Formula1 at Duxford - Whittlesford votes

Whittlesford Parish Council met last night and discussed the results of a poll of people and their views about the F1 testing at the IWM. 160 responses were received, which is high for a village of 600-700 houses.
Generally speaking, more people were in favour than were not, with the threshold in terms of how many days a year people reckon they could tolerate being around ten. This would mean, given that the racing teams are looking for about eight to nine days a year, that only one team could base themselves there - we believe McClaren were interested too, but at the moment it is the Renault team that have been whizzing round. The information will go off to the IWM, and to the district council environmental health noise team who would take any decision about noise nuisance.
The comments in the survey demonstrate how different a view people take of this - for some it remains an intolerable intrusion - and I got an email last week saying the same thing - while for others it boosts the local economy, is a welcome addition to the air museum etc.
There is a public meeting at the air museum later in the autumn - dates yet to be announced.