SILVESTONE 500

[jvilleneuve2000]

Does anyone know the schedule for the saturday and sunday?
If not do you know if there are any other races or qualifying on the saturday, other than the ALMS that is.
thanks

[jvilleneuve2000]

Pleassssssssssssse somebody tell me, i have looked everywhere and i cant find any information on it.

[Carrie]

From the ALMS website, the timetable is as follows:

Friday, May 12, 2000
7:00 am Gates open
8:00 am - 6:00 pm ELMS Registration
8:00 am Mandatory Briefing for ALL ELMS Drivers and Team Managers/Crew Chiefs (Driver Briefing room)
8:00 am - 9:00 am Technical Inspection for all ELMS Competitors at Pit no 0
8:30 am Circuit Inspection
9:00 am - 10:00 am ELMS Combined Practice 1 (Prototype / GTS / GT)
10:15 am - 10:45 am European Formula Palmer Audi Championship Qualifying 1
11:15 am - 12:45 pm FIA GT Championship Practice 1
11:30 am - 1:30 pm Mandatory tire marking for ALL ELMS Competitors at Pit no 0
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch Break
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm ELMS Combined Practice 2 (Prototype / GTS / GT)
2:25 pm - 2:40 pm ELMS Qualifying 1 (GTS & GT)
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm ELMS Qualifying 1 (Prototype)
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm FIA GT Championship Practice 2
5:15 pm - 5:45 pm European Formula Palmer Audi Championship Qualifying 2

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Saturday, May 13, 2000
7:00 am Gates open
7:30 am - 8:30 am Pit Road Walkabout and Driver Autograph Session (Open to Public Pass Holders)
8:30 am Circuit Inspection
9:00 am - 10:00 am ELMS Combined Practice 3 (Prototype / GTS / GT)
10:15 am - 11:00 am FIA GT Championship Qualifying 1
11:00 am - 1:00 pm Mandatory tire marking for ALL ELMS Competitors at Pit no 0
11:30 am - 11:55 am BRDC Historic Sports Car Championship
12:05 pm - 12:30 pm Porsche Cup
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm ELMS Qualifying 2 (GTS & GT)
2:05 pm - 2:25 pm ELMS Qualifying 2 (Prototype)
3:00 pm - 3:45 pm FIA GT Championship Qualifying 2
4:00 pm - START European Formula Palmer Audi Championship (Race 1) - 12 laps
4:45 pm - 5:45 pm Pre-Race Activities
6:00 pm START European Le Mans Series The USA Challenge
9:15 pm Podium Ceremony

Haven't found a timetable for Sunday anywhere.
So, who's heading to Silverstone next weekend?

[Craig]

I'll be there Cazzer! Will you ?

I don't think that many of the others will be sadly, as they are heading down to Brands for some silly old chaps racing silly old cars...!

[Carrie]

Just can't understand what the fascination is with some bloke racing a Capri

[jvilleneuve2000]

Thanks Carrie,(for the timetable)
I dident realise saturday would have so much stuff on. You should all go to silvestone instead of the historic racing!!!!!!!. Does anyone know if you can still get pit road walkabout tickets for saturday morning???????

[Truckosaurus]

I just got my tickets in the post yesterday, the pitroad walkabout is at 0730, better set that alarm clock

[Anorak]

Sunday goes like this:

09:00 - 9:20 FIA GT Warm up
09:40 - Historic Sports Car race 1 - 10 laps
10:25 - European Foemula Palmer Audi race 2 - 12 laps
13:00 - FIA GT race - 98 laps
16:30 - Historic Sports Car race 2 - 10 laps
17:15 - Porsche Cup - 10 laps

[TimD]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Craig Antill:


I don't think that many of the others will be sadly, as they are heading down to Brands for some silly old chaps racing silly old cars...! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


Well, as it happens, Craig, the powers that be have decided to have Peter racing on the Saturday only. Which means that the most important "silly old cars" racing on the Sunday will be the BRDC boys at Silverstone.

I'll leave the Saturday night race for Bluebottle. Knowing how much he loves Panoz engines, I'll be bringing him a new hearing aid on Sunday.

Besides, I owe you a beer and a hamburger.

[Bluebottle]

Yes, I'll be going on Saturday- see you all there!
(Thinks- how will they know it's me? simple- say "Hello 'Bottle" to everyone you meet until one of them is me!)
O.k, I'm the one with loud trousers, long hair, a Dutton Owners Club hat and a video camera.

[jvilleneuve2000]

That was the best days racing i have ever been to (saturday-silvestone), the american le man seris race was amazing, the whole show that Don Panoz put on was just like the advertisments for alms say "for the fans". Maybe Bernie Ecelstone should have gone to the race on saturday night and seen how fans should be treated. The drivers autogragh session was a very good idea, all of the drivers where pleased to be meating the fans and actually talked to you, (unlike the f1 drivers). The atmosphere created by the "le man" style pre-race build up was excellant.
I enjoyed the race so much that i went back today for the FIA GT race, it was good but it needs those GT1 cars to raise the excitment level.
carnt wait till LE MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Andy H]

any comments from anyone who attended the ELMS?

[Truckosaurus]

The sunshine was glorious

We got there in time for the 0730 pitwalk,
the Panoz crew had their engine cover off and were warming the engine - marvellous

The ELMS race was a cracker, Audi and Panoz fighting all the way through, with BMW sneaking through almost unnoticed for the win - one each of the Audis and Panozes conked out on the last lap, the Audi managed to limp into the pits across the finish line.

The FIA GT race was a little dull in comparision.

The BRDC Historic Sportscars was as good as ever, plenty of sliding round the corners, definitely going to the Coys festival now

[Bluebottle]

An exellent day's racing- great value for money as well!- I walked around the whole circuit during the day taking video footage from several different vantage points.(I edited my 1999 Le Mans footage to about 20 mins, so I should be able to chop this to about 3!)
I watched the start of the ELMS race from the Stowe grandstand, then moved to Hanger straightfor as long as my ears could stand. I watched the closing laps from The Complex (They had stopped looking at tickets for the stands by that stage) An exellent vantage point but not a fast part of the circuit.
I got home at around 11:00 feeling completely Panozed.-Can't wait for Le Mans 2001!!