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Changing the Spa date is like changing the date of Sebring. Having it in early May is a tradition that should not be messed with. They had it in August a few years ago when there was construction worl going on at the track in May, but basically they shouldn't move it around all that much.
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Why?!? Why should Spa overthrow all their traditions just to accomodate a relatively new event like the Algarve race?
There aren't many traditional events left on the LMS-schedule, so why mess with them. Having the 24hours in May isn't a good idea at all - for once because there's another BIG 24 hour race right down the road at the 'Ring at this time of the year. Why not just leave Spa where it is and give Algarve an early spring date? Perhaps at the expense of the race at HTTT, but who cares about that one anyway? |
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2 Jul 2010, 05:20 (Ref:2720999) | #1106 | ||
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To be honest Spa later in the year works for me.
Back in the 1980s it was often later on, and 2004/2007 saw Spa after Le Mans. Yes it seems to work as a Le Mans warm up and gets a good entry list as a result, and I suppose with the GP being in September there's an appeal for the organisers in spreading things out, but I don't see that fiddling with Spa's date would be particularly heretical. |
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2 Jul 2010, 05:28 (Ref:2721002) | #1107 | ||
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why should the RCAB and SRO move the Spa 24 Hours ? to help a foolish event like Portimao ? last year in Portugal was a failure, empy stands, and this year it seems to be worse with this small grid ! look at the LMS races post Le Mans 24 Hours, no one care about them, maybe Silvertone is always a good race with large field, but Portimao and for sure Budapest are useless for most of teams
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Busy weekend for you and Warren at Silverstone! 2x90 minute Speed races on the Saturday (including the possible debut of the brand new Peter Elleray designed WF03 CN car) and the 1000k LMS race on the Sunday. Will look forward to seeing you there then.......even if it's only a glimpse of you dashing to your next on track engagement! |
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2 Jul 2010, 12:12 (Ref:2721105) | #1109 | ||
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Sorry?
I guess Monza and Nürburgring are huge successes... , or Paul Ricard... Last edited by LeMans.pt; 2 Jul 2010 at 12:42. |
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2 Jul 2010, 15:06 (Ref:2721177) | #1111 | ||
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Yes it will be a very busy weekend. I will most definately do the SPEED races as I am in with a shouting chance of winning the SUNOCO Driver Challange to race at Daytona, and SPEED races contribute to this. My arms and neck may drop off with all that driving!!!
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2 Jul 2010, 20:43 (Ref:2721282) | #1112 | ||
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the facts are, only Spa and Silverstone have good crowd and large entry lists, sorry but last year event at Algarve again was a failure, maybe for you at the track is was great, but watching the race on Eurosport with all the grandstands empty and a very poor TV coverage, no one can claim that it was a success ! I have a question, why the Superbike at Portimao have a VERY good crowd and not the LMS ?
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Hmm, and what time of year is the SBK race? March! Not that the time of year is the only reason for the popularity difference, but it is not scheduled during the hot high tourist season, as the LMS race is...... L.P. Last edited by HORNDAWG; 2 Jul 2010 at 21:22. |
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we are going off topic, with the SBK at Portimao, but it is usually the season finale (where Ben Spied was crowned World Champion), but its clear that the Superbike promoters are stronger than Mr. Peter staff
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2 Jul 2010, 21:48 (Ref:2721307) | #1115 | ||
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No, we are not. I only answered your question as it pertained to the LMS round at Portimão and the time frame in which they are both held, nothing more!
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Add into that the economy with a number of teams even having trouble getting to Budapest. The ILMC is a good idea but it might be coming at the wrong time. The little money people have right now is being squeezed even more so they can fly to US and Asia when they normally wouldn't have done so last season so they end up dropping the races that are quite a bit away from their homes.... Portugal and Hungary. The market for events is also smaller over here than in central europe. There's 10 million Portuguese plus a few million Spanish. In the summer most people already are in money trouble organizing their regular 2 week trips to the beach for a nice tan.... they aren't exactly thinking about spending 30+ euros on a race. Compare that to circuits like Silverstone and Spa, that have a higher mass of people in a close radius, and or easily and quickly accessible by car, train, bus, etc, and you have a much easier time garnering fans. 2009 wasn't a brilliant success for Portimão's race with some issues but don't expect a perfect race the first time a championship goes. Or have you already forgotten the blackout in Spa, or the race stoppage at Petit Le Mans last year because of the rain? 2 very experienced tracks, and they also have their problems. |
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Where are the numbers? Are you speaking of the large number of free tickets Audi and Peugeot gave in 2008 for Silverstone? Bring Audi and Peugeot to Portimão, like in Spa, and them we will talk again about crowds... Quote:
Look... probably i can give you a more complete list of thing that are wrong in the Portimão race, than. Most probably, i know allot more flaws in the promotion and organizations than you, but saying that it was a failure because of the crowd and the poor TV coverage, got to be a very bad joke. TV coverage is an responsibility of the LMEO not from the track promoters. TV coverage is poor in ALL LMS races, not only Portimão. It was as much failure as Monza or Nurburgring... don't see you complaining about that! Quote:
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There were rumors that Lamy would do Portimao with Oreca, but that is not the case. Instead Sarrazin will do the 3 next LMS races wit Oreca: http://www.endurance-info.com/versio...ance-4780.html
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Can see the sense in Sarrazin doing the remaining rounds with Oreca - it gives him a real shot at the LMS driver's title, which would give Peugeot something to salvage out of the season, as well as making sure Oreca has some momentum behind it, which might help Peugeot focus on the ILMC.
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So they are anticipating that McNish/Capello might accidently/unintentially win LMS. With the issue in Paul Richard (and the double points) and the DNF in Spa, Oreca risks losing their almost guaranteed LMS title. They also need to make up points to the Rebellion team.
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6 Jul 2010, 17:02 (Ref:2722675) | #1121 | ||
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Re Audi going to Hungary thus qualifying for lms championship status - how much would it cost them to take the existing car, drivers, team etc... over to budapest?
The benefits of local interest + taking all 4 proper aco titles (from a media perspective) would surely be worth the couple of quid outlay |
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3 Aug 2010, 22:20 (Ref:2739082) | #1122 | |
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No Audi so far for Hungary.
39 Entries 5 P1 19 P2 2 GT1 13 GT2 http://www.lemans-series.com/en/s52_...php?circuit=20 |
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8 Aug 2010, 14:14 (Ref:2741361) | #1123 | ||
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And 2 AF Corse drivers from the GT Open will replace Bruni and Melo: Alvaro Barba and Alvaro Parente.
With Ferrari bringing a 3rd again and Felbermayr doing the same, and not havign the BMWs, Hungary will look like a Ferrari-Porsche club cup with the funny looking Spyker and Aston squeaking into the middle of it all. The 3rd Felbermayr is also interesting with Dumas and Ragginger. |
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18 Aug 2010, 22:54 (Ref:2746863) | #1125 | ||
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Not exactly LMS news, but, I see that Donington Park has reopened! Free piece at DSC
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