New Pit Lane at Donington Park

Sheila M · 28 Jan 2006, 17:17 (Ref:1510817)

For anyone who is interested, I have been to Donington today and have uploaded the photographs here: http://www.marshalspost.com/gallery/190.html

They are not particularly clever on account of the fencing around the construction work but you should be able to get a rough idea of what it will look like.

Sheila

jase · 28 Jan 2006, 17:22 (Ref:1510823)

Doesn't look that different to the old one!

Piglet · 28 Jan 2006, 17:29 (Ref:1510827)

It looks good Sheila - I hope they are going to repaint the rails !!!

Shelagh · 28 Jan 2006, 17:31 (Ref:1510828)

Nice to see how the work is progressing, but it's a bit hard to figure out what exactly is going on! Looks like they are keeping the basic external structures and just tarting up the insides. Something to look forward to!

Sheila M · 28 Jan 2006, 17:32 (Ref:1510829)

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Originally Posted by Shelagh

Nice to see how the work is progressing, but it's a bit hard to figure out what exactly is going on! Looks like they are keeping the basic external structures and just tarting up the insides. Something to look forward to!

Erm no, Shelagh. It was completely flattened in November and now they are rebuilding it completely. The only thing left in the pit lane from the old one is my office!

JohnD · 28 Jan 2006, 18:06 (Ref:1510842)

We were there before Xmas, trackdaying, and were told that this was just for the winter, while the pit garages were worked on. Not that anyone WAS working on them - just like a Mway contraflow.
John

aland · 28 Jan 2006, 18:31 (Ref:1510855)

looking good, and long overdue. here's hoping for more investment like repairing the bridge at the old hairpin

thepits! · 28 Jan 2006, 21:10 (Ref:1510914)

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Originally Posted by Sheila M

The only thing left in the pit lane from the old one is my office!

Whose office?!

Sheila M · 28 Jan 2006, 21:15 (Ref:1510919)

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Originally Posted by thepits!

Whose office?!

MINE!! I spend more time in it than you do!

thepits! · 28 Jan 2006, 21:17 (Ref:1510925)

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Originally Posted by Sheila M

MINE!! I spend more time in it than you do!

asleep!

jase · 28 Jan 2006, 21:33 (Ref:1510931)

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Originally Posted by thepits!

asleep!

At her age, snoring is the only real exercise Sheila still gets!

Sheila M · 28 Jan 2006, 21:36 (Ref:1510934)

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At her age, snoring is the only real exercise Sheila still gets!

How very true! That, and kick starting the broomstick!

Piglet · 28 Jan 2006, 21:51 (Ref:1510941)

Oooh I think I'll keep out of this one. I'll be in the corner in the corner when you've all finished OK??

Sheila M · 28 Jan 2006, 22:02 (Ref:1510954)

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Oooh I think I'll keep out of this one. I'll be in the corner in the corner when you've all finished OK??

Thank you dear, I knew I could rely on you to support me in this personal attack on my advanced years!

Piglet · 28 Jan 2006, 22:08 (Ref:1510959)

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Thank you dear, I knew I could rely on you to support me in this personal attack on my advanced years!

Yup - I'll be right behind you!!! (cowering down where no one can see me!!)

thepits! · 28 Jan 2006, 22:16 (Ref:1510971)

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Yup - I'll be right behind you!!! (cowering down where no one can see me!!)

Thats right Piglet - remember the old adage: -

"You have to be right behind them before you can stab them in the back"!

(wonder who's going to look after the 'oriface' for the lmes - hmmmmmmm - discuss!)

flags · 28 Jan 2006, 22:56 (Ref:1510997)

is that an old broomstick handle i can see in the pic of the ' extention to the paddock suite ' ? heehee..it's ok..sheila m would'nt know me !!...byron

Sheila M · 28 Jan 2006, 22:59 (Ref:1510999)

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Originally Posted by flags

is that an old broomstick handle i can see in the pic of the ' extention to the paddock suite ' ? heehee..it's ok..sheila m would'nt know me !!...byron

Your eyes must be deceiving you - I couldn't get the broomstick started this morning so went by car instead!

thepits! · 28 Jan 2006, 23:02 (Ref:1511002)

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Your eyes must be deceiving you - I couldn't get the broomstick started this morning so went by car instead!

Sheila, his eyes didn't deceive him, that's your Spare one you leave jic!

Shelagh · 29 Jan 2006, 13:11 (Ref:1511241)

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Originally Posted by Sheila M

Erm no, Shelagh. It was completely flattened in November and now they are rebuilding it completely. The only thing left in the pit lane from the old one is my office!

They've obviously re-used the old bricks then!!!!!

I do like the picture with the two doors, one of which is open - despite the fact that there are no walls! As long as they are remembering to wipe their feet!

Piglet · 29 Jan 2006, 19:40 (Ref:1511417)

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Originally Posted by thepits!

Thats right Piglet - remember the old adage: -

"You have to be right behind them before you can stab them in the back"!

(wonder who's going to look after the 'oriface' for the lmes - hmmmmmmm - discuss!)

Ooohh that's not nice!!! Anyway I'd need a box to stand on to stab most people in the back!!!

Sheila M · 29 Jan 2006, 19:43 (Ref:1511418)

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Originally Posted by Shelagh

They've obviously re-used the old bricks then!!!!!

I do like the picture with the two doors, one of which is open - despite the fact that there are no walls! As long as they are remembering to wipe their feet!

Shelagh, I'm not quite sure what you are looking at but there are no bricks in the new building!

Because of the solid fencing it was very difficult to get photographs as I was not allowed in the hard hat area.

There was a block wall down what used to be the hatched line mainly to make a roadway for the track day cars - are you getting confused with that?

Perhaps I should have said "ignore the first 7 pictures - they were taken a couple of years back"!

neilwaynesmith · 30 Jan 2006, 07:51 (Ref:1511655)

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Originally Posted by Sheila M

Shelagh, I'm not quite sure what you are looking at but there are no bricks in the new building!

Because of the solid fencing it was very difficult to get photographs as I was not allowed in the hard hat area.

On first examination, it does look like they've left the brick facade up, but on 2nd viewing Shelagh is actually seeing the blockwork dividing walls between the pits....

One comment though, using the blocks and door frames as dimensional referents, the pit garages look rather narrow. Especially when one considers that we have the LMES coming this year......

jase · 30 Jan 2006, 13:07 (Ref:1511874)

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Originally Posted by neilwaynesmith

...One comment though, using the blocks and door frames as dimensional referents, the pit garages look rather narrow. Especially when one considers that we have the LMES coming this year......

Neil, I know what you mean, they wont be any narrower than the garages in the Endurance pits at Spa and the teams get in and out of them OK.

thepits! · 30 Jan 2006, 13:15 (Ref:1511879)

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Neil, I know what you mean, they wont be any narrower than the garages in the Endurance pits at Spa and the teams get in and out of them OK.

Well, Thin Team Members can (just!) - but what about Hugh?

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