British GP to be held at Donington - Page 46

Dave 455 · 7 Sep 2009, 15:32 (Ref:2535987)

There's plenty of pictures for you all of the large scale works taking place at the circuit on the sutton images website, Simon's even giving the builders a hand

Marbot · 7 Sep 2009, 15:50 (Ref:2536003)

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Originally Posted by JeremySmith

I do not believe this will happen..

I think that the track and facilities will be fine.My only reservation is with the spectator transport arrangements.

strider · 7 Sep 2009, 16:38 (Ref:2536032)

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Originally Posted by Marbot

I think that the track and facilities will be fine. My only reservation is with the spectator transport arrangements.

That might just put you in a minority, Marbot.

One thing I can tell you right now is that unless someone kindly offers to fly me in and out by helicopter, I shall not making the slightest effort to attend, if it happens.

VIVA GT · 12 Sep 2009, 16:22 (Ref:2539100)

I've just read in the Leicester Mercury that Simon Gillette's latest idea is to make 36,000 GP visitors park and walk (a 90 minute round trip apparently) to the circuit!
What will his next hair brained scheme be I wonder?

JamesH · 12 Sep 2009, 16:50 (Ref:2539113)

Why is that a bad idea?

You can spend 3 hours trying to drive out of a nearby car park, or 45mins walking to the car and (hopefully) less of a queue.

Are the English now so fat and obese that a 45 minute walk is too much?

I remember having to walk for 25 minutes to get in to Wembley, the queues at Legoland where up to 3 hrs the other day, it takes 20 minutes to walk from the NEC carparks to the centre, when on site in Korea a couple of months back I was walking 40 minutes to get to work (to WORK).

Now that I have written it down, it's sounds like a great idea to me. 45 minutes is nothing in the general scheme of things.

**Peter Mallett** · 12 Sep 2009, 18:18 (Ref:2539150)

So no disabled facilities then?

Marbot · 12 Sep 2009, 18:33 (Ref:2539158)

Will it be a 45 minute walk in sunshine or will it be ****ing down?

**Born Racer** · 12 Sep 2009, 19:25 (Ref:2539187)

Is it time yet to re-name the thread 'Pigs to fly in the sky'?

JamesH · 12 Sep 2009, 19:48 (Ref:2539202)

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Originally Posted by Marbot

Will it be a 45 minute walk in sunshine or will it be ****ing down?

Well, you are going to be standing/stitting in the rain all day anyway, an extra hour isn't going to make much difference.

And I presume disabled people will have a pass to somewhere closer.

grantp · 12 Sep 2009, 19:59 (Ref:2539216)

Hehe,

For a small (by F1 standards) fee I can offer a parking space that is only about 30 mins walk from the new pits complex, albeit up a steep hill. If you have been sitting down all day should only take about 20 mins to get back down the hill.

GORDON STREETER · 12 Sep 2009, 23:48 (Ref:2539321)

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Originally Posted by JamesH

I remember having to walk for 25 minutes to get in to Wembley, the queues at Legoland where up to 3 hrs the other day, it takes 20 minutes to walk from the NEC carparks to the centre, when on site in Korea a couple of months back I was walking 40 minutes to get to work (to WORK).

Aye and we lived in a cess pit "int middle of road" !

Dave 455 · 13 Sep 2009, 21:34 (Ref:2539997)

Yes that's right, the final version of the 2010 British grand Prix Plan is for spectator's to walk to the venue : -

http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headline...12122055.shtml

Apparantly at least a 45 minute walk each way. If anyone pays to go to this, they are gonna be so tired by the end of the day

grantp · 14 Sep 2009, 01:50 (Ref:2540126)

From memory the grandstand seating capacity is about 75,000 so 3/4 of the attendees are expected to sit down for most of the day.

They might be grateful for a short stroll after their journey and another after a day sitting in the grandstand before they head off to sit in their car for 2 or 3 hours to get home.

JamesH · 14 Sep 2009, 08:09 (Ref:2540239)

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Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER

Aye and we lived in a cess pit "int middle of road" !

Quite.

Us British are turning in to a right bunch of pantywasters.

grantp · 14 Sep 2009, 10:17 (Ref:2540306)

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Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER

Aye and we lived in a cess pit "int middle of road" !

Hehe. Brings back memories of the 'facilities' at Croft on a wet day in 1974.

Come to think of it whether or not the day was wet (it was) probably made very little difference to the facilities.

ECW Dan Selby · 14 Sep 2009, 10:21 (Ref:2540311)

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Originally Posted by grantp

Hehe,

For a small (by F1 standards) fee I can offer a parking space that is only about 30 mins walk from the new pits complex, albeit up a steep hill. If you have been sitting down all day should only take about 20 mins to get back down the hill.

I'll bring a tray and use it as a sleigh then

that'll make the journey back down the hill only a few minutes!!

Selby

foreversideways · 14 Sep 2009, 10:28 (Ref:2540313)

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Originally Posted by grantp

Hehe. Brings back memories of the 'facilities' at Croft on a wet day in 1974.

Come to think of it whether or not the day was wet (it was) probably made very little difference to the facilities.

Croft "you was lucky" i remember grubbing around on a wet day in the mud hole they called the paddock at Mallory Park, during the same period. It would have given Woodstock a run for it's money. Still Edwina always had a smiling face and some thing to keep the boys happy at the drivers meetings.

Marbot · 14 Sep 2009, 11:51 (Ref:2540372)

Picture the scene: Donington Park;Mid-eighties;Trans-Atlantic Trophy bike meet;Lots of rain;Lots of mud;New car!;Bloody annoyed!

GORDON STREETER · 15 Sep 2009, 23:05 (Ref:2541608)

When the Touring cars came back to the "revamped" Croft in the 90s we were on the support bill. It was so wet and muddy and pi**ing with rain that they were towing things in with a massive 4x4 tractor.
For qualifying we had to do a lap or so behind a safety car, and actually drive off the track at one part that had a good foot or more of water on it. The grid was decided on championship positions at the time
and so for a lot of us the first time we actually tried to learn the circuit was in the race

Frailloop · 16 Sep 2009, 22:28 (Ref:2542455)

Huge amounts of earth are being moved around the infield. The line of the new piece of track from Goddards looping down the infield and back to the (current) start line is begining to appear. The change of gradient will be less that I thought as old motorcross track and that big, flat area has been carved away.

The large flat area which will hold the new pits complex and paddock are also growing over by Coppice and the Wheatcroft straight.

There can't be much more ground work left to do.

**Peter Mallett** · 17 Sep 2009, 04:43 (Ref:2542574)

I've got your pic, and will upload it this weekend.

csirl · 18 Sep 2009, 13:41 (Ref:2543397)

Are the Donnington loans going into NAMA? There are a lot of UK loans including some well known sporting venues expected to end up with NAMA. If the developers are in any difficulties, NAMA is obliged to extract the maximum economic value out of the property, which usually isnt motor racing.

Dave 455 · 18 Sep 2009, 14:20 (Ref:2543417)

Donington's development webcam is now live again, so you can follow the progress live!

VIVA GT · 18 Sep 2009, 14:24 (Ref:2543422)

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Originally Posted by Dave 455

Donington's development webcam is now live again, so you can follow the progress live!

Should be a good cure for insomnia!

LC2guy · 18 Sep 2009, 14:35 (Ref:2543428)

I thought it was a still image until someone walked past

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