Comments on: The Death of the 2010 British Grand Prix? http://www.number66.net/the-death-of-the-2010-british-grand-prix/ Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:05:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Rosie http://www.number66.net/the-death-of-the-2010-british-grand-prix/comment-page-1/#comment-4350 Rosie Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:05:39 +0000 http://www.number66.net/?p=553#comment-4350 Confused by this article. The 2010 BGP is being held at Silverstone isn't it? Question: If it is, does the M1 get chewed up during the race weekend? Confused by this article. The 2010 BGP is being held at Silverstone isn’t it? Question: If it is, does the M1 get chewed up during the race weekend?

]]> By: Martin Galpin http://www.number66.net/the-death-of-the-2010-british-grand-prix/comment-page-1/#comment-4256 Martin Galpin Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:51:52 +0000 http://www.number66.net/?p=553#comment-4256 Hi Alex Yes indeed, this is another good point. The logistics of transporting around 100,000 people by bus from Leicester seems unrealistic. Even if you can fit 100 people per bus, that's 1000 bus trips, each way... I think I'll watch on TV... Hi Alex

Yes indeed, this is another good point. The logistics of transporting around 100,000 people by bus from Leicester seems unrealistic. Even if you can fit 100 people per bus, that’s 1000 bus trips, each way…

I think I’ll watch on TV…

]]> By: Alex http://www.number66.net/the-death-of-the-2010-british-grand-prix/comment-page-1/#comment-4255 Alex Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:27:55 +0000 http://www.number66.net/?p=553#comment-4255 Good post, the only point neglected is that access to the circuit for the Grand Prix meeting will be by public transport only. No spectator cars will be allowed to drive into the circuit. Only teams, marshals and officials. Good post, the only point neglected is that access to the circuit for the Grand Prix meeting will be by public transport only. No spectator cars will be allowed to drive into the circuit. Only teams, marshals and officials.

]]> By: F1: Our manifesto for the British Grand Prix | Brits on Pole http://www.number66.net/the-death-of-the-2010-british-grand-prix/comment-page-1/#comment-4219 F1: Our manifesto for the British Grand Prix | Brits on Pole Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:49:02 +0000 http://www.number66.net/?p=553#comment-4219 [...] a set of largely unsupported promises that have yet to be substantiated, coupled with evidence that active damage is being caused to a popular and well-used circuit, damage that largely harms the club racers that are its bread and [...] [...] a set of largely unsupported promises that have yet to be substantiated, coupled with evidence that active damage is being caused to a popular and well-used circuit, damage that largely harms the club racers that are its bread and [...]

]]> By: Dominic Malvern http://www.number66.net/the-death-of-the-2010-british-grand-prix/comment-page-1/#comment-4217 Dominic Malvern Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:31:01 +0000 http://www.number66.net/?p=553#comment-4217 Martin, a very well written and researched piece and I concur with everything that you say. Unfortunately Bernie doesn't care about the British GP and even less about the BRDC who he hates with a passion. No British GP will, as we know, simply allow him to "flog" another event to an emerging territory so desperate to possess the kudos that goes with staging a GP that they will happily meet his ludicrously high financial demands. Also as we sadly witnessed last week countries like Turkey, have no real motor racing tradition or infrastructure and whilst they can build a state of the art facility, one must question how will they continue to sustain it by staging one event per year that obviously loses heaps of money? Therefore not for the first time this year we saw a GP with a dire lack of spectators and whilst the marketing of F1 is built around worldwide TV ratings what sort of impression does it create not only to the TV audience but also to all the sponsors? A serious re-think is needed if F1 is to retain it's position as the pinnacle of our beloved sport! Martin, a very well written and researched piece and I concur with everything that you say.

Unfortunately Bernie doesn’t care about the British GP and even less about the BRDC who he hates with a passion. No British GP will, as we know, simply allow him to “flog” another event to an emerging territory so desperate to possess the kudos that goes with staging a GP that they will happily meet his ludicrously high financial demands.

Also as we sadly witnessed last week countries like Turkey, have no real motor racing tradition or infrastructure and whilst they can build a state of the art facility, one must question how will they continue to sustain it by staging one event per year that obviously loses heaps of money?

Therefore not for the first time this year we saw a GP with a dire lack of spectators and whilst the marketing of F1 is built around worldwide TV ratings what sort of impression does it create not only to the TV audience but also to all the sponsors?

A serious re-think is needed if F1 is to retain it’s position as the pinnacle of our beloved sport!

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