National Weekend - Stratford Manor Hotel 10th - 12th July

[neil-yaj396]

The contract is nearly finalised for this event now, so I'm just giving some notice of these early plans. The hotel is just North of Stratford upon Avon and we have been allocated a large field for the event, with the fall back of the car park if the weather is poor.

We hope to have full details in VL in either February or March.

I will be managing the event so you can send any early queries to me.

[neil-yaj396]

I've attached a copy of the booking form which has just been finalised. Feel free to send early bookings if you like. Full details of the event, and a hard copy booking form, will be in the March edition of Viva Lancia.

[neil-yaj396]

Full details of the event and a hard copy booking form will be in March Viva Lancia.

[neil-yaj396]

Bookings for this event close on Friday (24th April), though bookings received in Saturdays post will be accepted.

Daniele Audetto, world famous Italian Formula 1 Team Manager has agreed to be the guest speaker at  Saturday nights Gala Dinner. Here's an extract from his Wikipedia entry;

Audetto started his motorsport career in rallying as a co-driver of Luca di Montezemolo and Sandro Munari in the factory Lancia team. During his three years with the team he earned management degree at Bocconi University. He severely injured his legs during an accident and turned his attention to management within FIAT. In 1976 he replaced Montezemolo as Ferrari team manager. Audetto thus oversaw Niki Lauda's 1977 Formula One season. At the end of that season he was promoted as supervisor of all FIAT motorsport activities.[1]

He left FIAT four years later and began working as an independent sponsor-hunter and liaison, working with a variety of F1 teams and powerboat organisations, notably with the Ceramiche Ragno sponsorship of Arrows F1. After three years he was recruited by Lamborghini Engineering and within a year had been promoted to managing-director, overseeing the company's F1 engine program between 1989 and 1993. After Lamborghini Engineering shut down Audetto worked in the Superbike World Championship.[1]

At the beginning of 1996 Audetto joined Tom Walkinshaw's Ligier operation in F1 but within a few weeks Walkinshaw split with the French team, which was controlled by Flavio Briatore at the time, and bought a majority shareholding in the Arrows F1 team; Audetto, along with many others, followed him and joined Arrows. He stayed with Arrows until it closed down at the end of 2002. The following year he joined Renault F1 to coordinate the engine department and later became the business development director. He left the team at the end of 2003 for Menard, where he was the Vice President and Commercial Director.[1]

Two years later he moved to Super Aguri, where he was appointed as managing director. He remained in that position until the team ceased racing in 2008.

He has now taken up the position of managing director at HRT F1.

[sparehead3]

Hi All,

I'm putting together a SlideShow for the AGM of database photos uploaded in the past year which is something to have running in the background during the weekend.

If you've uploaded a photo in the past year it will be included - if you wish to have a photo included then please upload one. The instructions for doing this are here http://www.lancia.myzen.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=7564.0 - it's the same thing I did at the NEC and thought it'd be nice to bring it along to the AGM too.

Photos from the website news page will also be included ( automatically ) from here http://www.lanciamotorclub.co.uk/club-news.php

If you'd like something included but don't want to do the upload yourself then please email to me ( Database Admin email address is fine ).

I'd love to do Forum pictures too but there's no easy way to do it ( and there's rather a lot of them ! ) but if you have a favourite then send it along ( bear in mind copyright issues )

Any photos sent, please send me a brief description of what / who it is ...

[simonandjuliet]

Good idea - 4 pictures sent

Let's get the "forumistes" represented !

[sparehead3]

I hadn't thought of that aspect ! But great idea Simon and thanks for the pictures you've sent - they're in ....

[mikeC]

Saturday afternoon:



and Car of the Day:

[simonandjuliet]

Thank you !

More pics and commentary please for those of us unable to attend. Can we have pictures of people as well please (with names) because I for one do not know who everyone looks like nowadays .... even many of the Forumistes are just avatars

AGM summary ?

[fay66]

Be nice to know how many Lancias and the makeup as there doesn't seem to be that many going by these photos,  I was disappointed at the lack of cars last year at Cambridge compared to the turnouts we used to get.
Unfortunately I couldn't make it this year, so I'd be interested in what Fulvia Berlinas made it to the AGM

Brian
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[lancialulu]

I estimate 60-70 cars. You dont see them all unless someone has done a panoramic. Everyone felt it was a good/nice turnout. Low on Sp cars and Flaminias (1) and I did not see a Fulvia Berlina, but good show of Fulvias in general, Deltas, evos, betas, montes, and todays Lancias. Bear in mind half the UK appeared to be going on their annual holidays this weekend so maybe this held back numbers.

Oldest was Roland Grazebrooks Theta - car of the show.

Please to say my HF won a hotly contested competion class against some very serious competion from 3 other Fulvias.

The highlight was "An audience with Daniele Audetto" as after-dinner speaker who offered candid answers to questions about Rallying, F1, Lancia, and drivers. I only took issue with his view that Alonso is the best of the current drivers; but great cine footage of some truly great motor sport at its zenith.

[Andy D]

Looking back at my pictures I can see 57 cars but it is possible I am a few out.  The field that we had was a lovely setting and seemed to be just the right size for the cars that gathered.  The weather was kind to us too.  Link to photos attached (cars and people  )

https://www.flickr.com/photos/8165854@N08/sets/72157655772429202

[simonandjuliet]

Excellent photos , thanks !

[mikeC]

Be nice to know how many Lancias and the makeup as there doesn't seem to be that many going by these photos,  I was disappointed at the lack of cars last year at Cambridge compared to the turnouts we used to get.
Unfortunately I couldn't make it this year, so I'd be interested in what Fulvia Berlinas made it to the AGM

Brian
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I was surprised at how few of certain models there were: only one Lambda, one Thema, one Dedra, one Gamma, one Flaminia, one Y10; ten years ago we would have seen multiple examples of all these models... I was pleased to see several of the current cars, both Lancias and Chryslers, but I don't think there was one example from the previous generation - no Delta HPE, Ypsilon, Lybra, or Kappa.

[stanley sweet]

I estimate 60-70 cars. You dont see them all unless someone has done a panoramic. Everyone felt it was a good/nice turnout. Low on Sp cars and Flaminias (1) and I did not see a Fulvia Berlina, but good show of Fulvias in general, Deltas, evos, betas, montes, and todays Lancias. Bear in mind half the UK appeared to be going on their annual holidays this weekend so maybe this held back numbers.

Oldest was Roland Grazebrooks Theta - car of the show.

Please to say my HF won a hotly contested competion class against some very serious competion from 3 other Fulvias.

The highlight was "An audience with Daniele Audetto" as after-dinner speaker who offered candid answers to questions about Rallying, F1, Lancia, and drivers. I only took issue with his view that Alonso is the best of the current drivers; but great cine footage of some truly great motor sport at its zenith.

Tim, any chance you can jot down what you remember of his after dinner talk for a VL article? Have to say I'd love to see Alonso alongside Hamilton in a Mercedes.