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Had a fab day (even in the rain) at Donnington (motor bike race) but...........
Trying to get out of car parks was a joke....what were 'THEY' thinking about.
We have been to many very, very busy similar events including several F1 Grand Prix in my time but this was stupid. We stayed right to the end to cheer on the less well know classes. It was almost 7pm by the time we got back to the car park.
TOTAL GRID LOCK
bearing in mind the big event had ended some 3ish hours ago which saw most of the spectators leave. The car parks were not really that busy at 7pm so why did it take so long to get out?
It makes me so mad.....they park us up quick enough and are happy to take our money quick enough, but when it comes us leaving 'THEY' seem just to abandon the car parks and the people who are trying to be patient and wait their turn. Most were just sounding their horns hoping that someone -circuit wise ('THEY') would see that there was a huge problem and come to keep order. I think in the end it was the police that did this job.
Two huge fields using one exit- no order at all. People were just diving to the corner exit (talk about giant funnel) no lane control what so ever - where were all those people who put order into the parking on the way in??? as I said even the police had to get involved. The visitors (us included) were so frustrated. In over one hour I saw a car move just 50m!!!
I should have smelt a rat when during the lunch time break the track radio commentator spent almost 5mins telling us about leaving the car parks and how they have a plan set up, and it conforms to the circuit requirements etc...and that even the campers would be out by 7pm! it was as if they darn well new it would be chaos and some!!!!
Considering an awful lot came on motor bikes............
HOW THE HECK CAN THEY EVEN THINK OF RUNNING THE F1 GRAND PRIX THERE NEXT YEAR- UTTER MADNESS.
sorry- rant not even started yet....but I will keep a lid on it...for now. Off to type a letter to greedy DONNINGTON
Racing was great and the atmosphere was fantastic and the sound of those big bikes was brilliant!
I just Hope everyone got home safely as driving conditions were truly awful.
Anyone else from here go???
Trying to get out of car parks was a joke....what were 'THEY' thinking about.
We have been to many very, very busy similar events including several F1 Grand Prix in my time but this was stupid. We stayed right to the end to cheer on the less well know classes. It was almost 7pm by the time we got back to the car park.
TOTAL GRID LOCK
bearing in mind the big event had ended some 3ish hours ago which saw most of the spectators leave. The car parks were not really that busy at 7pm so why did it take so long to get out?It makes me so mad.....they park us up quick enough and are happy to take our money quick enough, but when it comes us leaving 'THEY' seem just to abandon the car parks and the people who are trying to be patient and wait their turn. Most were just sounding their horns hoping that someone -circuit wise ('THEY') would see that there was a huge problem and come to keep order. I think in the end it was the police that did this job.
Two huge fields using one exit- no order at all. People were just diving to the corner exit (talk about giant funnel) no lane control what so ever - where were all those people who put order into the parking on the way in??? as I said even the police had to get involved. The visitors (us included) were so frustrated. In over one hour I saw a car move just 50m!!!
I should have smelt a rat when during the lunch time break the track radio commentator spent almost 5mins telling us about leaving the car parks and how they have a plan set up, and it conforms to the circuit requirements etc...and that even the campers would be out by 7pm! it was as if they darn well new it would be chaos and some!!!!
Considering an awful lot came on motor bikes............
HOW THE HECK CAN THEY EVEN THINK OF RUNNING THE F1 GRAND PRIX THERE NEXT YEAR- UTTER MADNESS.
sorry- rant not even started yet....but I will keep a lid on it...for now. Off to type a letter to greedy DONNINGTON
Racing was great and the atmosphere was fantastic and the sound of those big bikes was brilliant!
I just Hope everyone got home safely as driving conditions were truly awful.
Anyone else from here go???
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