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[Disgrace]

I've only just realised that it was on. It used to be livestreamed, but this is no more. It used to be where we would hear a flurry of announcements for the upcoming season.

 

There appears to be no related content on the website. One or two reviews online seem to suggest that it's very quiet. Has anybody been recently?

[IrvTheSwerve]

Very quiet there this year.

[P123]

Strange that nothing is on the website, but seems to be no longer the place for driver interviews and car launches, so nothing newsworthy coming from it.  A quick google search shows a lot of sim stuff and some live action stuff, so perhaps those are the main draws now.

 

The F1 launch thing in London probably stole some if it's thunder. 

[Collombin]

Yes.

[ensign14]

Live show is the problem.  There used to be tickets under £20 for the static show.  But they now foist the live show and double the price.  I can't be doing with it.

 

Plus it's FA Cup 3rd round weekend which basically took up Saturday.

[FirstnameLastname]

I saw something saying they are only using ‘2 halls’ at the venue this year. I’ve never been, so don’t know what that means… but apparently it’s a shadow of its former self

[PayasYouRace]

When I went in 2020 they were using five or six halls. I went along with some navy people who were competing in the Armed Forces Race Challenge. They had a couple of their cars on display in one of the back halls. Good excuse to go there for free. I’ll see if I can find some photos of the day.

 

I was there on the trade days so it was fairly quiet. Decent excuse to chat up one of the BTCC grid girls, who was a midwife in her day job.