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Old 7 Aug 2008, 09:27 (Ref:2264993)   #376
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Think positive Jeremy, "yes it will, yes it will, yes it will...." It's either Donnington or Mallory Park!
Or some desert in the Middle East...
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Old 7 Aug 2008, 10:57 (Ref:2265220)   #377
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Or some desert in the Middle East...
Middle East,East Midlands,what's the difference ?
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Old 7 Aug 2008, 12:55 (Ref:2265282)   #378
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Still better than 30 000 cars (2 per car). What are your alternative suggestions for Donington?
Hold the damn thing at Silverstone.....

Going on these numbers, if we assume 850+ bus trips and the park and ride facilities are going to be fairly distant from the circuit, we're talking a fair number of buses if they're planning on having everyone in before about lap 40 of the GP, as well as finding enough land that will be free that weekend (and I mean proper parking, not some farmers' field...and places like the NEC, Don Valley and other venues with car parks are only going to be of any use if they'd don't happen to have an event of their own on GP weekend) to park 30k cars.

The chaos potential in this seems pretty big....
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There's a rather large airport next door. surely they don't need all that runway space?!!!
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Old 8 Aug 2008, 06:54 (Ref:2265722)   #381
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There's a rather large airport next door. surely they don't need all that runway space?!!!
Last time I used the airport-summer 2006-we had to park at the circuit and a shuttle bus was provided to the terminal-don't think there will be any parking space at the airport?
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Old 19 Nov 2008, 13:12 (Ref:2337608)   #382
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how can plans for the new layout and buildings get passed. i remember just a few short years ago. donington wanted to put perminent grandstands at the first corner. this was not passed due to it being on the flight path for the airport.to my mind this is just bernies way to get formula one away from britian. haveing said that when i was on post at the brit gt f3 weekend.word going around was that bernie himself was part funding the venture.
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Old 19 Nov 2008, 20:20 (Ref:2337857)   #384
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haveing said that when i was on post at the brit gt f3 weekend.word going around was that bernie himself was part funding the venture.
I can't really say that sounds very likely...
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No doesn't sound likely to me either. Much more likely he wants out of Britain altogether. I've had a theory for a few years several decisions have been designed to make the sport unpopular here.
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Bernie does not like the BRDC since one of the Bufton-Tuftons dissed him at a meeting. I can quite see him putting hand in pocket to get British GP away from them. Apparently he kept Minardi going for a while and might even have contributed to Williams.
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Old 21 Nov 2008, 12:27 (Ref:2338796)   #387
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It would not suprise me if Bernie had a hand in moving the GP to Donington as has been said he would do anything to take the GP away from Silverstone
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I'll be cynical and say that if Bernie's given any money to Donington to help them along it's to create a British GP "war" between Silverstone and Donington which will result in either a vast "improvement" of the situation (from his point of view) or none of them being able to host the race (in which case he can introduce GP's in e.g. India, Kuwait, Brunei, Russia and so on).
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the 'Kraplakistan Grand Prix 2012' replacing the British GP seems on the cards..
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the 'Kraplakistan Grand Prix 2012' replacing the British GP seems on the cards..
The correct name for that region is Karalpakstan... (situated in the North West of Uzbekistan)
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The organisers of the 2010 British Grand Prix at Donington Park are trying to organise the race without any cars in the car park during the Formula 1 weekend at the British track. Formula One fans are asked to travel by bus from Nottingham, Leicester or Derby, take the train to East Midlands Parkway Station or fly to East Midlands Airport.
It just gets better and better
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will there be a place to park my bicycle?
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It is not a bad idea if they can make it work...
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It is not a bad idea if they can make it work...
So that's the transport and parking sorted.

All they have to do now is come up with the £100,000,000 and everything will be fine.
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Ahh why even bother with race fans, let them stay at home..
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That race in Uzbekiwekiavavanistan is looking ever closer.
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The thing is they say they have the money and are on schedule? I don't see this happening at all..
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The thing is they say they have the money and are on schedule?
They haven't even got planning permission yet!
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"It is going to be the world's best circuit."

Err...see other thread.
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