|
| Site Partners: | SpotterGuides | Veloce Books |
| Related Sites: | Your Link Here |
|
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
|
4 Jul 2008, 01:04 (Ref:2243499)
|
#1 | |
|
Racer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 163
 |
Melbourne GP
Melbourne signs on till 2015 no details yet
|
|
|
|
|
4 Jul 2008, 01:51 (Ref:2243514)
|
#2 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 1,005
|
It's official Grand Prix is signed till 2015
4 July 2008 11:27 AM: It's official, the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park is to continue until 2015. Premier John Brumby made the announcement just before noon Melbourne time.
The race will start at 5.00 pm but the Government have said that no lights will be used. The re-signing of the Melbourne race must be a big blow to the falling credibility of Grand Prix boss and the world's richest Albino Dwarf Bernie “Arfur Daley” Ecclestone. Ecclestone has repeatedly claimed that the Melbourne race would not go ahead unless the race was run at night so as to provide European viewers with a more civilised viewing time. Ecclestone has continuously claimed that he has cities around the world queuing up for the rare privilege of hosting a Grand Prix. He's threatened France, Britain and of course Melbourne. Well, next year's French race will be at Magny Cour and now Melbourne will be around until at least 2015, If I was the BRDC I think I'd be pretty comfortable about Silverstone at least for the forceable future. |
||
|
|
__________________
IN PIT LANE
|
|
4 Jul 2008, 02:06 (Ref:2243520)
|
#3 | |||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2000
Posts: 11,402
 |
Quote:
|
|||
|
|
|
|
4 Jul 2008, 09:16 (Ref:2243714)
|
#4 | ||
 Race OfficialVeteran
Join Date: Jul 2000
Posts: 10,264
|
means the albert park residents will start there rantings & ravings again - gotta have something to whinge about...
|
||
|
|
|
|
4 Jul 2008, 11:43 (Ref:2243794)
|
#5 | |||
|
Racer
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 225
|
Quote:
|
|||
|
|
__________________
Gravity's a myth, the earth sucks.
|
|
4 Jul 2008, 13:01 (Ref:2243852)
|
#6 | |||
|
Veteran
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 1,005
|
Quote:
Oh and Bernie's announced Donnington has got the Grand Prix from 2010 so so much for that one. |
|||
|
|
__________________
IN PIT LANE
|
|
4 Jul 2008, 13:12 (Ref:2243870)
|
#7 | ||
|
Forum Host
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 6,529
|
Erm....considering Bernie is in charge of resigning GPs i hardly see how he is a loser here. He just got richer I'm sure he is pretty darned satisfied. Also lay of the petty insults please. Thank You!
|
||
|
|
__________________
A byte walks into a bar and orders a pint. Bartender asks him "What's wrong?" Byte says "Parity error." Bartender nods and says "Yeah, I thought you looked a bit off."
|
|
4 Jul 2008, 18:37 (Ref:2244120)
|
#8 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 13,000
|
Who gets richer as a direct consequence of having an evening race in Australia rather than a day race somewhere else? Maybe they can fit more support events in, but I'm not convinced that the TV ratings will be improved. Instead of being possible for European viewers to watch it when they get in from a night out, we'll now have to get up unnaturally early for a Sunday to see it life - and it psychologically seems wrong.
|
||
|
|
|
|
4 Jul 2008, 22:31 (Ref:2244281)
|
#9 | |
|
Racer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 101
|
I just have a question regarding this new deal for melbourne.
If the race is due to start at 5pm, each GP goes for about 1.5 hrs or so, so 6:30 is the finish time. With no artificial lighting, on an overcast day at 6:30 at night, wont it be deemed to dangerous to drive if visibility is impeded by darkness? I mean if a V8 Supercar race finishes at 5 or so you can tell its getting quite dark on an overcast day, so you can only imagine what an overcast day will look like at 6:30. In saying that I am super happy that Australia gets to keep the Grand Prix. Just wondering if they have thought this through properly.... |
|
|
|
|
|
4 Jul 2008, 23:20 (Ref:2244303)
|
#10 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 6,760
|
Preumsably the daylight hours at that time of year, in that area, are adequate enough? Having never lived in the southern hemisphere, let alone anywhere near Melbourne, I couldn't comment. I've decided to consider it a logical decision until shown otherwise, although, for sure, such decisions can be far from logical.
Bernie must be satisfied enough with the wad he is receiving: if he wasn't, then he wouldn't have put pen to paper. The tracks pay or they don't: Bernie certainly wouldn't if he wasn't satisfied. This means the race will be bumped into Sunday for me, now. IIRC, Melbourne is (well, was) one of the events that I see late Saturday night. Last edited by Dutton; 4 Jul 2008 at 23:29. |
||
|
|
__________________
"The world is my country, and science is my religion." - Christian Huygens: 17th century Dutch astronomer.
|
|
4 Jul 2008, 23:27 (Ref:2244305)
|
#11 | ||
|
Race Official Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2000
Posts: 10,264
|
a 6.30 finish for the GP in melbourne in march is fine - dont get dark til 8pm...
|
||
|
|
|
|
5 Jul 2008, 07:40 (Ref:2244406)
|
#12 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 2,525
|
MELBOURNE Lat=-37°50'00" Long=+144°58'00"
TIMES OF SUNRISE AND SUNSET (for ideal horizon & meteorological conditions) Time zone: +11.00 hours 29/03/2009 Rise 0731 Set 1919 TIMES OF CIVIL TWILIGHT (for ideal horizon & meteorological conditions) Time zone: +11.00 hours 29/03/2009 Rise 0705 Set 1945 From here. |
||
|
|
__________________
ยินดีที่ได้รู้จัก
|
|
5 Jul 2008, 08:47 (Ref:2244435)
|
#13 | ||
|
Llama Assassin and Sheep Botherer
Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2002
Posts: 4,212
|
The big loser is Melbourne...about $35mill a year.Bernies laughing all the way to the bank.
|
||
|
|
|
|
5 Jul 2008, 10:46 (Ref:2244512)
|
#14 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 2,540
|
There would still be daylight but the sun will be very low in the sky, which possibly could make life difficult heading into turns 1, 3 etc
The "Save Albert Park" mob are making noise again too - I presume when the GP eventually goes after 20+ years they will be able to claim they were right all along... Last edited by johnh875; 5 Jul 2008 at 10:48. |
||
|
|
|
|
5 Jul 2008, 10:48 (Ref:2244514)
|
#15 | ||
|
Retired
20KPINAL
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 22,897
|
Quote:
|
||
|
|
|
|
5 Jul 2008, 13:25 (Ref:2244579)
|
#16 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 862
|
So I'm guessing the marshals wont sign on until lunchtime.....
|
||
|
|
__________________
When you get to Death's door don't knock, ring the bell and run away. Death really hates that.
|
|
5 Jul 2008, 13:25 (Ref:2244580)
|
#17 | ||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 862
|
.
|
||
|
|
__________________
When you get to Death's door don't knock, ring the bell and run away. Death really hates that.
|
|
5 Jul 2008, 13:45 (Ref:2244593)
|
#18 | |||
|
Veteran
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,644
|
Quote:
Although I did hear of one flaggie who turned up at 0930 on the Sunday of this years AGP, which is close enough... Mick |
|||
|
|
__________________
Supercars isn't the sport. The sport is motor racing.
|
 |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Melbourne GP and a problem called Ecclestone | roachy101 | Formula One | 60 | 1 Jun 2007 22:21 |
| Melbourne GP | mtpanorama | Trackside | 49 | 6 Mar 2002 10:36 |
| Best Viewing Spots at Melbourne GP | Rick | Australasian Touring Cars. | 2 | 12 Feb 2002 10:44 |
| POLL : Standout drive at Melbourne GP | Wrex | Formula One | 21 | 10 Mar 2001 18:30 |
| Australian GP to stay in Melbourne until 2010 | Andy H | Trackside | 4 | 18 Aug 2000 11:32 |
Linear Mode
