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Club Arnage => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bob U on July 08, 2025, 02:34:03 pm

Title: WEC back to Silverstone.
Post by: Bob U on July 08, 2025, 02:34:03 pm

https://www.dailysportscar.com/2025/07/08/wec-closing-in-on-silverstone-return.html

Title: Re: WEC back to Silverstone.
Post by: Werner on July 10, 2025, 01:25:38 pm

Good news, I hope this will happen!

Title: Re: WEC back to Silverstone.
Post by: Rhino on July 13, 2025, 07:41:57 am

Already over 20,000 tickets sold for ELMS, so WEC will be big. As long as it's not in April.

Title: Re: WEC back to Silverstone.
Post by: JDS on July 14, 2025, 05:02:17 pm

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Principally, the WEC’s management team requires confidence that the cost of travelling across the English Channel for a race would be offset, at least in part, via gate receipts.

Which is code for "The BRDC have not agreed to pay us our 'think-of-a-number and double it' hosting fee otherwise they'd be running the event at a loss" - the cost of a channel crossing pales into insignificance compared to sea/air freighting the paddock around the globe.

Title: Re: WEC back to Silverstone.
Post by: Landy_Jon on July 16, 2025, 09:44:07 am

Quote from: JDS on July 14, 2025, 05:02:17 pm

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Principally, the WEC’s management team requires confidence that the cost of travelling across the English Channel for a race would be offset, at least in part, via gate receipts.

Which is code for "The BRDC have not agreed to pay us our 'think-of-a-number and double it' hosting fee otherwise they'd be running the event at a loss" - the cost of a channel crossing pales into insignificance compared to sea/air freighting the paddock around the globe.

Quite!

Title: Re: WEC back to Silverstone.
Post by: Peaky on July 25, 2025, 01:10:28 pm

Well spotted Bob.

A return to the UK for WEC is way overdue, even though I am not a fan of Silverstone.