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where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year

donington park
6 (22.2%)
silverstone
7 (25.9%)
brands hatch
10 (37%)
oulton park
3 (11.1%)
sneterton
1 (3.7%)

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Offline johnny waring

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where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year
« on: September 26, 2006, 11:27:13 pm »
i hope its brands.Its been a while since they have had a proper big event like this

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Re: where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2006, 12:26:24 am »
Much as I would love it to be Brands again after all these years (many a wet Sunday as a wee lad spent playing on South Bank!)......

Fond memories of Dingle's Dell too (oo-er missus!).

Anyway, fear the jingle of corporate pennies have got the better of things again and the featureless F1ville that is Sliverstone will get the nod  :(

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Re: where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year
« Reply #2 on: September 27, 2006, 09:25:13 am »
I hope it is Donington but i think that it will be Silverstone
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Re: where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year
« Reply #3 on: September 27, 2006, 09:41:44 am »
Anyway, fear the jingle of corporate pennies have got the better of things again and the featureless F1ville that is Sliverstone will get the nod  :(

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Re: where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year
« Reply #4 on: September 27, 2006, 10:24:08 am »
I read somewhere that it was going to be Silverstone, I thought I saw it on the Le Mans series website or the ACO site?

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Re: where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year
« Reply #5 on: September 27, 2006, 10:25:27 am »
Brands is becoming THE circuit in the UK with a mix of history and feel-good factor.  Please not Silverstone, it
's drab and you always feel as if it is built just for F1 and that everything else is just a nuisance.

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Re: where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year
« Reply #6 on: September 27, 2006, 11:12:07 am »

Silverstone is just dull.

As has been said, it seems that it has been re-created for F1 only. Even the LMES cars look out of place against the featureless backdrop.

Anywhere but Silverstone.
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Re: where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year
« Reply #7 on: September 27, 2006, 11:18:51 am »
As comments above, PLEASE NOT SILVERSTONE.  The place is so souless nowadays.
As I mentioned on another similar thread, I would hope it would be Brands Hatch.  Mind you, Snetterton would be 'interesting'.



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Re: where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year
« Reply #8 on: September 27, 2006, 11:43:23 am »
Anywhere close enough to Manchester that I can drive home on my leftover petrol and pick up everything I forgot to pack!!!  (Those who were at Donny will understand  :-\ )

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Re: where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year
« Reply #9 on: September 27, 2006, 11:45:12 am »
Anywhere close enough to Manchester that I can drive home on my leftover petrol and pick up everything I forgot to pack!!!  (Those who were at Donny will understand  :-\ )

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Re: where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year
« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2006, 11:53:01 am »

Fran, whats up chuck,  ;)

We have a few southerners up here for some "conference" or other so its absolutely chaos with all the extra police and security measures - not to mention the armoured limousines and helicopters.... bunch of softies!

Other than that.......its drizzling slightly   ::)

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Re: where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year
« Reply #11 on: September 27, 2006, 12:09:25 pm »
Apart from the financial bit, Silverstone is likely to get the race because of the track itself, which can host the LMS grid better than other tracks. At Jarama, there were many teams complaining about the lack of space to overtake and Motors TV mentioned they are looking at tracks with F1 like facilities now.

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Re: where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year
« Reply #12 on: September 27, 2006, 12:11:37 pm »
At Jarama, there were many teams complaining about the lack of space to overtake and Motors TV mentioned they are looking at tracks with F1 like facilities now.

In the same sentence?   :o

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Re: where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year
« Reply #13 on: September 27, 2006, 12:12:29 pm »
Sympathise with the security, Bournemouth use to be turned into a security base when the Tories paid us a visit :police:

Do they still seal up every ground access cover just in case ;)

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Re: where do you think they will have the uk lmes next year
« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2006, 01:31:51 pm »
We have a few southerners up here for some "conference" or other ......
They're all scottish aren't they.  We disown them down south

Anyway, Brands Hatch its got to be.  Sorry everybody has to suffer the M25
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