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29 May 2006, 18:32 (Ref:1622263) | #28 | ||
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hmmm odd - I went to the LMS website, found Donington and clicked on race entries - it had 47 listed season entries (weather they were actually for Donington or not, I don't know), and didn't include any Audis.
Further more the LMS website said "we must bear in mind that Donington doesn't accept more than 42 cars" - I wonder which one is incorrect - LMS or Donington...? |
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29 May 2006, 20:46 (Ref:1622385) | #29 | |
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I'd trust the LMES site, but I hope to see R10s too.
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29 May 2006, 21:26 (Ref:1622411) | #30 | ||
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29 May 2006, 21:43 (Ref:1622437) | #31 | ||
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I just checked the Donington website ticket office
http://www.donington-park.co.uk/tick...p?event=060827 for prices, as I usually book in advance for a discount, but unusually, there seems to be no benefit booking early instead of paying on the door (20 quid for an adult Sunday ticket either way). In fact it's worse as you must pay for postage. Is this normal for Donington? |
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30 May 2006, 12:19 (Ref:1622886) | #34 | |
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I am planning on going to donington and will be my first LMS race. Am wondering what the lines are usually like and chances of getting tickets on the Sat and Sun if I go get them at the gate. Also with accomadation in the region, is there plenty close by or not???
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30 May 2006, 12:54 (Ref:1622911) | #35 | |
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Donington is right by the airport so plenty of hotels there. If you go onto the Donington website itself they also list accommodation.
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There will be no problem getting tickets on the gate and I'd guess the queues would be perfectly manageable too
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Am I right in thinking there's a travelodge very close to East Midlands airport? Which in turn makes it very close indeed to Donington Park. I think it's at one of the roundabouts just before you reach the circuit... A453...? I'm trying to recall despite being at the BGT meeting only a week ago lol...
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A new Donington website, same old crappy ticket booking system. We still can't book online!
So far I've pre-booked tickets with MSV and Silverstone and I have to say that MSV have by far and away the best system yet, a very prompt workman-like service. Silverstone was OK, but with my LMES tickets last year the morons in the ticket office sent me the wrong Timetable. Instead of the LMES schedule I got the one for the Silverstone Classic a few weeks before! |
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Is it already known what (if any) support series there will be?
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31 May 2006, 14:16 (Ref:1623837) | #40 | |
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Cheers all, looking foward the the race weekend
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well when i went to silverstone last year i booked a very nice little B@B in towcester 3 months before the race(this was the now defunct silverstone 1000km the very wet one as well)and this was the only hotel with a booking the rest of the hotels in the area were fully booked and at our hotel were i was staying horst felbamayer was staying there but i never got a chance to talk to him because he never got back till about 10/11 at night at the hotel and i would hear him leaving at about 6 in the morning so must be tiring which means i would fail in motorsport straight off, book your hotel as soon as possible because the hotels were fully booked and to the person in the thread whose first time it is you will love your first taster of "the noise" as i like to call it and you will want to come back for more and more
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i was the same JAG, the driver of the felbamayer porsche 911 GT3 RS that raced at silverstone last year was staying at my hotel which was great, the hotel owner was talking to him and they had no intermediate tyres for the car which meant when it dried out they were in big booboo,
better be quick with the hotel booking because like JAG said team personnel and drivers stay in the nearby hotels so if you can get into one of the nearby one's and you may be in the same hotel as a racing driver |
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I'd advise booking the travel Inn/lodge type places now for peace of mind and a very good deal, had mine booked for 2 months!
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Thanks for the info! I'll be sure to look into it. I'm still deciding on wether to go to the 24 Hours of Zolder or LMS, that's why I haven't booked yet. Although I guess I should better make up my mind quickly, as there isn't much time left.
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There's still quite a few hotels in the Donington area though what with the airport....got a great deal at a hotel 5 mins away for the 750MC meeting a few weeks back. Prob need to think about organising ours for the LMS though....
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me and my mum are wishing to attend. will there be pratice on friday 25th? and are spectators permited to it. if so roughly how much will it be to attend?
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