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Hopefully this weekend made up for it!
biggs682
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Le man's was fantastic and is what F1 should be which I am just about to sit and watch
ah I see, my mistake, I suspect the ticket pricing will be alot more F1 like, than what people remember for WEC races of old.
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Reynard
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Tickets go on sale on Tuesday. We'll find out then, I guess. Tickets for the BTCC last year were £50, so I rather suspect these'll be somewhat north of that, unfortunately.
Jenkins
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I had an early bird email offer from Silverstone when they announced the meeting last week - the full 3 day weekend ticket set me back £95, individual days were Friday £35, Saturday £50, Sunday £70. Expect something similar or a little bit higher when they go on general sale on Tuesday.
For comparison, the ELMS 4hr race (LMP2, LMP3 & GT3s) ticket for September was £35 for the weekend while the BTCC will set you back £60 for the weekend now.
Beebo
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Wow.
Oldest F1 winner since 1970
First time a full lockout GB podium since 1968.
Oldest F1 winner since 1970
First time a full lockout GB podium since 1968.
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Reynard
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Yeah. I'd guess about 20% more on general sale tickets. By the time you add fuel and / or accommodation, ouch.
Jenkins
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Yeah. I'd guess about 20% more on general sale tickets. By the time you add fuel and / or accommodation, ouch.
Saturday night Travelodge just over £60 with breakfast and £50-£60 fuel for me. People on a motorsport forum keep going on about €70 for the Spa weekend ticket, but you've still got all the associated travel costs on top of that.
As it's a 6 hour race, I'm looking at it as £15 per hour entertainment for the race with Saturday thrown in for £5. Compare that to the hourly cost for other sports such as attending a football match.
gbb
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Around 1973 perhaps I lived on a mothballed RAF airbase and one weekend, the Vintage Motorcycle club rolled up and used the runway for timetrials.
You cant imagine (you probably can tbf) the excitement this gave us, walking around , right in the middle of the noise, the smells, the speed...those guys were NUTS
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Reynard
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It also equates to about seven weeks' worth (or so) of groceries...
Top division footy is eyewatering to get in. I'm more of a non-league gal when I do go.
biggs682
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Well I feel that was the best gp of the year so far
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biggs682
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Yes it was good just need a few more teams to get to same level
I've been an LH Fan since 2007, and I was relatively convinced he was capable of 2nd yesterday but no higher unless others had failures.
Delighted to be wrong though, and the winning margin, and 'hot laps', combined with McLaren and Merc saying the VSC would not have changed the result, was an incredible result and boost for both him and the team.
Shame Leclerc wasn't able to bring it home as well - he's a very talented driver, just having a few off races I think, pretty sure he will be back soon.
Will be very interesting to see from here on in if Hamilton can really push on, and try and make a bid for the championship.
Silverstone in 2 races: Imagine if he arrives there with 2 wins in a row, and maybe having cut the lead down to ~30 points in the process, the atmosphere would be incredible.
My favourite track Spa after that, at which he has a very good record at as well.
Delighted to be wrong though, and the winning margin, and 'hot laps', combined with McLaren and Merc saying the VSC would not have changed the result, was an incredible result and boost for both him and the team.
Shame Leclerc wasn't able to bring it home as well - he's a very talented driver, just having a few off races I think, pretty sure he will be back soon.
Will be very interesting to see from here on in if Hamilton can really push on, and try and make a bid for the championship.
Silverstone in 2 races: Imagine if he arrives there with 2 wins in a row, and maybe having cut the lead down to ~30 points in the process, the atmosphere would be incredible.
My favourite track Spa after that, at which he has a very good record at as well.
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