Club Arnage

Anyone planning on going to this  - any clues about camping in/near the circuit etc?

F

Our nige is Back ;D

http://www.fiagt.com

Taking the seat currently vacated by Tomas E

Will  pre booking a ticket now as it will bring in the punters! :) :) :) :) :) :)

at least it will keep the whinging git off our island for a while.. cant you nab him for evading taxes or anything?

I'm planning to be there and will probably be camping at Whittlebury hall as per last year. I think I will drive up on Saturday morning and stay Saturday night.

Last year the first 500 pre-booked tickets got a free pitwalk on the Sunday before the main FIA race.

I will be there. Probably Wittlebury Hall camping, There is a flat rate charge for the weekend so expect to see me there from Friday to Monday evening.

I may very well be tempted.

Nigel Mansell will be driving the Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari!

http://www.crash.net/news_view~cid~8~id~146039.htm

I'll definitely be there! Should be going along with my brother and a few friends. Love the FIA GTs and the GT90s look interesting too. Taking my 13 y/o s/daughter on the Saturday as she's never seen a real McLaren F1 before and it's her 'most favouritest' car.  ;)

No need to camp as we only live about 15-20 minutes down the road.  ;D

I think we're going to go Saturday/Sunday. Hopefully we'll manage Marshals/Media camping on the circuit.

I'll be there on Sunday.

Timetable here.


http://www.silverstone.co.uk/pdf/FIA_GT_Event_Timetable.pdf

Planning on going.

Will probably try to see the GT90 race on the Saturday, just in case reliability issues cause a reduced field on the Sunday.

And then the FIAs on the Sunday.

Now I really can't wait!!! See the list of cars for the support race!!!

GT90's Revival race

1 McLaren F1 GTR
2 McLaren F1 GTR
3 Ferrari F40 LM
4 Ferrari F40 LM
5 Porsche 911GT1
7 Harrier GT1
8 Stealth B6
14 Lotus Elise GT1
17 Stealth B6
23 Porsche 911 GT1

30 Ferrari N-GT
32 Porsche 993 GT2
34 Ferrari 550 GT
35 Porsche 911 GT2
44 Marcos LM600
60 Prosport 3000
61 Ferrari F355 Challenge
62 Porsche 944 Turbo Cup
64 TVR Tuscan Challenge
65 TVR Tuscan Challenge
66 Ferrari 355 Challenge
67 Venturi 400 Trophy
68 Venturi 400 Trophy
69 Venturi 400 Trophy
70 Venturi 400 Trophy

That GT90 entry list looks great.

Where did you get it from? Is it confirmed?

it was posted on Beermounting by Mozerewa (sp?).

I looked on the Silverstone Website but there is nothing as usual. I really hope it is true.

I took the car details from the www.dailysportscar.com site  ;)

So there are going to be

Whittlebury Hall Camping:

Rick Cutler
Yvonne DfH
Fran
Muzorewa?
Christopher?
Piglet, KK
Nickliv?
Jay
Jules G

Just Visiting

Trackside
BOBU

Shall we arrange a meeting point?

I shall arrive late on Friday as picking up Yvonne from Luton at 2200. Leaving on Monday morning.

That reminds me I need to phone Whittlebury tomorrow.

Cheers Rick

I should be their by 1 at the latest on Saturday. Chaos may be in tow.

Sorry - I am out of this one now, weekend in Whitby instead!   

(Not sure if it counts as a better offer or not!!)  :-\

F

Depends who it's with  ;)

It's a right bugger, but I can't make it.

I was training in Bournemouth, but I've sort of not passed the course, so I'm back in Aberdeen licking my wounds. LM is also out of the question. Still hoping for the silverstone LMES though. :( :( :( :( :( :(

IF I can pull something out of the bag, you will all be the first to know.

Then I'll work out how to tell my wife. In such a way that she remains my wife.

We'll be there and hopefully in marshals camping onsite - unless our lack of tickets gives us difficulty getting in!!

We're planning to get there Friday night - probably in time to pitch in the dark the way things are looking workwise! 

KK is snapping, I'm not sure what I'm doing - very possibly nothing (with a fridge full of beer  ;D)

  :angel:

Not definite for Saturday yet, will certainly be there on the Sunday, though.  ;)

I am now to just visiting........probably just the Sunday, as I need to be fair to my good lady wife  :angel: , as she reminded me (in the nicest possible way of course) that I will be spending 10 days in France very soon!  ;D

I just hope I am wrong and that the GT90s 8) are reliable enough to make a race of it on the Sunday.

Happy to meet up and say 'hello', put some faces to names. I will most likely be with Trackside and Co.

Camping is definately out for me, Looks like it will just be Sunday.

Just looking at the published timetable for this - the final activity on Saturday is "18.45 – 19.15 Discover the track with Dodge"

Anyone got the slightest idea what this is?  ???

Muzorewa,
I'll think you'll find that this is a typo, it should be "Cover the track with porridge".
This is the traditional way to end the race, and although there was a practical reason many years ago (in much the same way swallows line their nests with gobshite to preserve them for the following season), it's more of a symbolic excercise now.
I for one am glad to see it continue.
H

They are dropping like flies.

I spoke to Whittlebury today and their is no booking, it is just turn up and pay on the day (£25 for the Saturday night - car + tent/caravan).

Al is coming with me, so the liver will surely be punished.

I have to play in the Hertfordshire bowls trial on the Saturday morn but it is just a quick blast up the M1 to Sillystone so should be their by 12.30 and sling the tent up before racing down to the track.

Will bring the beers.

I'll be there by 08:30 on Sunday  I'll phone Rick when I get into the circuit to arrange a meet for a breakfast beer :P

If the levels of alcohol consumption last year are anything to go by then your 8.30 phone call will be the alarm clock. No beer on Sunday for me I will have to drive back. Pooh sticks.  :-[

Not sure if we will be on Whittlebury now as they said the campsite will have the gate closed at Sunset! We need to be able to get on at about 11. maybe just after. Jay I will let you know whereever we are.

Good stuff. Send me a text on Saturday morning and let me know where you end up camping. Are you bringing the van?

OK, time to bounce this back up.

KK and I will be on the officials campsite (assuming we can get in as I currently have no pass!).   After emptying the garage we have finally managed to find the flag bag so will have our Club Arnage flag flying high (ish - really need a new flag pole!). 

Not sure when we'll be there, we were going to have to leave Bristol at 7.30pm so after 9.30pm to Silverstone but KK is trying to clear some time to go this afternoon and I'll drive up separately tonight.

Rick, see you guys sometime much later tonight. 

http://www.skyblueleisure.co.uk/acatalog/Telescopic_Poles.html We use these, you could see one of them in effect in Brands last weekend. Only thing they don't survive for some reason are Floridian microbursts. On the other hand, that microburst also turned over the Turn 10 scaffold....

Ahh yes, I think I've bought from them before.

Need to get a new one ordered - the longer one of mine got sabataged at the GP a year or two ago and we had to remove the bottom section so it's not very big. 

Cheers for the link, must get round to sorting it out.  ;D

Havn't looked recently, but when I got mine a couple of years ago, they were a couple of quid cheaper in their eb*y site than from their website (I think the postage was less!!).  Same outfit, same product.

Del

Cheers Del, I'll have a look.  I've also bought from Dunstable Kites before and they were pretty good.

Anyway - an update - for Rick - KK has gone on up to Silverstone today, he managed to move his lessons for today so is up there, pitched and trackside from the sound of the cars!  I'll go up later once I escape from here.

He's picked up his passes, plus one for me and a car pass.  Apparently there has been a problem getting tickets and car passes sent out so security may not be surprised that passes may not have arrived with you.  Certainly there is a note on the Marshals forum saying that in many cases tickets haven't been sent and if they have then car passes weren't enclosed. 

 

I need to pick my tickets up from car park 49 (wherever that is).

God knows!   Last year they had advanced orders of spectator tickets in the cabin the the left of the entrance as you go into the main entrance.  So you headed into the main entrance and security would turn you left at the small roundabout into the carpark where you could park and collect your tickets.

I see this morning that there won't be any Jags or Moggies as they failed to homologate in time.  That's a shame. :(

Now I see that the Ford GT has qualified fastest in GT3.  That will be a site to see for those guys.

Havent really been a fan of the new one BUT ............... but i cud change my mind?????

I just got back and what a superb weekend. I thought the FIA GT race was quality, and the FIA GT3 race this afternoon had one of the most exciting finishes ever.

Thanks to Rick, Piglet and Keith for their hospitality, the Chilli was most appreciated. I hope the Saab made it back ok on the relay lorry.

As Jay says the FIA GT and GT3 race were excellent but what a disapointment the GT90s field was. No maccas only one F40. Nice to see the Exige GT1 again even if it did only last 3 laps.

Cheers Jay - hope your mate didn't have too much of a sore head this morning!  ;D

We made it back an hour or so ago - with the Saab and the trailer on the breakdown truck.  Still not too sure what's wrong with it, I'm living in hope that it's an imobiliser problem that can be reset not something expensive! 

We've left Rick and Yvonne up there, Yvonne flies back tomorrow afternoon I think.

It was bloody cold Friday night - I had to go to Tesco to buy another duvet (£8.50 for a Tesco Value duvet - bargain!) on Saturday which was when I discovered that Sven wouldn't start.  I blame Keith, he drove Sven up there on Friday! 

We both had pretty sore heads this morning.  ;D

Ended up in the paddock bar at the campsite and wound up drinking there till closing time.

From the races I saw on the Sunday, I thought the GT3 was more interesting than the GT1 / GT2. The GT3 cars / drivers seemed more evenly matched which made for some closer battles.

There seemed to be a big difference in driving ability in the GT1 class, which surprised me considering this is top level Eur GT racing.

The GT90s were dissapointing......as I had feared. But it was good to briefly see the ex-1997 Le Mans Elise GT1 car agian. Speaking with one of the mechanics on Sunday morning was interesting.

The car is currently for sale, as the owner has another ex-FIA GT series Elise GT1 (the white Thia Air sponsored one, I beleive). The car used on Saturday / Sunday had not turned a wheel in anger since Le Mans 1997. About 2 months ago they gave it a long overdue 'service' to check things over before the race.

During practise they put a set of leftover tyres from Le Mans 1997 on the car......which were past their best.....resulting in wheel spins in top gear down the straights.

The car is currently putting out approx 640bhp, and eighs in at just over 900kg.

I see one of the Ferrari had a 'for sale' banner across its windshield also. Maybe this series is just as an opportunity for the owners to parade their cars to help get a sale.......

Just a few snaps from Sunday

http://www.gtphotosport.com/fiasil2007/index.html