Silverstone Classic - People’s Choice Award -Please Vote

Oneball

Oneball

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My mate who I race with is at Silverstone this weekend.

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He qualified on pole but in a very unsporting way the club made him start from the pits.

If you could vote for him in the link below it’d be appreciated.

Gary Lapidus car number 11

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Chuffer

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Oneball said:
My mate who I race with is at Silverstone this weekend.

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He qualified on pole but in a very unsporting way the club made him start from the pits.

If you could vote for him in the link below it’d be appreciated.

Gary Lapidus car number 11

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I was there to witness it . An awesome car that was penalised for running on slicks and not road tyres but was only challenged minutes before the race started . I didn`t look close enough yesterday ( Friday ) to see if he was on slicks for qualifying . Begs the question what was Scrutineering up to ? ?
 
Oneball

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Chuffer said:
I was there to witness it . An awesome car that was penalised for running on slicks and not road tyres but was only challenged minutes before the race started . I didn`t look close enough yesterday ( Friday ) to see if he was on slicks for qualifying . Begs the question what was Scrutineering up to ? ?
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He wasn’t on slicks. He’s on treaded Goodyears.

Is that what they said the reason for him starting from the pit was?
 
Chuffer

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Here is your mate clawing his way up through the field at Aintree plus a couple more shots as he launches into Hamiliton Straight . My friend and Gentleman Racer David Mercer with years of BRDC membership and experience and knows your mate was less than impressed with the ruling . Not to mention the debacle of the restart after a red flag during the Derek Bell Trophy that his son Mark was racing in with his March 78B Formula Atlantic . Mark is seriously quick and always presses the F2 and Formula 5000 cars hard throughout the series . Mark was 6th on the grid after qualifying 1st in class behind 5 F2 and F5000 cars and was still holding position as the pack got stretched out . He ended up with just 6 minutes track time in what was meant to be a 20 minute race so had no chance of progressing up the field .
 

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Chuffer

Chuffer

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Oneball said:
He wasn’t on slicks. He’s on treaded Goodyears.

Is that what they said the reason for him starting from the pit was?
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See my post below . I was in the garage with David and Mark Mercer after the Derek Bell Trophy race No. 2 and that was what David told me .
 
Forrest Gump

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Mr Lapidus might have felt aggrieved at having to start from the pit lane but from the spectator‘s point of view it made it much more interesting race….he passed twenty cars to finish in seventh place. If he had started from his original pole position he would have just disappeared into the distance on his own!
I’ve seen him race at Brands, he’s a spectacular driver for sure.

In the second race and starting from seventh, he got into the lead and then pulled out a thirty second lead….he was so much faster than any other car.

Do we know why he got the grid penalty?
Looking up the results shows another car was disqualified from the race and another disqualified from the whole event - naughty, naughty!
 
Forrest Gump

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By the way Tim, at Speedfest we noted your car is now one of the loudest and best sounding cars. Only the yellow C3 (Neil Vaughan?) was similar volume.
 
Oneball

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Forrest Gump said:
By the way Tim, at Speedfest we noted your car is now one of the loudest and best sounding cars. Only the yellow C3 (Neil Vaughan?) was similar volume.
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Shame Im not as quick as I used to be though!! I reckon there’s an easy 4 seconds a lap in that car round Brands Indy.
 
Oneball

Oneball

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The reason he was given for the grid change was he was too quick. If you ask me it was so other people could get on the podium.

I think the disqualifications were for yellow flag infringements.
 
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