be open and parking is outside the circuit. |
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26 cars entered for Brands Hatch round of what was called the Sprint Cup.
Only 5 manufacturers being Lamborghini, Ferrari, Audi (all 9 of them),Mercedes and Aston Martin. |
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Got the plane at 6 am for 1500 km flight to reach the circuit, in the mean time the local folks were scared from cold weather outside. Come on ladies put your gloves and hats. Excuse me, Euro 200 VIP for what? For a grid walk?! This year GT Open is much better than Ratels Spring Series and stronger with TCR Europe instead of GT4 amateur league Last edited by ivozet; 27 Apr 2019 at 06:25. |
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The Sprint cup compared to GT Open is quite poor.Shame really.
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