Help & FAQs    Search BCF    Members    Groups    Events Calendar
Resend my activation email : Register : Log in 
BCF: Bike Chat Forums


Silverstone MotoGP is no more

 Reply to topic
Bike Chat Forums Index -> General Bike Chat
View previous topic : View next topic  
Author Message

Snorty
World Chat Champion



Joined: 13 Oct 2010
Karma :
PostPosted: 10:44 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Silverstone MotoGP is no more Reply with quote
Apparently they're moving the venue to the new track in Wales.

Won't be at either Silverstone or the Welsh circuit in 2015 though...

Greedy bastards, DORNA. Along with moving MotoGP to a paid channel (I refuse to pay for the channel as most of the cost probably goes to the overpaid football fairies) this is hardly going to get people into the sport. Rolling Eyes
____________________
Current: Yamaha FZ1 '07 | GSXR 750 SRAD

Past: CB125TDC | TZR125 | GPZ500 | CBR600F3 | ZX9-R | GSXR1000 K4
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

Snorty
World Chat Champion



Joined: 13 Oct 2010
Karma :
PostPosted: 10:44 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/207617/1/silverstone-responds-to-british-motogp-loss.html
____________________
Current: Yamaha FZ1 '07 | GSXR 750 SRAD

Past: CB125TDC | TZR125 | GPZ500 | CBR600F3 | ZX9-R | GSXR1000 K4
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

Wafer_Thin_Ham
Super Spammer



Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Karma :
PostPosted: 10:45 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
They're currently deciding between Donington or Silverstone for 2015. MotoGP Wales won't happen. Sheep tend not to buy tickets.
____________________
My Flickr
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

Snorty
World Chat Champion



Joined: 13 Oct 2010
Karma :
PostPosted: 10:51 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Would seem a waste of money if they're not going to host one of the top motorcycle racing events!

Make 'em race around Cadwell Razz
____________________
Current: Yamaha FZ1 '07 | GSXR 750 SRAD

Past: CB125TDC | TZR125 | GPZ500 | CBR600F3 | ZX9-R | GSXR1000 K4
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

chris-red
Have you considered a TDM?



Joined: 21 Sep 2005
Karma :
PostPosted: 10:54 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wafer_Thin_Ham wrote:
. MotoGP Wales won't happen. Sheep tend not to buy tickets.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-28778032
____________________
Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

chris-red
Have you considered a TDM?



Joined: 21 Sep 2005
Karma :
PostPosted: 10:59 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dorna demanding higher fees will kill the sport. While Silverstone is not great loss Laguna Seca was. How many more classic tracks will be dropped in favour of big budget promises from new tracks.

Bring back quarry Style track like Laguna, Like Brands we want hills and Camber not flat dull tracks
____________________
Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

Wafer_Thin_Ham
Super Spammer



Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Karma :
PostPosted: 11:01 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
chris-red wrote:
Wafer_Thin_Ham wrote:
. MotoGP Wales won't happen. Sheep tend not to buy tickets.


https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-28778032


I just struggle to believe that the circuit will be built, completed and then continue to be viable. Look at Rockingham. That has a decent location, close to the hub of motor sport in the UK. So for that matter does Silverstone, which isn't in a great place financially. Why not invest money into the newly remodelled Anglesey?

It just doesn't make much sense to my mind. The whole thing seems wildly ambitious. (Much like Donington hosting F1)
____________________
My Flickr
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

Kris
World Chat Champion



Joined: 03 Feb 2002
Karma :
PostPosted: 11:08 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Corporate bluffing IMO.

Silverstone and Dorna are fighting over terms. What better way to apply pressure than to start scaremongering.
____________________
NSR125RR - ZXR750H1 - ZX9R E1 - GSF600S - GSF600SK3 - VFR400-NC30 - SV1000N - ST1100-R - CBR900RR-R - GSF1200SK5 - GSF600SK1 - VFR1200FA - GSXR1000K2 - ZZR1400 D8F
www.prisonplanet.com
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

Wafer_Thin_Ham
Super Spammer



Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Karma :
PostPosted: 11:11 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
chris-red wrote:
Dorna demanding higher fees will kill the sport. While Silverstone is not great loss Laguna Seca was. How many more classic tracks will be dropped in favour of big budget promises from new tracks.

Bring back quarry Style track like Laguna, Like Brands we want hills and Camber not flat dull tracks


Well it works for Formula 1.

Dorna want to turn MotoGP into a two wheeled F1.
____________________
My Flickr
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

DrSnoosnoo
World Chat Champion



Joined: 28 Mar 2012
Karma :
PostPosted: 11:13 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Quote:
The project has been hit by delays with issues over common land and call for the Welsh and UK governments to commit up to £50m towards the scheme.


So our government have to put money in for a private company to charge people to visit?!?!

I hate this world!
____________________
I'm Sam; Northern, Ginger, Lover
Did have: '95 ZZR600 '83 CG125 '97 ZZR1100 '15 Hypermotard 821 SP Do Have: '10 ZX10R
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

The Artist
Super Spammer



Joined: 06 Jan 2008
Karma :
PostPosted: 11:24 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fuck Silverstone anyway.

Shitty track to watch. Could make something better elsewhere.
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

chris___
Brolly Dolly



Joined: 13 Feb 2005
Karma :
PostPosted: 11:25 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Would love to see it back at Donington in 2015, even if it is only for one year.
____________________
Yamaha rxs100 > Kawasaki ZZR600 > Kawasaki ZX6R > Honda Hornet 600 > Honda Bros 400 > Suzuki SV650S K2
Bikepics page
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

Slacker24seve...
World Chat Champion



Joined: 10 May 2010
Karma :
PostPosted: 11:34 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
chris_biker wrote:
Would love to see it back at Donington in 2015, even if it is only for one year.


The racing is good but the facilities are shite, the paddock is not exactly world class and most importantly it's a nightmare to get in and out of. Oh and every time I've been there in the rain, it rains A LOT.

I wish Oulton had the run-off and infrastructure to support international racing.
____________________
Triumph Daytona 675 track bike + girlfriend's Honda Hornet 600
Selling a hack/winter bike for less than a grand? PM me.
Banger rallies are ace
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

kramdra
World Chat Champion



Joined: 28 Oct 2010
Karma :
PostPosted: 11:47 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
chris-red wrote:
Dorna demanding higher fees will kill the sport. While Silverstone is not great loss Laguna Seca was. How many more classic tracks will be dropped in favour of big budget promises from new tracks.

Bring back quarry Style track like Laguna, Like Brands we want hills and Camber not flat dull tracks




cunts Sad I didnt watch last weeks yet and thought it was laguna seca Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad Crying or Very sad
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

c_dug
Super Spammer



Joined: 04 Sep 2007
Karma :
PostPosted: 12:23 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
It was at Indianapolis, boooooring!

To be fair I like the look of this Welsh track, lots of elevation change.
____________________
I am a bellend, I am a man of constant sorrow, I am a gummy bear, I am a rock.
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail You must be logged in to rate posts

Llama-Farmer
World Chat Champion



Joined: 23 Jan 2012
Karma :
PostPosted: 14:09 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wafer_Thin_Ham wrote:


Well it works for Formula 1.

Dorna want to turn MotoGP into a two wheeled F1.



The trouble is the racing is so very different. They need different track properties to get the best out of them, which is why having F1 and MotoGP at the same circuit is a compromise for at least one of the sports.
____________________
Current Bike: 1999 Honda CB600 FX Hornet
Next Bike: I want a CBR-RR. And I want an F800 GS-A. And a VFR 800. Can I have all 3?
Dream Bikes: Honda VFR750R RC30, Honda NSR500, Ducati 996 R
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts

Clanger
Stirrer



Joined: 27 May 2004
Karma :
PostPosted: 14:14 - 14 Aug 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
They should go to Snetterton or Thruxton. Both lovely circuits with plenty of wide open space around them... Thumbs Up
____________________
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter won't mind - Dr. Seuss
 Back to top
View user's profile Send private message You must be logged in to rate posts
Old Thread Alert!

The last post was made 11 years, 10 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful?
  Display posts from previous:   
This page may contain affiliate links, which means we may earn a small commission if a visitor clicks through and makes a purchase. By clicking on an affiliate link, you accept that third-party cookies will be set.

Post new topic   Reply to topic    Bike Chat Forums Index -> General Bike Chat All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
 You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum

Read the Terms of Use! - Powered by phpBB © phpBB Group
 
Debug Mode: ON - Server: birks (www) - Page Generation Time: 0.05 Sec - Server Load: 2 - MySQL Queries: 14 - Page Size: 96.62 Kb