Silverstone BTCC to go ahead

[Carrie]

This is taken from the Autosport website:

Championship finale to go ahead despite fuel shortage


The deciding rounds of the British Touring Car Championship will go ahead this weekend at Silverstone, despite impending chaos from a national fuel shortage.

There were fears that Saturday’s season-ending double-header under the lights could be affected by the petrol crisis which has beset the country since truckers began blockading fuel refineries at the weekend. However, series organiser TOCA and Silverstone Circuits Ltd have guaranteed that the event will go ahead.

“On behalf of the BRDC, Silverstone and TOCA, the event is still going ahead,” said a spokeswoman. “There could be problems with some competitors finding enough fuel to actually get to the track, but there’s enough fuel for the full race programme.”

Representatives for Silverstone have given assurances that the filling station within the circuit is well stocked and there is enough petrol for all the teams, ambulances and safety vehicles.

Spectators, however, are faced with a bigger potential problem as they attempt to travel to the race. As more and more filling stations are closing around the country, the Silverstone crowds could be seriously diminished.

As things stand, those who are unable to travel cannot expect to receive any kind of refund on their tickets.

“We can’t give a definitive answer on that (ticket refunds),” said a Silverstone spokesman. “It’s likely to be out of our control, although we are optimistic that by the weekend it is not going to be the problem that people are envisaging.”


The fuel shortage could also present problems for the Goodwood Revival meeting which takes place this weekend. However, the organisers are already taking precautionary measures: extra public transport services have been organised, with free Goodwood bus services and two 50-seater coaches running shuttle services from Chichester station

[fatbloke]

I love the way they say that anyone unable to get there will not be entitled to a refund - nice PR guys! See you've learned nothing from the GP fiasco

[Liz]

I'd say that was a good reason to buy your ticket at the gate. If you get there.

I am beginning to think it was the hand of God that cancelled my trip for this fall. But it's a shame anyway.

[MichaelC]

Originally posted by fatbloke
I love the way they say that anyone unable to get there will not be entitled to a refund - nice PR guys! See you've learned nothing from the GP fiasco

The complete farce that passed (just) for this year's British GP was their fault. They should be doing refunds.

If people can't get there, that's not Silverstone's fault, and they shouldn't do refunds.

[fatbloke]

Do you work for the BRDC by any chance ? Geez! I wasn't commenting on what they were required to do by law, i'm just saying that it's not good PR. Have you heard of keeping the customer sweet, even if you've messed them around once this year already ?

[WoodyTJ]

Go Matty!

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