Leggett
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« on: Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 11:43:46 » |
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It's that time again, yay! Starts again this weekend, I missed Media Day last Tuesday as I was driving to Disneyland Paris but I've got a VIP ticket with the AmD team for this Sunday, which is laaaaaaavely! First time I've made it to the opening races of the season, should be good fun. I should be headed to Thruxton on the 8th of May as well, not sure about any other dates yet. Interested to see how the Subaru Levorg tourer goes, a new manufacturer-backed entry with the BMR team who nearly took the title last season. Shame Plato is driving one of them...
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Berniman
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« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 13:16:37 » |
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Do you not like Plato? I missed that
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When somebody shouts STOP! I never know if it's in the name of love, if it's HAMMER TIME, or if I should collaborate and listen...
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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 14:12:16 » |
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My Boss is driving for Honda this year, so should be getting VIP for the silverstone meeting in Sept.
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Leggett
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, March 31, 2016, 07:51:37 » |
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You work for Ceravision?
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, March 31, 2016, 08:19:20 » |
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Leggett
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, March 31, 2016, 10:16:26 » |
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Ah cool. Hell of an accident your boss had in '08... He's knocked about with a couple of teams in the past 4 or 5 years, hopefully he can make it work with Honda!
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, March 31, 2016, 12:53:29 » |
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Apparently his son is one to watch out for in the future, I think he knows he is third drive, he hasnt got the talent to take on the other 2 Honda drivers, but for 600,000 grand and a racing licence you can get a drive for a BTCC team (allegedly)
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday, March 31, 2016, 22:12:32 » |
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Less than that for a team further down the grid, but that third Honda drive is a premium one. Hope it comes off for him!
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« Reply #8 on: Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 08:29:22 » |
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In short, Sunday was brilliant. Loved the circuit, the hospitality was brilliant, the grid walk before Race 2 was cool, the racing was really good to watch, and I got onto the top 12 leaderboard of lap times for a lap around Brands at a sim race centre called Racehub which is based at the circuit, the rigs they have there cost over £10k each, the cockpits are on (small) hydraulic jacks so when you go off track you get jiggled about. The sensation was brilliant! Trying to convince my brother-in-law we need a place like that in Swindon...
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« Reply #9 on: Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 10:49:24 » |
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In short, Sunday was brilliant. Loved the circuit, the hospitality was brilliant, the grid walk before Race 2 was cool, the racing was really good to watch, and I got onto the top 12 leaderboard of lap times for a lap around Brands at a sim race centre called Racehub which is based at the circuit, the rigs they have there cost over £10k each, the cockpits are on (small) hydraulic jacks so when you go off track you get jiggled about. The sensation was brilliant! Trying to convince my brother-in-law we need a place like that in Swindon... We have two places like that in milton Keynes, one recently did a 24 hr endurance race, teams of 4, a good spread of food, breakfast, pizza etc, licenced bar, my mate took part and said it was pretty good. Neate didnt do very well did he
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« Reply #10 on: Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 11:07:39 » |
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no indeed he didn't... finished behind a rookie who was in last year's title winning Honda Civic, with older-spec suspension, engine, steering box etc which is by rule slower than the latest spec Civic, in which Neate was. Not good, he needs to kick on...
A couple of friends were driving in that 24hr race with the Downforce Radio boys, bloody hard work! There's two crap-looking sim places, one in oxford, one in reading, run by the same company. Single screens, a normal seat and the same wheel and pedals I have, not at all that emersive. I think a proepr sim race centre in Swindon would do well... haven't found any in Bristol yet either.
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« Reply #11 on: Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 12:04:45 » |
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There is a simulator centre in Stevenage, its all just F1 Simulators, would love to give that a crack. It is hard work tho, you dont appreciate how much reflexes you need to get one round a track, its like your brain cant work fast enough to co-ordinate your body, full on concentration.
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« Reply #12 on: Wednesday, April 6, 2016, 21:49:14 » |
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I've never had an interest in this before but we're sponsoring Tom Ingram at Speedworks, who I believe won the first race on Sunday...so might well take a peek at some point...
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« Reply #14 on: Thursday, April 7, 2016, 07:22:41 » |
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Great drive from Tingram in the first race. Sorry Derby STFC but your boss is pretty awful in BTCC but i guess that money talks. Going to Thruxton( only 10 mins from home) Oulton Park and Brands GP this year.Probably do VIP with Speedworks again.
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