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1 Apr 2003, 10:02 (Ref:554687)
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British GP Speed Limit?
I received this bewildering e-mail below from someone I know at Octagon this morning! Well, it was bewildering until I remembered that today is April Fool's day!
However, they reckon it's true! No, it's got to be a prank...well it is, isn't it? "We have been informed that, for reasons of health & safety, the EU is trying to impose a maximum speed limit of 160km per hour (100mph) for all of the the F1 Grand Prix being run in Europe from 2004 onwards. What next - traffic calming measures at World Superbikes? We need to voice our strong opposition to this ridiculous proposal. Thank you for your concern for our industry". |
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1 Apr 2003, 10:06 (Ref:554691)
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Definatly a prank
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That's so frickin uncool man!
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1 Apr 2003, 10:52 (Ref:554736)
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Happy April fools.
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1 Apr 2003, 11:58 (Ref:554786)
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 Well they have speed limiting in truck racing 
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1 Apr 2003, 16:44 (Ref:555043)
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And in the Dakar!
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1 Apr 2003, 17:07 (Ref:555068)
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I think the story is slightly wrong. I believe they were referring to the pit lane speed limit at Rockingham for the double decker bur series proposed to run on the oval with the Ascar series this year.
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There are spectators spectating on the bridge above bridge!
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1 Apr 2003, 17:08 (Ref:555071)
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Ok I meant bus series....dyslexic fingers again!!!
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There are spectators spectating on the bridge above bridge!
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1 Apr 2003, 17:12 (Ref:555074)
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Double deckers round the oval??
Cool!!  Actually, Octagon should watch it - some  idiot in Brussels will probably pick up on that idea and slap a 160km/h limit on track days...... can you imagine the Nordschleiffe (if that's spelt right it's a fluke) with speed cameras?? 
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1 Apr 2003, 23:52 (Ref:555401)
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Well they have rev - limiters in many formulea from F3000 to Touring Cars.
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2 Apr 2003, 02:58 (Ref:555483)
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thank god only an hour and 3 minutes left in april fools
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2 Apr 2003, 08:25 (Ref:555609)
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seeing as April fools day must be over in ALL countries this can stop and we can belive whats being posted now.
A speedlimit would only benefit tose with better acceleration and handling, the small teams would still loose out and it would cause more accidents as people try dangerous out-braking manouvers. |
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2 Apr 2003, 11:33 (Ref:555763)
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The alarming thing is that, given all the odd rules and regulations the FIA have been coming up with recently, I have to read things like this two or three times just in case it's a genuine regulation.
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4 Apr 2003, 14:53 (Ref:558406)
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maybe its from the Jaguar board , trying to get its cars on the podium .
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