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16 May 2005, 12:35 (Ref:1302163)
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Interesting comments... so how much action do you actually want to see, apart from all the complex from lufield, cars coming from tower straight into abbey and up into bridge viewed from the outside of abbey, cars coming down the main striaght and into copse then through to maggots viewed from copse exit, and see them from maggots through beckets and onto the striaght from copse exit. oh no thats THE WHOLE CIRCUIT!!!! and before people start whinging about fencing you verses a flying wheel is no contest.
As for the paddock, thats down to the organising club for them to lay on pit road walkabouts, if donnington was different then ask the club it's nothing to do with silverstone. oh and by the way £30 what a bargin for over 6 hours of very good racing. try and buy a premiership football tickets and then only get a 90 minute match... |
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16 May 2005, 12:41 (Ref:1302167)
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I think people just like to blast silverstone...jump on the Bernie Band wagon and that.
I don't have a problem with silverstone I think its a fantastic circuit. If you don't like it don't go...its as simple as that, don't go, see some great racing and then slate the cicruit. |
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16 May 2005, 14:15 (Ref:1302227)
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I thought about going to Silverstone for the WTCC races, but £30 for what is 4 races doesn't represent good value for money in my opinion.
Im not a huge fan of the GT's although Sunday's race did seem better than most, closer, with a bit of attrition which is often missing from endurance racing. I do think that the WTCC races need to be longer, they are just too short. Also, not sure why this is, but Eurosport always seem to have the trackside sounds levels far too low, you can barely hear the cars... My apologies for the whiny post, but I feel that the WTCC weekend could be improved quite easily if the races were a bit longer and the TV coverage was tweaked slightly... |
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16 May 2005, 14:43 (Ref:1302262)
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Martin, what did you think of Monica Sipsz playing with her ring
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16 May 2005, 14:52 (Ref:1302269)
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The WTCC races were a good length and if they had been any longer they would have been even more processional than they already were.
The GT race was good, although i didn't really know what was going on as I couldn't hear the commentary and didnt have a radio. I do have to agree that £30 was a lot of money to pay...you do know that you could have seen the races for free...become a marshal its fantastic. |
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16 May 2005, 17:19 (Ref:1302362)
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16 May 2005, 23:47 (Ref:1302659)
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Photos online at MSportUK.com
It's odd, the post about the weekend on the GT bit of the forum is generally all positive and full of praise for an excellent weekend, the spectacular DBR9s, MC12s and the great weather, whereas on this bit it's all compaints. Wonder if it's an entirely different mindset that prefers GTs to Touring Cars, or perhaps the Touring Car fans were just expecting more of a BTCC style rumble than they were given. Have to admit, I'm more from the GT (chill in the sun for three hours and take in the majesty of the V12 beauties) camp, than the TC (wham, bam, thankyou ma'am) side, so I had a fantastic weekend.
Anyway, the point of my post is that our pics are now online here. Mostly GTs, but there are a few Touring Cars, and a few grid girls thrown in for good measure, so something for everyone! |
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17 May 2005, 08:48 (Ref:1302834)
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what's wrong with the independent championship (or offiicial site)which the points of 6th rd. didn't count
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17 May 2005, 14:05 (Ref:1302998)
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Had a good day at silverstone, I too thought the touring car races seemed a bit short and where were all the TV screens that they used to put up. Made it difficult to follow what was going on in the 3 hour race, especially for the Mrs in between reading her magazine!
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17 May 2005, 18:07 (Ref:1303128)
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TV screens were put up in the complex...but not anywhere else as far as i know. The easiest way to keep track was to listen to Radio Silverstone.
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17 May 2005, 19:59 (Ref:1303201)
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17 May 2005, 20:00 (Ref:1303202)
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17 May 2005, 21:33 (Ref:1303278)
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Are we comparing chalk with cheese here?\
Bearing in mind that the WTCC is only live, I don't see how you can expect one set of eyes (the square set in the corner of the living room) to see as much as you do standing at Abbey, say, or Becketts... or the Complex... If the director followed the battles further back outside the major 10 or so at the front for too long, you'd be just a peed off because he'd obviously miss action... then miss more as he tried to show it in replay... To see everything, you need to have no cars (BTCC in 2005) so you can get them all in the same shot, or show the races a week later, fully post-produced, with time for loads of replays, on-boards, interviews, shouty drivers, vitriol etc (BHP's Grandstand shows in the hey-day of the series in the mid-late 80s and early 90s.) Live, you miss stuff... that's why people set the video before they go to the track, to see what happened out of their sight... sure, Titch and Adders can TELL you... but we all want to SEE the Thommo crash, for example, don't we - how do words describe THAT live?? I would be the very first to agree that Eurosport's coverage is not perfect, even when - as at Silverstone - we ARE the host broadcasters... but if you want live AND big grids... If not, in both cases, there's always ITV and the BTCC... or F1 ! As for the "rubbin's racin" appeal... the Stewards seem to have popped down to Specsavers over the winter... instead of missing even the most cynical punts, they now seem to see incidents where they almsot don't happen... Some very daft penalties applied this weekend... Interestingly, Max Moseley said that in the eyes of the FIA, as long as it wasn't dangerous or unfair, they pretty much are happy to let tin-top drivers do what they want... The race officials, he opined, would probably see it differently, of course... Do we want to see more "tap-to-pass" moves, or contact as an incidental effect of close racing between clean, professional drivers??? You tell me... I'm in the latter camp... if I want banger racing, there's always Wimbledon... |
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17 May 2005, 21:57 (Ref:1303304)
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Thanks for that Martin, I totally agree. The point is that the UK is a mess, no one can agree on direction and this is seen in the dwindling grid sizes. The WTCC was run so smoothly and efficiently. They know what is right and all pull together to make it happen. They even take the time to make sure it is all one hell of a show. Even Mosley complimented the team on the quality and efficiency of the whole operation.
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18 May 2005, 17:39 (Ref:1303927)
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Why did Adam Lacko not race at Silverstone?
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19 May 2005, 11:58 (Ref:1304509)
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Carlos Mastretta from Mexico will replace Valle Makela at Imola and Puebla.
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