Problem of the day!!

[Senninha]

Typical, bleeding typical!!!

CART goes to Brands Hatch.. Hurrah!! With the BTCC as a support (?) race! lol! [For BTCC read FFord&FR2000 support race in SenninhaSpeak] so I'm thinking, wanna go wanna go wanna go... then... please don't let it be May 5th, Please don't let it be May 5th... pleeeeaase! (This was before found out BTCC was gonna be the support (?) race - I knew what was happening at all circuits in the UK that weekend)

So what do they do? Put it on May 5th - their timing is appalling! 3 days ago, I managed to book myself a place at the Spanish GP which when you look at Page & Moy's tour (of which I got not only the last hotel room, but the last grandstand ticket they had available, and the last place on the tour I wanted to go on - fate I tell you). If they'd have announced this last week, i would have quickly changed to one of the more expensive and less convenient races (i.e. Imola (probably sold out now seeing as it's earlier so didn't really consider it) or Monza (not any tour that I considered perfect!) or Austria (bloody expensive if you want to see Friday practice!).

I mean the first week of May is probably one of my favourite race weekends of the year, namely cos there's usually something v. good somewhere in the UK - so they cancelled Rockingham and I thought, oh well, they'll go to Spa then, but no, they pick the UK one - why can't they have it at DOnington on September 7th (I'm definitely going to that one) and have F3 AND BTCC as supports!!! lol!!! toooooo coool!!! grrrr!

Ah well, I have not a clue what's happened in CART since Rockingham 2001 - since i have seen only a handful of races since then, most of them in 2001 itself! Oh well, can't be bad for British motorsport... I wonder if the OCtagon season ticket includes that.....

Maybe it can rain...... rofl!! I could make the Wednesday! Or Tuesday even!!!!

[Henrik]

Senninha,

That's really a bummer. Mind you, if you are ever trying to get tickets to F1 races, and have trouble because you are told they are sold out, drop us a line. Greg still has some very good connections, and I think it is fair to say that when it comes to tickets, nothing is impossible.

About the rain, seeing that it is not an oval, they will race no matter what. Perfect example of that would be Surfers Paradise 2002 (just ask Ozcar!!).

I'm actually very tempted to attend the Brands Hatch weekend myself, seeing how close it is. I'll have to check my agenda....

[Senninha]

Hmmm, I was wondering about that...

They're using the Indy circuit (which I'm not over keen on anyway), and I was a bit confused as to whether they'd be using it as an 'oval' or a 'road course' - although Paddock Hill would be lethal in the wet in an oval spec car I bet!

I'll quickly hunt out a circuit diagram for those who are unfamilar with the Indy circuit if I have time.

It will attract a huge crowd though, which can only be a good thing, Brands is usually quite full on race days, but I bet there'll be more people going for the BTCC than there will be for CART.... I never understood why more people watch the BTCC than Brit F3... but I think we're looking at a good 60-70,000 people although I'm not sure of the capacity of Brands, especially if they're only using the indy circuit.

btw, thanks for the offer with the tickets, I wouldn't have imagined it'd be a problem anyway, this was only buying directly from Page & Moy - and they don't get huge volumes.

[Senninha]

Ok, quick look brought me this one, I'm sure there's better but still - it's the turquoise blue one: