who is going to Monza?

Francesco · 29 Mar 2005, 20:05 (Ref:1264585)

so who is going to see the great show of the first FIA-GT race in Monza?

i'll be there providing useful translation from italian to everybody

Fab · 30 Mar 2005, 03:57 (Ref:1264884)

Thanks for that, Francesco ! Too far from home for a week-end I'm afraid (I'd need more than a day to reach the circuit)...

martins · 3 Apr 2005, 15:44 (Ref:1268858)

I am going to Monza, if everything works. Question to the experienced visitor: which grandstand is suited best to take pictures of the cars??

leglizone · 3 Apr 2005, 16:13 (Ref:1268901)

Hi Martin!

If you have a great zoom on your camera (8x for a digital 300mm for a standard camera) the first chcane is a very good place...if tou have a normal zoom I hope the second chacane is the place for you...

vandijk · 3 Apr 2005, 16:36 (Ref:1268930)

The entrylist has just been released. Great field, seven manufacturers and 29 cars on the grid.

Anyone able to share some pictures with us? Drop me a PM!

Fab · 4 Apr 2005, 03:37 (Ref:1269411)

And for the telly coverage, what do we have ? A 5 minutes summary on Eurosport ? Or something more ?

Check : 30 minutes summary at 6h30pm on sunday eve...

SALEEN S7R · 4 Apr 2005, 04:09 (Ref:1269416)

A little better than that Fab, at least over here in the UK. Looks like full live coverage on Eurosport 2.

Fab · 4 Apr 2005, 05:47 (Ref:1269437)

Good for you !

Eurosport 2 only... that's the problem... not the best way to promote the FIA-GT championship for a wide audience, methink, but you can't always get what you want...

SALEEN S7R · 4 Apr 2005, 06:19 (Ref:1269455)

I know what u mean Fab, but lets face it, nothing motorsport wise competes with Moto GP as far as Eurosport are concerned. Moto GP and WSBK are their #1 priorites.

Not that I dont like the series, I do, but FIA GT and WTCC are IMO better. Still, nothing wrong with being on Eurosport 2. A lot of motorsport here on Sky is on Sky sports 2 or 3 or Extra, but i bet they get the same ammount of viewers as they would as if they was on Sky sports 1 though.

Fab · 4 Apr 2005, 06:26 (Ref:1269462)

No problem to get it on Eurosport 2 indeed, as long as they extend the reception : Eurosport 2 coverage is only 30% of Eurosport territory... we'll have to wait here in France

The WTCC coverage is perfect, BTW : practice + live race, who could have asked for more ?

OT : what's the coverage of LMES in UK (except MotorsTV I mean) ?

TheNewBob · 4 Apr 2005, 11:11 (Ref:1269684)

MotorsTV does pretty much all LMES coverage I think. I'm not sure if ITV are doing their Speed Sunday show this year but there was an occaisional 2 minute LMES race review on that (or at least that's what they did for Monza last year). C4 might put out the occasional 20 min show at about 3am though lol

marcel82 · 4 Apr 2005, 12:04 (Ref:1269750)

Fab, be happy you don't live in Belgium. I will have to do with what I find on the net

Fab · 4 Apr 2005, 14:24 (Ref:1269917)

When I think I demanded and specified Eurosport especially for the FIA-GT coverage...

Spiteful · 4 Apr 2005, 16:21 (Ref:1270022)

All we get here are ten minutes of highlights from belcar races and the le mans results on the news

We don't even get Eurosport from our

cable company

marcel82 · 4 Apr 2005, 19:37 (Ref:1270177)

what stations are you watching? I get about 30 minutes (rounded up) of Belcar highlights, and nothing about LM. the main commercial network has banned motorsports (except F1) from the news (unless they van show how unsafe it is)

vandijk · 4 Apr 2005, 20:16 (Ref:1270208)

All activities on Friday have been postponed. The event will resume on Saturday

Audi R8R · 5 Apr 2005, 09:41 (Ref:1270670)

Actually the test session that was to take place on Friday has partially been moved to Thursday, with some more on Saturday.

leglizone · 5 Apr 2005, 18:10 (Ref:1271084)

Hi Audi R8R!

Do you know if the Thursday session is confirmed? The official fia-gt site doesn't tell about that

Probably on Thursday the teams aren't ready to race...

leglizone · 5 Apr 2005, 19:44 (Ref:1271198)

O.K. now the news is confirmed: 2 hours and 15 minutes of session on Thursday....

Tom V · 5 Apr 2005, 20:53 (Ref:1271253)

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcel82

what stations are you watching? I get about 30 minutes (rounded up) of Belcar highlights, and nothing about LM. the main commercial network has banned motorsports (except F1) from the news (unless they van show how unsafe it is)

Exactly, we get 30 minutes highlights of the Belcar races in Pitstop. But that is about it.

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