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27 Apr 2018, 21:07 (Ref:3817787)
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Have you look at the BBC forecast?
It just says cloudy
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28 Apr 2018, 20:02 (Ref:3817929)
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Originally Posted by coppice
Having enjoyed Oulton I am toying with..ahem ..the Rock this weekend . I have only seen ASCAR or whatever it was called and that was on the oval of course(and compared to the real deal it was simply dire) .
But what is Rockingham like as a spectator proposition for conventional racing ?
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I would definitely recommend going. I had never been to Rockingham, until today, and I haven't attended a British GT meeting since 2015, but I hugely enjoyed today despite the freezing temperature. Would highly recommend spending some time watching from above the pit garages.
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28 Apr 2018, 20:08 (Ref:3817931)
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#108
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On a different note, does anyone know where the 3rd Barwell Lamborghini of Kujala and Machitski is this weekend? I thought they are entered for the full season?
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28 Apr 2018, 21:13 (Ref:3817943)
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#109
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Just back in from Rockingham and my view is that of all the circuits i go to Rockingham is the worst by far for spectating at. Yes you can see the whole circuit from the main grandstand but you are so far away you need binoculars and the only other places are on the pit roof and at the exit of Tarzan hairpin both of which give a fairly limited view. Might explain why i only go there a few times a year despite living 8 miles down the road.
Back to the GT's, was very interesting listening to the cars run as you easily hear which ones run a lot of TC (Bentley the worst by far) and the least (Merc from Lambo) plus its always great to see a GT3 car come alive once the pro driver gets in and starts to push.
Slight downside, could do with a few more GT3's but on the flip side, GT4 seams to be booming nicely and the field looked to be fairly close and well matched.
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29 Apr 2018, 04:00 (Ref:3817986)
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#111
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Quote:
Originally Posted by B0U170NS
On a different note, does anyone know where the 3rd Barwell Lamborghini of Kujala and Machitski is this weekend? I thought they are entered for the full season?
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I thought they switched that car to Blancpain?
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29 Apr 2018, 13:09 (Ref:3818072)
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Some light rain at Rockingham. How British.
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3 Jun 2018, 14:17 (Ref:3826497)
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Gallery from Snetterton British GT rounds for your viewing pleasure ...
https://flic.kr/s/aHsmiLxWea
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11 Jun 2018, 14:34 (Ref:3828412)
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Well, who would have expected 3 hours of racing at Silverstone with not a single safety car period?
From my vantage point (observer's box at Becketts) it was a gripping race in gorgeous weather. The top 3 only being separated by 4 or 5 seconds at the end meant the end result wasn't settled until the very end, too.
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11 Jun 2018, 20:41 (Ref:3828490)
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#115
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Originally Posted by Greem
Well, who would have expected 3 hours of racing at Silverstone with not a single safety car period?
From my vantage point (observer's box at Becketts) it was a gripping race in gorgeous weather. The top 3 only being separated by 4 or 5 seconds at the end meant the end result wasn't settled until the very end, too.
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Some/most of the credit for the lack of safety cars must go to your fellow orange wearers clearing stopped cars on a live circuit, although I notice that the Parfitt/Morris Bentley was demoted two places for a flag infringement (C2.1.5 (ii) - and I did download the MSA Blue Book just too look it up!)
Thought it was just as good as the Blancpain Endurance race held in similar conditions that I was also at a few weeks ago.
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12 Jun 2018, 07:44 (Ref:3828576)
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Originally Posted by Alfaholic
Some/most of the credit for the lack of safety cars must go to your fellow orange wearers clearing stopped cars on a live circuit, although I notice that the Parfitt/Morris Bentley was demoted two places for a flag infringement (C2.1.5 (ii) - and I did download the MSA Blue Book just too look it up!)
Thought it was just as good as the Blancpain Endurance race held in similar conditions that I was also at a few weeks ago.
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Ah, the Blue Book. Enjoy that
There was a lot of good old fashioned pushing done near me - the #22 Invictus Jaguar (retired), one of the Ginettas (rejoined) and two other cars behind me in the Loop. Everyone behaved through Becketts so the flag infringement wasn't one of mine!
Being able to trust that the cars will DTRT is extremely valuable to everyone.
I enjoyed this weekend much more than the Blancpain, but at that one I was a track limits judge. I was calling numbers in my sleep for days after that...
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12 Jun 2018, 10:14 (Ref:3828602)
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#117
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Greem
I enjoyed this weekend much more than the Blancpain, but at that one I was a track limits judge. I was calling numbers in my sleep for days after that...
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I blame Dr Palmer!
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19 Sep 2018, 11:22 (Ref:3851407)
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#118
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what with Derek Johnston and now Rick Parfitt Jr retiring from racing it looks like British Gt is going to potentially struggle to maintain the GT3 field size next year let alone expand it
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24 Sep 2018, 00:05 (Ref:3852318)
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#119
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That was a truly great race. I was on the exit of the Melbourne Hairpin so the first hour had me writing loads of reports for contact, but the second hour had almost nothing.
The whole race fizzed by so quickly it didn't feel anything like 2 hours.
Lovely to see so many spectators around the place, too. If you went I hope you enjoyed seeing history made!
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26 Nov 2018, 12:15 (Ref:3866039)
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#120
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Beechdean AMR - Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Gen2 - Marco Sorensen / Andrew Howard
Beechdean AMR - Aston Martin Vantage GT4 Gen2 - Kelvin Fletcher / Martin Plowman
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