Do You guys really support the idea to have a round of national championship held behind The Channel? It must be very costly for the local teams.
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Do You guys really support the idea to have a round of national championship held behind The Channel? It must be very costly for the local teams.
It feels like potentially a year or two too early for this move - given the series has only just been restored to health. Don't run before you can walk. But there's plenty of precedent for it in the UK. We have British GT rounds at Spa, and other single seater events abroad. Plus it would be another event with some decent mileage which we are lacking right now.
From a cost point of view, Ypres is so close to the UK mainland that it is probably cheaper to do than the Manx. And the plan looks to be two dropped scores during the championship - so no one is tied into doing it if they didn't want to.
Like mintexmemory said I would happily travel to this if it happened.
The story is published now anyway: http://www.autosport.com/news/report...-2017-calendar
Maybe Ypres are using this as a lever to try and get the ERC to up their game...
Far cheaper ferry costs to Dunkirk or Calais than to the IoM and from London about 110 miles on the road so much closer. Camping in Ypres is excellent so if it was a round of BRC I reckon there'd be a Brit invasion (Unless there is a Brexit prohibition on continental travel!!)
For those non-UK fans that haven't seen MN:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmGcqHTWMAAcnxf.jpg:large
Yes, but if you're not part of EU it's much more difficult with logistics