Ecclestone refuses to rule out reinstating the race at some point in the future.
He said that while returning to Montreal will be "difficult", he "never says never" to anything.
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Bet the same does not cover Siverstone.
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Ecclestone refuses to rule out reinstating the race at some point in the future.
He said that while returning to Montreal will be "difficult", he "never says never" to anything.
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Bet the same does not cover Siverstone.
Its a very clever idea, everyone seems to be forgetting that Silverstone also run a park and ride system - the only problem which that is that the buses get caught up in the car traffic parking at the circuit. Doningtons plan will eliminated this - the number of buses shouldnt be a problem, last years race Stagecoach provided an abundance of buses as they only did a one way run!Quote:
Originally Posted by Knock-on
Nottingham, Derby and Leicester are all covered by different bus companies, therefore they should be able to treble the number of buses required on a Sunday compared to what Silverstone use, combine this with trains and planes it'll be a fool proof plan to get 100,000+ people out of the circuit in ten minutes.
And remember say your driving up from the south and parking at Leicester, the majority of other people will also be doing this, reducing the traffic problems at car parks as people try to fight to get where they want to go.
Another point - London 2012 is going to be public transport ONLY - officially you're not even allowed to drive anywhere near!
I've a simple answer.
Reserve and pay for your tickets online and specify which park and ride you wish to collect them from. Then have a ticket machine like at train stations to key in your receipt number into and bobs your auntie.
Nobody will drive to the circuit if they cannot get a ticket from there.
Actually, thinking about it for a moment, you would need a hell of a lot of busses.
3 different park and rides holding 25k cars each is rather a lot.
Then you have 35 people per bus = 2857 journeys betweek 07:00 and 10:00 or about 1000 per site.
Say the busses can make a round trip every 40 minutes, you will need about 100 busses per site.
Thats a hell of a lot of capacity?
The answer is simple. Ban spectators. Problem solved.
Double deckers will hold 70ish so I've just cut your 100 buses in half.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knock-on
The way it'll be done is you specify where you'll park, therefore the organisers will then know where everyone will be parking and can suitably assign the correct numbers of buses to each site
Does the no car rule disclude the people that choose to camp at the GP? You can't exactly carry a weekends worth of camping gear on public transport. :p Thinking about it what if you choose to stay in a nearby hotel, are you going to have to drive from you hotel a few miles away to an out of town car park somewhere to get a bus back in again? All sounds quite complicated.
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Originally Posted by LiamM
Good idea.
Get Tom Chilton* to drive and you'll only need 1 bus for everyone until Reidy taps him over :D
*(Have to had seen Top Gear last night)
I was thinking just for race day.Quote:
Originally Posted by GridGirl
Limited Park and Ride can be used for Friday and Saturday but campers would have car parking.
People from Hotels can either get a Taxi to the circuit or get to a park and ride.
Both links say state funding is needed. Have you got a source stating that state funding was actually recieved?Quote:
Originally Posted by tamburello
Maybe they'll ban the campsite - and 'encourage'/demand people stay in Hotels. I mean, campsites aren't very 'upmarket' - and F1 is an aspirational sport - well that's what we're told.Quote:
Originally Posted by Knock-on