Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Discussions on your upcoming trackdays, discusions on WSB, MotoGP, BSB or even F1.
User avatar
Pirahna
Posts: 1932
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:31 pm
Has thanked: 1800 times
Been thanked: 1153 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by Pirahna »

Whysub wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2024 5:15 pm
Pirahna wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2024 10:13 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Oct 30, 2024 10:07 pm

I'll take a chance and give you 5€ for it.
€130 all day long. I can't see MotoGP giving refunds so they'll make it valid for Philip Island or some such nonsense.
Rather than give me tickets for the race somewhere else, they can give my refund to the people here that have nothing now-they need it more than me.
I've just had an email from MotoGP saying they're working on options for my ticket. If there's a charity option I'll donate it.
Whysub
Posts: 873
Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:53 pm
Has thanked: 1042 times
Been thanked: 852 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by Whysub »

Yes, I had my email about 40 minutes ago.
Its why I wondered about donating any refund
User avatar
ChrisW
Posts: 2681
Joined: Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:46 pm
Has thanked: 2865 times
Been thanked: 2025 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by ChrisW »

Was reading this earlier - almost can't believe the enormity of the damage.

https://elpais.com/espana/2024-10-29/la ... genes.html
Whysub
Posts: 873
Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:53 pm
Has thanked: 1042 times
Been thanked: 852 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by Whysub »

ChrisW wrote: Fri Nov 01, 2024 7:11 pm Was reading this earlier - almost can't believe the enormity of the damage.

https://elpais.com/espana/2024-10-29/la ... genes.html
Last Friday I rode up to check out where the AirB&B I've rented for the Saturday night is. I rode through Utiel on my way back home.

Can't recognise the flood photos I have seen of the town over the last few days. To see such a disaster an hour away, and not thousands of miles away as usual, really bought it home.
Nordboy
Posts: 802
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 4:04 pm
Location: S. Wales
Has thanked: 298 times
Been thanked: 557 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by Nordboy »

I haven't really paid this a load of attention, but by christ those pics are devastating!! I had no idea the destruction was on such a scale. Where the hell do you start sorting that out?
User avatar
Pirahna
Posts: 1932
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:31 pm
Has thanked: 1800 times
Been thanked: 1153 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by Pirahna »

Apparently it's move to Barcelona for the same weekend.
User avatar
Skub
Posts: 12093
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:32 pm
Location: Norn Iron
Has thanked: 9752 times
Been thanked: 10040 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by Skub »

Pirahna wrote: Sun Nov 03, 2024 8:18 am Apparently it's move to Barcelona for the same weekend.
That's another one where Pecco binned it in the sprint and won on the Sunday,but it's a track where both protagonists go well at. Jorge needs to keep it shiny side up.
"Be kind to past versions of yourself that didn't know what you know now."
Walt Whitman
https://soundcloud.com/skub1955
User avatar
mangocrazy
Posts: 6772
Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:58 pm
Has thanked: 2375 times
Been thanked: 3557 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by mangocrazy »

It's a different venue, but it's still Spain and it's only just over 200 miles up the coast from Valencia. I'm not sure it's the most well-considered choice of venue. The correct choice (IMHO) would have been to cancel the event entirely, but commercial pressures (plus a title fight to decide) probably made that impossible.
There is no cloud, just somebody else's computer.
User avatar
Pirahna
Posts: 1932
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:31 pm
Has thanked: 1800 times
Been thanked: 1153 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by Pirahna »

Barcelona and large parts of Catalonia had a decent amount of rain today, the videos I've seen show a foot of water in the airport buildings and flooding on surrounding roads. I've no idea if this has affected the circuit or how widespread the flooding is.
User avatar
Yorick
Posts: 16631
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:20 pm
Location: Paradise
Has thanked: 10172 times
Been thanked: 6836 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by Yorick »

Pirahna wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:59 pm Barcelona and large parts of Catalonia had a decent amount of rain today, the videos I've seen show a foot of water in the airport buildings and flooding on surrounding roads. I've no idea if this has affected the circuit or how widespread the flooding is.
It's affecting flights here in Sevilla.
User avatar
weeksy
Site Admin
Posts: 23259
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 12:08 pm
Has thanked: 5428 times
Been thanked: 12997 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by weeksy »

Pirahna wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:59 pm Barcelona and large parts of Catalonia had a decent amount of rain today, the videos I've seen show a foot of water in the airport buildings and flooding on surrounding roads. I've no idea if this has affected the circuit or how widespread the flooding is.
It's so fucking wrong they're even thinking about running it at all in Spain. If they said "right, we're going to Sepang" then I'd get it, but to run it in Spain now would be morally wrong.

Cancel the event, give all the ticket money, sponsor money etc to the people affected and stop fucking about trying g to put an event on.
User avatar
weeksy
Site Admin
Posts: 23259
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 12:08 pm
Has thanked: 5428 times
Been thanked: 12997 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by weeksy »

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... 2le7qzrv0o

Just like this, the 3 biggest managers in Spanish club football say the football should have been cancelled and I'm totally in agreement
User avatar
mangocrazy
Posts: 6772
Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:58 pm
Has thanked: 2375 times
Been thanked: 3557 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by mangocrazy »

weeksy wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 7:51 pm
Pirahna wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:59 pm Barcelona and large parts of Catalonia had a decent amount of rain today, the videos I've seen show a foot of water in the airport buildings and flooding on surrounding roads. I've no idea if this has affected the circuit or how widespread the flooding is.
It's so fucking wrong they're even thinking about running it at all in Spain. If they said "right, we're going to Sepang" then I'd get it, but to run it in Spain now would be morally wrong.

Cancel the event, give all the ticket money, sponsor money etc to the people affected and stop fucking about trying g to put an event on.
This ^^^

It's quite embarrassing watching Dorna trying to be all things to all men and 'keep the show on the road'. Cancel the event and give the cash to the homeless and dispossessed. I think Dorna will eventually do the right thing, but only after they've been forced into it.
There is no cloud, just somebody else's computer.
User avatar
Skub
Posts: 12093
Joined: Mon Mar 16, 2020 5:32 pm
Location: Norn Iron
Has thanked: 9752 times
Been thanked: 10040 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by Skub »

If,as they have said,"we will not race at Valencia,but race for Valencia",then it could be a positive thing. If the last round becomes a fundraiser to help those in need,that would be great,but if their motivation is to finish the show no matter what,then what Weeksy said.
"Be kind to past versions of yourself that didn't know what you know now."
Walt Whitman
https://soundcloud.com/skub1955
Whysub
Posts: 873
Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:53 pm
Has thanked: 1042 times
Been thanked: 852 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by Whysub »

Screenshot_20241104_223122_Sky News.jpg
Screenshot_20241104_223122_Sky News.jpg (165.05 KiB) Viewed 131 times
Yesterday there was 5 minutes of silence across Spain at noon. Barcelona is suffering flooding now, and the forecast is for more. And no doubt more lives will be lost.

But the more local news I see on TV, the more I see how much the flood has destroyed. Not the buildings and vehicles, but peoples lives.

Catalunya circuit is a 6 hours drive from me, but as Dorna are no doubt constantly assessing the weather situation here, as well as the publics view (see the reactions to the football going ahead as normal) I'm not sure if the last round will go ahead in Spain. If at all.
User avatar
Count Steer
Posts: 11724
Joined: Mon Jul 19, 2021 4:59 pm
Has thanked: 6337 times
Been thanked: 4723 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by Count Steer »

weeksy wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 7:51 pm
Pirahna wrote: Mon Nov 04, 2024 5:59 pm Barcelona and large parts of Catalonia had a decent amount of rain today, the videos I've seen show a foot of water in the airport buildings and flooding on surrounding roads. I've no idea if this has affected the circuit or how widespread the flooding is.
It's so fucking wrong they're even thinking about running it at all in Spain. If they said "right, we're going to Sepang" then I'd get it, but to run it in Spain now would be morally wrong.

Cancel the event, give all the ticket money, sponsor money etc to the people affected and stop fucking about trying g to put an event on.
I imagine the irony of flying the whole circus off to Malaysia as a result of a pretty horrendous climate event in Spain would be lost on the business that runs the show. :(

So, yeah to the second option.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition.
But certainty is an absurd one
.
Voltaire
User avatar
Pirahna
Posts: 1932
Joined: Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:31 pm
Has thanked: 1800 times
Been thanked: 1153 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by Pirahna »

User avatar
Yorick
Posts: 16631
Joined: Sat Mar 14, 2020 8:20 pm
Location: Paradise
Has thanked: 10172 times
Been thanked: 6836 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by Yorick »

Pirahna wrote: Tue Nov 05, 2024 4:28 pm Barcelona confirmed

https://www.motogp.com/en/news/2024/11/ ... ale/512656
Am I being cynical suggesting hotel and flight prices might suddenly go up a bit?

If they gave the extra revenue to Valencia help funds, that would be cool.
Whysub
Posts: 873
Joined: Wed Mar 18, 2020 8:53 pm
Has thanked: 1042 times
Been thanked: 852 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by Whysub »

Just received an email from the official MotoGP ticketing office, which included this information:

"Please note that your current Valencia tickets will not be valid for the Solidarity GP, or any other event".

So i've got to buy 4 tickets for Catalunya now, and fewer are available that were available for Valencia, which was sold out.

Been waiting 10 minutes on their site to find out what tickets sre available.
User avatar
mangocrazy
Posts: 6772
Joined: Tue Dec 22, 2020 9:58 pm
Has thanked: 2375 times
Been thanked: 3557 times

Re: Valencia floods threaten season-ending GP

Post by mangocrazy »

Whysub wrote: Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:24 pm Just received an email from the official MotoGP ticketing office, which included this information:

"Please note that your current Valencia tickets will not be valid for the Solidarity GP, or any other event".
Did they happen to mention where the money you paid for your tickets will be going? In any sane world your Valencia tickets would automatically be rolled over for similar tickets to the Catalunya GP. Solidarity clearly only extends as far as Dorna's bank account.
There is no cloud, just somebody else's computer.