SILVERSTONE CLASSIC

[midgetman]

Originally Posted by john ruston

Festival is the best thing in UK Historic racing!

This. In fact I've been saying it for years from the spectator/trader POV.

Historic racing is all about the cars, even the FIA agrees and access to the cars at SC is truly spectacular. MiniMM arrived early this year, and spent time in the pits well before the teams turned up just *being* there. No extra passes, no fancy dress. The teams get into it too, talking with the fans all day.


My favourite race meeting.

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[brands]

Touring car race on Sunday morning, some taken from the Luffield grandstand and others from the terrace. Saturdays gallery is now online here https://motorsportintheuk.co.uk/p398100681 for those that can't sleep.

[brands]

Historic F1:

[brands]

Final batch from me, pre '66 GT cars. Unable to get a tenths team photo

[Peter Mallett]

Thanks for these. All very good pics including those manual pics.

[Mike Bell]

Seems the races are on the Silverstone Classic YouTube channel....

https://m.youtube.com/user/SilverstoneClassicTV/videos

And if you want a quicker roundup, ITV4 Sunday eve after the BTCC coverage is finished.

https://www.silverstoneclassic.com/

[chunterer]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Seems the races are on the Silverstone Classic YouTube channel....

https://m.youtube.com/user/SilverstoneClassicTV/videos

And if you want a quicker roundup, ITV4 Sunday eve after the BTCC coverage is finished.

https://www.silverstoneclassic.com/

Loved watching the HTCC, Minis, F1,2 &3 and Thundersports on the YT channel!!

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by chunterer

Loved watching the HTCC, Minis, F1,2 &3 and Thundersports on the YT channel!!

I watched the pre ‘66 GT race and the commentary to start with was terrible! Mainly due to the fact that the two commentators didn’t have a list of which driver was starting each car. Did see several shots of a certain white MGB, which at one point seemed to be facing the wrong way......

[Peter Mallett]

Ooh you can be so cruel. Will have to watch that. I still don't understand what exactly happened but I think I may have just got a little too far wide out of Becketts. The Vbox doesn't show me any faster or slower at the point of spinning.

[delta]

Fantastic photos ,thanks. Not sure if that is me or Robert on three wheels. Anyone seen the proposed date for next year. They are talking about first weekend in August. Problems already for us as this will class with Copenhagen.

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by delta

Fantastic photos ,thanks. Not sure if that is me or Robert on three wheels. Anyone seen the proposed date for next year. They are talking about first weekend in August. Problems already for us as this will class with Copenhagen.

Yes, it’s provisionally July 31st to Aug 2nd, which is 2 weeks after BGP. If that moves for any reason, the Classic will likely move as well.....

[Willmaz223]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Yes, it’s provisionally July 31st to Aug 2nd, which is 2 weeks after BGP. If that moves for any reason, the Classic will likely move as well.....

Hope not for me as my dad is due to go to Assen for Cycling the weekend that its traditionally been on.

Will be strange though having the classic in August.

Busy July in Le Mans and Silverstone

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by Willmaz223

Hope not for me as my dad is due to go to Assen for Cycling the weekend that its traditionally been on.

Will be strange though having the classic in August.

Busy July in Le Mans and Silverstone

Classic date has to be two weeks after GP for logistical reasons. So unless the F1 date moves, that’s it......

It could clash with OldTimer as well as Copenhagen.... ?

[Mike Bell]

Having just watched the second Mini race on ITV, I wonder if any of the drivers in that got one of the polite letters from Ron?

Shame about the DSQ for the P2 car, but you can’t continually ignore the meatball and subsequent black flag, even if your dragging rear bumper was due to a hit from another car.....

[The Fat Clerk]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Having just watched the second Mini race on ITV, I wonder if any of the drivers in that got one of the polite letters from Ron?

Shame about the DSQ for the P2 car, but you can’t continually ignore the meatball and subsequent black flag, even if your dragging rear bumper was due to a hit from another car.....

Trouble is if it comes off it can do a lot of damage to the cars behind, a decent Clerk would be looking to penalise the car that caused the damage.

and in the real world ...................................

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by The Fat Clerk

Trouble is if it comes off it can do a lot of damage to the cars behind, a decent Clerk would be looking to penalise the car that caused the damage.

and in the real world ...................................

Exactly. The meatball flag was justified, but there was as much contact shown in the race coverage as at the BTCC races from Thruxton immediately before, and didn’t notice any penalties there......

[relativtortoise]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

....there was as much contact shown in the race coverage as at the BTCC races from Thruxton immediately before, and didn’t notice any penalties there......

The Clio driver Jack Young has been DQ'd for taking out Max Coates

[Mike Bell]

Originally Posted by relativtortoise

The Clio driver Jack Young has been DQ'd for taking out Max Coates

Ah, didn’t watch the support races, so thanks for the update.

[john ruston]

The coverage was not up to Ian Titchmarsh usual standards
Had a 356 as a 911 in Pre 63 GT . Got it correct in the end and less said about PreWar stuff the better.
Missed the best part of race which was for third place
Assume problem is most of communicators are my age and have trouble adding two and two.

[Peter Mallett]

I watched the highlights package last night and thought it was pretty poor really. Commentators had no idea what they were talking about. Martin Haven is pretty good with modern stuff but he's not Titchmarsh or indeed Marcus Pye and that's another point, what's happened to him?

[Willmaz223]

Originally Posted by Peter Mallett

I watched the highlights package last night and thought it was pretty poor really. Commentators had no idea what they were talking about. Martin Haven is pretty good with modern stuff but he's not Titchmarsh or indeed Marcus Pye and that's another point, what's happened to him?

He was doing 750 mc on Youtube last weekend both days for Alpha Live.He doesn't seem to do the big Historic events apart from Spa and Zandvoort.

[Peter Mallett]

He was at one time the go too commentator for all things historic, then last year at the MM he was banished to the boonies and others were in the main box, likewise at the revival last year he was in the box at St Mary's.

[coppice]

Marcus was at the Classic as I said hello to him on the Friday morning. Tich is great of course , and whilst HH-F was a very tough act to follow as a colour commentator, I did find Andrew Marriott... err... ..well.. he's very hardworking, know his stuff but he really isn't easy on the ears like Henry was

[Mike Bell]

Yes, Marcus was at the event, but don’t forget he is a journalist foremost and writes reports for several mags. I guess that commentating normally demands a fee (quite rightly) from the circuit, promoter, club or organiser, and he / others have to earn a living.....

[Willmaz223]

Originally Posted by Mike Bell

Yes, Marcus was at the event, but don’t forget he is a journalist foremost and writes reports for several mags. I guess that commentating normally demands a fee (quite rightly) from the circuit, promoter, club or organiser, and he / others have to earn a living.....

Like at the Masters meet this year at Brands.He was in the comms box but wasn't commentating as he was doing the reporting.