Silverstone redevelopment 2010 - Page 7

westfieldbend · 23 Apr 2010, 07:13 (Ref:2678241)

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Originally Posted by Stephen H

Mallory? A few years since I`ve been there, so gulp, does Mallory have debris fencing? Is so where. Is it the new tall stuff?

Mallory was such a scenic circuit

Lakes esses

Not sure if Gerrards has been done as well as I haven't been there this year, but there was talk of it.

Stephen H · 23 Apr 2010, 21:59 (Ref:2678725)

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Originally Posted by westfieldbend

Lakes esses

Not sure if Gerrards has been done as well as I haven't been there this year, but there was talk of it.

thanks for getting back - love mallory as a pretty circuit, but not been there in such a long time - so need to be prepared for the shock of the place being altered.

okay lakeside esses not so bad - also gerrads is one hell of a corner.

I was dreading a ring of steel, and then feared for lydden

Flat12-Aircool · 29 Apr 2010, 16:47 (Ref:2681754)

Yes folks, we now have the "Wellington Straight"!

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns22210.html

And if ever the French get around to building their new F1 circuit, I expect no less than to see them include a "Napoleon Straight"

pauln · 29 Apr 2010, 21:58 (Ref:2681920)

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Originally Posted by Flat12-Aircool

Yes folks, we now have the "Wellington Straight"!

Well the place was a bomber base in the war. I like that they've conitnued the tradition they started with Brooklands by naming one Aintree.

**bella** · 29 Apr 2010, 23:35 (Ref:2681957)

well the wellington straight is going to be a minefield of bad commentary puns. how long before someone gives it some welly....

Peterram430 · 30 Apr 2010, 15:25 (Ref:2682235)

Onboard video

Al Weyman · 10 May 2010, 12:52 (Ref:2687921)

I raced on the National at the weekend and thought the improvements were fine the kerbs were less harsh and the surface offered plenty of grip and I have no problems with the run off areas especially as i have beached myself twice at the end of the straight in the past now thats not so easy to do.

rbs · 10 May 2010, 19:05 (Ref:2688155)

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Originally Posted by Flat12-Aircool

Yes folks, we now have the "Wellington Straight"!

http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns22210.html

And if ever the French get around to building their new F1 circuit, I expect no less than to see them include a "Napoleon Straight"

Wrong Wellington!!!! It is named after the Wellington Aircraft that flew from Silverstone during the war.

Alfaholic · 10 May 2010, 19:07 (Ref:2688157)

Having been round the new Arena circuit a few times, I did notice that the new kerbs are fairly flat with only small drops on the saw tooth edges - I presume that is for the motorbikes.

However there have been some very high raised sections installed inside the kerbs at the left hander at the end of Vale going into Club and at the new Village and Loop section to discourage corner cutting by cars.

Flat12-Aircool · 11 May 2010, 01:05 (Ref:2688366)

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Originally Posted by rbs

Wrong Wellington!!!! It is named after the Wellington Aircraft that flew from Silverstone during the war.

So are you trying to say the Bombers weren't named after the Duke of Wellington?

rbs · 11 May 2010, 07:21 (Ref:2688448)

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Originally Posted by Flat12-Aircool

So are you trying to say the Bombers weren't named after the Duke of Wellington?

Other bombers were named after towns such as Stirling,Halifax, Lancaster etc.

Al Weyman · 11 May 2010, 07:37 (Ref:2688460)

Here is some incar of the National Circuit at the weekend, dunno whether it was just me but it somehow felt better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX9zqS-7AEw

Al Weyman · 13 May 2010, 13:58 (Ref:2689787)

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Originally Posted by rbs

Other bombers were named after towns such as Stirling,Halifax, Lancaster etc.

Dresden?

strider · 14 May 2010, 02:03 (Ref:2690117)

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Originally Posted by Al Weyman

Here is some incar of the National Circuit at the weekend, dunno whether it was just me but it somehow felt better. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX9zqS-7AEw

Nice drive, I enjoyed that. I watched Part 2 as well, but was sorry there wasn't a Part 3 to show how it all turned out!

Al Weyman · 14 May 2010, 05:38 (Ref:2690149)

That was it, at the end of Part 2 the flag went down which is why I slowed up!

strider · 15 May 2010, 00:06 (Ref:2690653)

Sorry, missed the flag because I was looking ahead to see if you were closing on the cars in front! The circuit looks pretty good, too. Glad they haven't spoilt it.

Chris Isaacs · 21 May 2010, 20:21 (Ref:2695649)

Hi all, having just driven the Arena GP layout but never the 'old' GP one, has anyone out there driven both layouts under similar conditions ? I would be interested to get a comparison of lap times between the two. Thanks!

Matt Hunter · 3 Jun 2010, 13:10 (Ref:2703826)

Developments coming on well with the pit lane stuff. New building frames going up and having seen them in person, it's looking HUUUUGE!!!
Can't wait to see the finished product. Back at the circuit in September so will be interesting to compare.

Tim the Grey · 5 Jun 2010, 22:20 (Ref:2705256)

Just been looking at their Flickr page. Indeed, steel frames go up SO fast, don't they?

Flat12-Aircool · 7 Jun 2010, 22:04 (Ref:2706398)

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Originally Posted by Chris Isaacs

Hi all, having just driven the Arena GP layout but never the 'old' GP one, has anyone out there driven both layouts under similar conditions ? I would be interested to get a comparison of lap times between the two. Thanks!

I've not driven it myself but just as a comparison, in this years FIA GT race the cars were lapping around about the 2min mark, whereas last year it was more like 1min 45sec.

Chris Isaacs · 9 Jun 2010, 19:41 (Ref:2707673)

Thanks for that, this info prompted me to look on TSL's site where it turns out the British F3's have tested this year on both layouts.

...which gives the following results:

Old circuit, 3.19 miles, new circuit 3.66 miles (or 1.147 times the length of the old GP layout)

Best F3 time on old circuit, 1 min 40, on new one 1 min 54 (or 1.14 times as long)

Although this is just one formula it is interesting how close the time difference correlates to the extra track length, having looked at the two layouts on paper it seemed to me that the new section of track looked like it would give slightly lower average speeds than the old bit - but it seems this may not be the case.

RF_Racer · 10 Jun 2010, 11:04 (Ref:2708151)

I have drivern the Bridge config a few weeks back, hated the new club, the old one was nice and had a flow.. not a fan of the new one tbh.

Craner Curves · 18 Jun 2010, 22:53 (Ref:2714537)

I notice from the Moto GP today, that they've allowed spectators onto the old Priory loop section, behind some temp chain link fencing.

Matt Hunter · 24 Jun 2010, 10:46 (Ref:2717332)

Well that's an interesting addition!
Talk about getting close to the action. Mind you if they hadn't then the only people to get a good view of the Wellington Straight would be those in the Brooklands grandstand and the BRDC building (unless you're up on the bridge).

Any new pics of the new pits? It was looking impressive from what I saw at the MotoGP

Matt Hunter · 24 Jun 2010, 10:54 (Ref:2717334)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvers...n/photostream/

Look on the wall and there appears to be now TWO variations on the National circuit.
Sweet!

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