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General => General => Topic started by: taylor on 06 April 2016, 06:17:29 pm

Title: circuit of wales.
Post by: taylor on 06 April 2016, 06:17:29 pm: as we thought looks like a no goer they want 357 million of the welsh government. lol
Title: Re: circuit of wales.
Post by: Oldgit on 11 April 2016, 11:19:44 am: Is Wales big enough for a Circuit??
Title: Re: circuit of wales.
Post by: crickleymal on 11 April 2016, 11:48:04 am: Quote from: taylor on 06 April 2016, 06:17:29 pm
as we thought looks like a no goer they want 357 million of the welsh government. lol

What on earth are you talking about?
Title: Re: circuit of wales.
Post by: steeeve66 on 11 April 2016, 12:27:48 pm: Quote from: taylor on 06 April 2016, 06:17:29 pm
as we thought looks like a no goer they want 357 million of the welsh government. lol

Sad news but are you really surprised? plenty of circuits in the UK all wanting to grab the same limited number of big ticket events? sorry to say i never thought they'd pull it off.
Title: Re: circuit of wales.
Post by: taylor on 11 April 2016, 07:07:14 pm: what on earth am I talking about, the clue is in the title, ;). no I am not surprised it has stumbled again, we have tendered for the work machines are on site etc etc, 9.5 million spent on it already, they are saying a lot of people from west wales along with brummies can get there within an hour. those sort of area,s, ?
Title: Re: circuit of wales.
Post by: joebloggs on 11 April 2016, 11:29:34 pm: Not concerned about the location but the UK in general could do with some new circuits, foc me things have got so bad that assen is now part of the British superbike calendar
Our circuits are out-dated and we need some designed to accommodate modern machinery
Title: Re: circuit of wales.
Post by: greg1953 on 12 April 2016, 07:24:15 am: I can't believe this has got as far as it has, we are not a big motorsports country, football rules here. We don't have enough big events , one or two big meetings a year is not profitable ...look at last weekends BSB, spot the spectator.
Another new circuit would be a huge white elephant and going bust soon after opening.

Greg
Title: Re: circuit of wales.
Post by: joebloggs on 12 April 2016, 01:12:08 pm: For me part of the problem is our outdated circuits don't allow close racing, all one line with overtaking almost impossible without risking everything. Take a look at AMA, far better racing, I used to love going to Cadwell etc but hardly a race more of a very quick procession these days
Title: Re: circuit of wales.
Post by: taylor on 12 April 2016, 05:23:04 pm: apparently it could still go ahead now, I am going to keep my mouth shut and keep out of it.
Title: Re: circuit of wales.
Post by: Millietant on 12 April 2016, 06:01:19 pm: Personally, I don't think the circuits/layouts are the problem with attendances at UK race meetings. The real issues for me are :-

1 - ticket prices are way too high
2 - UK roads and traffic conditions make travelling longer distances a real pain - and getting in and out of our circuits can be a nightmare.
3 - the weather !!!!! - who wants to spend all day walking about, wet, in mud and being cold (especially if you've ridden to the circuit

Unless Circuit of Wales deal with the first, the second and third issues are irrelevant to me.