Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa 2010

[david]

Spa Francorchamps Circuit, Press release, 24 March 2010

Circuit de Spa Francorchamps S.A. wishes to report that track activities at the Spa Francorchamps Circuit have been suspended until 15 April due to the collapse of the Blanchimont tunnel.
The Intercommunal Circuit Association, which is responsible for maintenance of the site, has drawn up a schedule which foresees the end of stabilisation work on the track and its verges by this date.
Circuit de Spa Francorchamps S.A. has no choice but to cancel all events scheduled to take place on the Circuit up to and including Thursday 15 April. All sports races will be able to go ahead as normal, since none of them were scheduled to take place before 24 April.
The cancelled events concern competitive teams from Spain, Italy and Germany coming to train in preparation for the 2010 season, as well as English, Dutch and German teams coming to Francorchamps so that their many members can enjoy use of the track.
Cancellation of events at the Circuit unfortunately also means cancellation of a large number of overnight stays in hotels and guesthouses in the region.
P.A. Thibaut
Managing Director

[DuncanR]

I too had spa booked this coming Friday, :bigcry: what to do now...

A few of us were booked for 2nd April as well ... feck !:banghead: Just have to do an extra day at the Ring on the Friday i suppose !! groan !

[DazBlackCSL]

Guess you're luckily not married then mate? :thumbs:

Used to live 20 mins from the dam. Was an interesting year. :whistle:

not in full sense of the word ! still fighting it

[mattCSnoL]

News of the day...

track is closed until 10 April for now, all trackdays, events, teams trainings are cancelled till this date.

:banghead: so thats the good friday with curcuits days off then

[Bounce]

i thought you were a surgeon :thumbs:

I am:hahaha::hahaha::hahaha:

[anissut]

Exactly my thoughts and plans ... and the dam :whistle: :hahaha:

Guess you're luckily not married then mate? :thumbs:

Used to live 20 mins from the dam. Was an interesting year. :whistle:

[DazBlackCSL]

What's the plan then for the trip boys? Assume if it gets cancelled we get a refund from MLR? That should easily fund another day at the ring plus beers & steak. :drool:

Exactly my thoughts and plans ... and the dam :whistle: :hahaha:

[anissut]

What's the plan then for the trip boys? Assume if it gets cancelled we get a refund from MLR? That should easily fund another day at the ring plus beers & steak. :drool:

[shimmy]

You ve seen me and my guys at work then Shim.:whistle:

i thought you were a surgeon :thumbs:

[Bounce]

ive heard that the work at worse will take 3 months as it will mean digging up the track and supporting new tunnel structure.

question is;

will they just close it and cope and do it in the winter?

OR

will they just bodge it up and stick some acrows under the concrete and fill in the cracks with polyfiller as this is mainland europe :smokin:

You ve seen me and my guys at work then Shim.:whistle:

[flatout]

I too had spa booked this coming Friday, :bigcry: what to do now...

[Dan]

ive heard that the work at worse will take 3 months as it will mean digging up the track and supporting new tunnel structure.

question is;

will they just close it and cope and do it in the winter?

OR

will they just bodge it up and stick some acrows under the concrete and fill in the cracks with polyfiller as this is mainland europe :smokin:

I'll do it with some gaffer tape, zip ties and some nice self tappers, I'm sure I've got some wood screws lying around the shed... :bigcry: :bigcry:

The F1 is in September usually.

It will be fixed by then :whistle:

I' not bothered about the bloody F1! :bigcry: :hahaha:

[Manny_RDS]

The F1 is in September usually.

It will be fixed by then :whistle:

[shimmy]

ive heard that the work at worse will take 3 months as it will mean digging up the track and supporting new tunnel structure.

question is;

will they just close it and cope and do it in the winter?

OR

will they just bodge it up and stick some acrows under the concrete and fill in the cracks with polyfiller as this is mainland europe :smokin:

[AlexGTT]

Yes, there is a under track tunnel that is un-safe I think. May Spa still OK though...............................for now.