Brands Hatch GP Proposals

[ECW Dan Selby]

Hi folks,

Anyone remember these?





Very interesting stuff, indeed.

Particularly fond of the 1992 ideas. That 'new' section looks absolutely thunderous! It's just so hard to imagine.

I wondered if anyone had any memories of these proposals?

Selby

[spider]

I remember being (naively) excited about these. That was when Nicola Foulston was in charge...hmm. Was working at Brands (as a 10 year old in 92) in the Commentary box with Brian Jones and Ben Edwards, and they quickly told me that there was no chance of it happening.

Nicola had deep pockets with short arms, as it were ;-)

Shame, but Brands is just impossible for big single seaters to overtake on and I can never see the circuit attracting top-line open-top racing again...and that's a sad thought.

Oh, would have been great had they carried out these plans...!

[stripedcat]

Ahh, it would have been nice to see F1 cars whizz around Brands Hatch, but I accept it will never happen. Whilst Brands(the GP layout) is a challenging track, it is nigh on impossible for a single seater car to over take there. Plus no run offs and the noise concerns!

A shame as I was a former native of Kent so have many good memories of Brands Hatch. Plus I remember the amasing races of 1985 and 1986. The sight of the turbo charged cars going around there, Senna's amasing pole in 1985 and Mansell's great victories in 1985 and 1986.

[Mr V]

I remember being quite excited about the possibility of an F1 race at Brands when it was announced in 1999 (for 2002), but when it was realised that the circuit would basiclly be altered far too much, i was glad that the race didn't go there.

I was there for the 2000 WSB, the same year that Bernie put the British GP in April. Although i was fortunate about where i parked that year at Silverstone, i was out of the car park and home (120 odd miles) in less time that it took me to get out the car park at Brands (nearly 3 hours) and i only live 15 miles away. Gawd knows how bad it would be if an F1 GP were to be there.

[The SpeCTator]

The track plans were a paper excercise in order to find a gullible buyer with plenty of money and little knowledge of motorsport in the UK.
They worked and Nicola got rich

[ECW Dan Selby]

Oh really?

Thanks for this guys. I just wondered how serious the proposal was - how far along it went etc

I'd love to make one of these tracks for rFactor, but i'd need more data, which unfortunately, probably doesn't exist?

Selby