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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Re: It might happen
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on: July 16, 2020, 02:33:09 pm
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I think they have said they will be contacting ticket holders between the 17th and 31st August with details, other than that we know camp sites not open till the wed afternoon, and no access to the circuit before 8am on the Thursday. Those that were expecting to setup camp earlier in the week need to rearrange their travel plans, or stay somewhere else locally!
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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Re: It might happen
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on: July 06, 2020, 09:26:07 am
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Weather forecast for September available yet ??
This far out it'll be much the same as the early forecasts for June, i.e. rain, thunderstorms, sunshine, but not snow (probably).
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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Re: 2020 race start time
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on: April 29, 2020, 02:10:04 pm
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LM Temps in September should be about 1 degree cooler, certainly when we passed through last September they didn't seem a lot different to the average June temp, leaving aside any extremes. the only difference will be the hours of darkness, so it will get cooler earlier and warm up a bit later.
If the Spa 24 goes ahead at the end of October it'll be interesting to see how they (and the timing) handle the clocks changing!
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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Re: 2020 race start time
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on: April 21, 2020, 09:29:00 am
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The other problem problem for events like LM and F1 is that they have presold tickets and have the money sat in their bank accounts, and have probably spent some of it already! I can't see that LM would get enough revenue from TV to cover the costs of putting the race on.
The Silverstone GP pays it's hosting fee out of the ticket revenue (which just about covers it), with no ticket sales it would not be able to pay Liberty and so they would have to wave the fee.
The Premier League in the UK doesn't really need the money from ticket sales, but it does need the money from TV rights, so chances are the season will be finished one way or another.
Anyway September is some way off yet, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Re: 2020 race start time
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on: April 20, 2020, 02:46:23 pm
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Found this, from Macron, last week Speaking in an address to the nation on Monday night, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the extension of nationwide lockdown until at least 11th May, as the country continues to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. “Public gatherings, restaurants, cafes and hotels, cinemas, theatres, halls and museums will remain closed at this stage. The big festivals and events with a big audience will not be able to occur until earliest mid-July. The situation will be collectively evaluated from mid-May to adapt things and provide more clarity.” https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2020/quarantine-in-france-extended-until-11th-may-no-mass-gatherings-until-mid-july/Difficult to run a race behind closed doors when half of the track is public road! And I doubt the ACO could afford to run the race without paying customers anyway, so it will either run as "normal" or not at all I would have thought. As an aside the Belgium government hasn't as yet declared what a mass gathering is! Germany & Belgium have banned mass gatherings until end of August for now; I'm starting to think there's no way LM24 will be going ahead unless it does so behind closed doors... https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/news/more-races-under-threat-as-europe-extends-bans-on-mass-gatherings
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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Re: 2020 race start time
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on: April 15, 2020, 04:35:13 pm
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The earlier start time is to cater for TV and to allow some extra daylight running for TV too.
The return to 16:00 start time was to allow for extra stuff to happen in the run up to the start.
I think there was a Porker race due this year, it will be interesting to see if they try and fit one in.
Almost certainly the race is going to clash with multiple sporting events, especially with the TdF to finish on the 20th, plus there is bound to be a GP on both LM weekends, the Canadian one was due to clash this year anyway.
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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Re: Flu
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on: March 30, 2020, 02:15:30 pm
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Has anyone got Zoom? (Video conferencing) I'd never heard of it till last week, but we set the Missus up on it so she can chat to all her friends for hours. Its what Boris uses in his press conferences for the journalists, now they're not allowed in the room, and its free We use it at work a lot, and even more now that we are all WFH, if you are using the free version then there is a limit of 40 minutes per session don't forget.
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Club Arnage / General Discussion / Brittany Ferries 2020
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on: October 16, 2019, 02:05:20 pm
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Brittany have loaded up their Summer 2020 schedules today, although their website isn't coping too well!
They now have three pricing options, Cheaper but pay now and no amends, Mid-price, 50% deposit and some amends, Full price, with 25% and amends right up to a few hours before sailing.
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Club Arnage / It Happened To Me / Re: Speed Cameras in France
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on: July 19, 2019, 09:07:47 am
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How far over the limit were these? Would be useful to know what we can get away with, compared with GB.
I saw the paperwork from one of our group who got caught in an 80kph limit and it looked like there was a 5kph allowance, so barely any at all!
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Club Arnage / It Happened To Me / Re: Speed Cameras in France
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on: July 18, 2019, 09:10:14 am
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Three of my mates also got the fixed penalty notice, I think the option has always been there in the past for them to chase up Brits, but they have never bothered. Maybe the French government are short of cash!
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