by Dog_ger2 » Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:25 pm
by Psyber » Fri Mar 17, 2017 6:25 pm
by Dogwatcher » Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:28 am
by tigerpie » Sat Mar 18, 2017 9:09 am
Psyber wrote:That's a relief. I was delighted to have the old Grand Prix gone thanks to Lynn Arnold.
Then I moved to Melbourne, but fortunately lived far enough away from South Melbourne to not have to have my life disrupted by it.
I love driving, but get nothing out of watching.
(Ditto with many other activities...)
by GWW » Sat Mar 18, 2017 10:17 am
by Psyber » Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:12 pm
tigerpie wrote:Psyber wrote:That's a relief. I was delighted to have the old Grand Prix gone thanks to Lynn Arnold.
Then I moved to Melbourne, but fortunately lived far enough away from South Melbourne to not have to have my life disrupted by it.
I love driving, but get nothing out of watching.
(Ditto with many other activities...)
You are entitled to an opinion even if it is an extremely narrow minded one.
Having the gp here put us on the map internationally. It generated big dollars for our state.
The libs wouldn't commit and Melbourne jumped all over it.
So when the announcement was made in December 1993 that Adelaide's Grand Prix would be moving east to Melbourne, it sent shockwaves through the community.
Former South Australian premier Dean Brown remembers the day well - the then Liberal leader had just won the state election.
"The day after I'd been sworn in I received a telephone call from Ron Walker and Ron said 'I must come and see you'," Mr Brown said.
"I said 'can't this wait' and he said 'no I think I should come and see you as soon as possible'."
The next day he met Mr Walker, who revealed a piece of paper showing the Victorian government had won the rights to host the Formula One Grand Prix.
The contract had been signed almost a year earlier under a veil of secrecy.
Mr Walker, a Victorian businessman, had been at Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone for years about bringing the Grand Prix to Melbourne.
"What was happening in South Australia at the time was a lack of either side of politics to lead, worried about the impact it might have on their constituency."
by RustyCage » Sat Mar 18, 2017 12:59 pm
by Psyber » Sat Mar 18, 2017 7:27 pm
RustyCage wrote:What was the advantage of us losing the F1? Apart from personally selfish reasons?
by bennymacca » Sat Mar 18, 2017 7:54 pm
by Jim05 » Sat Mar 18, 2017 8:14 pm
GWW wrote:Im not a motor sport fan at all, but give credit to the people who organised the Adelaide GP.
The Melbourne GP appears to generate such miniscule interest in comparison, does it even still exist.
by Psyber » Sun Mar 19, 2017 11:12 am
bennymacca wrote:You sound like a north Adelaide resident psyber:)
by tigerpie » Sun Mar 19, 2017 1:06 pm
by tipper » Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:12 am
Dog_ger2 wrote:Turbo 6's only.
Aussie motor sport will never be the same.
It disappeared with the loss of GMH and Ford.
Everything front wheel drive...
Come to the Clipsal in 2018.... Why?
No Aussie manufactures??
by tipper » Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:15 am
Psyber wrote:That's a relief. I was delighted to have the old Grand Prix gone thanks to Lynn Arnold.
Then I moved to Melbourne, but fortunately lived far enough away from South Melbourne to not have to have my life disrupted by it.
I love driving, but get nothing out of watching.
(Ditto with many other activities...)
by Jase » Fri Mar 24, 2017 10:38 am
by tipper » Fri Mar 24, 2017 12:08 pm
Jase wrote:With regards to the percentage of population stat measuring success of the Grand Prix, I would be interested to know the % of Population that attends the Australian Grand Prix in Victoria.
I suggest it is a fair bit less than 10%.
by Jase » Fri Mar 24, 2017 12:56 pm
tipper wrote:Jase wrote:With regards to the percentage of population stat measuring success of the Grand Prix, I would be interested to know the % of Population that attends the Australian Grand Prix in Victoria.
I suggest it is a fair bit less than 10%.
very quick calculations, melbourne with 4,529,500 in 2015 (according to wiki) and in 2016 the grand prix with 272300 over 4 days (many of which would be the same people going multiple days) is 6%
adelaide in 1995 had 520,000 (again according to wiki) over however many days (and once again, with repeat attendees being counted more than once), and with a population of 1,076,100 (in 1994 according to the abs) gives a percentage of 48%
even with a supposed 210,000 on race day alone it is 19.5% of the whole metro population attending on a single day. pretty good i think. although numbers would have been pumped up by it being the last one obviously. i havent found any attendance numbers from other years though.
im not claiming the numbers i have used as gospel btw. i just did a very quick search.
by Psyber » Fri Mar 24, 2017 6:07 pm
by tigerpie » Fri Mar 24, 2017 8:36 pm
by tipper » Mon Mar 27, 2017 8:10 am
Psyber wrote:Grand Prix attendances from 1995 - Wikipedia: Do your own percentage calculation.
My 10% was probably generous overall once the novelty factor wore off...G prix attendances by year.jpg
In the end it won't bother me much if the V8 race survives really - in my retirement I can easily avoid it
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