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17-07-2021, 09:09 AM
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British GP - new format

The new format launches this afternoon.
I can’t believe Silverstone is in your backyard yet no one is attending

I’d give anything to see an F1 race live

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17-07-2021, 09:54 AM
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I know someone who is going and I wish he wasn't .
His wife is having chemotherapy for cancer and vulnerable to covid.
He is staying in a camper van with his son and will be very hot there today.
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17-07-2021, 10:34 AM
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It would be my worst nightmare Minx.....
You need to be there two days before to find a good spot to camp, the road leading past Silverstone (which is a main North South route to Oxford and beyond) is completely closed for three days unless you are going to Silverstone. So many people in such a small space would be my idea of hell! And to sit on a wasp and fly covered grassy bank, only ever seeing the cars over the heads of the spectators in front every 90 seconds or so as they flash past at 200 mph, and paying hundreds of pounds for the privilege fills me with despair....
I enjoy F1 from the comfort of my sofa clutching a mug of steaming Yorkshire tea and a chocolate biscuit to dunk. At least I can keep a track of who is doing what and when....And meander to the toilet when the need arises.....
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17-07-2021, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Meg ->
I know someone who is going and I wish he wasn't .
His wife is having chemotherapy for cancer and vulnerable to covid.
He is staying in a camper van with his son and will be very hot there today.
I pray he doesn’t get Covid
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17-07-2021, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
It would be my worst nightmare Minx.....
You need to be there two days before to find a good spot to camp, the road leading past Silverstone (which is a main North South route to Oxford and beyond) is completely closed for three days unless you are going to Silverstone. So many people in such a small space would be my idea of hell! And to sit on a wasp and fly covered grassy bank, only ever seeing the cars over the heads of the spectators in front every 90 seconds or so as they flash past at 200 mph, and paying hundreds of pounds for the privilege fills me with despair....
I enjoy F1 from the comfort of my sofa clutching a mug of steaming Yorkshire tea and a chocolate biscuit to dunk. At least I can keep a track of who is doing what and when....And meander to the toilet when the need arises.....
Well, if you put it that way… having never experienced it myself how was I to know sly old grey fox 🦊

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17-07-2021, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox ->
It would be my worst nightmare Minx.....
You need to be there two days before to find a good spot to camp, the road leading past Silverstone (which is a main North South route to Oxford and beyond) is completely closed for three days unless you are going to Silverstone. So many people in such a small space would be my idea of hell! And to sit on a wasp and fly covered grassy bank, only ever seeing the cars over the heads of the spectators in front every 90 seconds or so as they flash past at 200 mph, and paying hundreds of pounds for the privilege fills me with despair....
I enjoy F1 from the comfort of my sofa clutching a mug of steaming Yorkshire tea and a chocolate biscuit to dunk. At least I can keep a track of who is doing what and when....And meander to the toilet when the need arises.....
That's exactly right. I saw some of the junior races but that was a long time ago in my student days.
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17-07-2021, 12:03 PM
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I’ve been in the past but just for qualifying and I used to go when they were able to do tyre testing, but foxys right, yes you don’t get the atmosphere, but you see more of the action from the comfort of your sofa, and you don’t have to queue for ages to use the toilet…
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17-07-2021, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Primus1 ->
I’ve been in the past but just for qualifying and I used to go when they were able to do tyre testing, but foxys right, yes you don’t get the atmosphere, but you see more of the action from the comfort of your sofa, and you don’t have to queue for ages to use the toilet…
I suppose so talk about dousing a flame
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Originally Posted by Besoeker ->
That's exactly right. I saw some of the junior races but that was a long time ago in my student days.
I bet it was a totally different experience Visitor
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I bet it was a totally different experience Visitor
It was certainly different. Nothing like the safety precautions for a start.
 
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