Formula 1...

[TheoG]

1 hour ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

They will have to promote the crap out of it for foreign travels to have a cheap F1 holiday. That or they will comp plenty of tickets to show full stands.
Don't see the tickets being within the reach of an average Joe Soap....... 

Also, is Kyalami in a state to be able to handle this or is major maintenance & upgrades required?

[Long Wheel Base]

I'm now seeing tweets saying it's fake news, nothing has been signed yet. 

They can't do this to me. 

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

On 7/12/2022 at 2:19 PM, Long Wheel Base said:

I'm now seeing tweets saying it's fake news, nothing has been signed yet. 

They can't do this to me. 

There were fake calendars being circulated too.

[The Ouzo]

2 hours ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

There were fake calendars being circulated too.

I got half excited and then reaslied it would probably cost a small fortune even for the cheapest tickets.

[Long Wheel Base]

19 hours ago, ouzo said:

I got half excited and then reaslied it would probably cost a small fortune even for the cheapest tickets.

We have decided we going, the day the tickets go on sale I'm pulling the trigger. I have set a budget and will just get 5 tickets with in my budget. My wife and I have already discussed it and agreed so no faffing around deciding when the tickets go on sale.

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

1 hour ago, Long Wheel Base said:

We have decided we going, the day the tickets go on sale I'm pulling the trigger. I have set a budget and will just get 5 tickets with in my budget. My wife and I have already discussed it and agreed so no faffing around deciding when the tickets go on sale.

Heres hoping your budget allows for 5 tickets and not 1 or 2. Could become awkward.......

[Long Wheel Base]

17 minutes ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

Heres hoping your budget allows for 5 tickets and not 1 or 2. Could become awkward.......

Yeah it would. Budget set at R50k. I am kinda hoping it will get us tickets for multiple days. If it doesn't, we really are being screwed. 

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

1 hour ago, Long Wheel Base said:

Yeah it would. Budget set at R50k. I am kinda hoping it will get us tickets for multiple days. If it doesn't, we really are being screwed. 

Friend said he paid R10k for a weekend pass in 2010 so you might need to save a bit.
R50k might get you your 5 day passes for race day IF the F1 even comes here.......

[Long Wheel Base]

1 minute ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

Friend said he paid R10k for a weekend pass in 2010 so you might need to save a bit.
R50k might get you your 5 day passes for race day IF the F1 even comes here.......

Yeah there will be no extra saving unfortunately. That is already a pretty large amount for me so if it only gets me race day x5 then so be it.

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

On 7/15/2022 at 2:04 PM, Long Wheel Base said:

Yeah there will be no extra saving unfortunately. That is already a pretty large amount for me so if it only gets me race day x5 then so be it.

Yeah, that is a lot of money. At least the racing of late is decent, worth watching.

[Vetplant]

Valteri, putting a word in for TDF Femmes.

 

 

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

15 hours ago, BaGearA said:

Well is this the critical point Where the championship starts falling apart for Ferrari and Charles 

It already has surely.
I see the Ferrari strategists again playing it too safe. Sainz was on for a possible podium there.
Also, what the hell was Perez doing on that restart.......

[MrJacques]

4 hours ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

It already has surely.
I see the Ferrari strategists again playing it too safe. Sainz was on for a possible podium there.
Also, what the hell was Perez doing on that restart.......

Yeah, it could possibly have been a podium, even after the 5s penalty was applied. They must have thought that the tyres wouldn't last to the end.

Apparently Race control sent out two "Virtual Safety Car" ending messages, which caused Perez to increase his speed too early and get caught out by having to slow down again before the green flags.

[MrJacques]

Vettel to retire at the end of 2022: 

 

 

 

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

1 hour ago, MrJacques said:

Vettel to retire at the end of 2022: 

 

 

 

Saw that, overdue tbh. A number of drivers who are hanging on longer than they should. Sad part of motorsport lately.

[MrJacques]

2 minutes ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

Saw that, overdue tbh. A number of drivers who are hanging on longer than they should. Sad part of motorsport lately.

Alonso could be going until he's 50 😅 but he's still competitive.