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Post by widge on Dec 20, 2018 23:20:51 GMT
Hi
I have just bought 2 tickets for the 2019 French GP 149€ each for 3 day General admission and a campsite 3.5k down the road.
The camping at the circuit was 220€ and few facilities for Thursday though to Monday the one I booked was 155€ including electrical hookup and much better facilities, just a bit of a trek by foot to get to the circuit each day, although I bet time wise it isn't much different to driving.
Dave
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Post by davidwilson on Dec 21, 2018 15:57:30 GMT
and probably will be quicker to leave afterwards! Enjoy!
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Post by clarki on Dec 22, 2018 13:59:25 GMT
Sounds like a great trip. Is it at Paul Richard again next year?
Not a huge F1 fan tbh but do remember going to Silverstone back in the v10 era. The speed and noise!! Remember the Toyota being particularly loud.
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Post by widge on Dec 23, 2018 8:48:25 GMT
Sounds like a great trip. Is it at Paul Richard again next year? Not a huge F1 fan tbh but do remember going to Silverstone back in the v10 era. The speed and noise!! Remember the Toyota being particularly loud. Hi Yes it is at paul richard, I have never been to a gp before, I had planned to go to the Barcelona gp which is actually closer to where I live in France, but it clashed with my friends dads 90th birthday which he obviously doesn't want to miss. Dave |
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Post by unclebob on Dec 23, 2018 13:45:01 GMT
Think with a Grand Prix you see more on tv of the race but so much more going on at the circuit....have a good time and hope the weather is fine 👍🏻👍🏻
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Post by widge on Dec 24, 2018 11:36:49 GMT
Think with a Grand Prix you see more on tv of the race but so much more going on at the circuit....have a good time and hope the weather is fine 👍🏻👍🏻 I don't think I will make a habit of going, and I certainly wouldn't go just for the race, we have a three day ticket, that also gets you limited access to the pits on the Thursday but I am not sure if we will get there in time for that, I am taking our 1981 transit camper so i think it will take us most of the day to get there on the Thursday. Dave |
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Post by phaeton on Dec 26, 2018 9:45:27 GMT
Only ever been to 1 F1 GP, that was Silverstone when they changed it to April, 2001?? I got VIP tickets for the race day with Jordan through one of our suppliers, nobody else wanted to go, we were in the F1 paddock it was a great day, but some people never even came out of the marquee to watch any of the race they just stayed inside & got pissed as farts on the free booze. We were in the grandstand just after Bridge with Nuffield 1 & 2 as it was then, there were people around who hadn't a clue & I was explaining which driver was which to them by the colour of the car & the drivers helmet.
What I did think was fascinating was because Nuffield 1 was effectively a 180 turn, there was a post of the grandstand that acted like a marker line across both parts of the corner, Mikka Hakkinen was chasing David Coulthard & because of the post you could visually see the ebb & flow as he got closer or lost ground.
I have a plan to drive to Spa at the end of August in the buggy to watch that race, just need to book it & then worry about it actually happening once done.
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Post by widge on Jun 20, 2019 5:47:08 GMT
Hi I have just bought 2 tickets for the 2019 French GP 149€ each for 3 day General admission and a campsite 3.5k down the road. The camping at the circuit was 220€ and few facilities for Thursday though to Monday the one I booked was 155€ including electrical hookup and much better facilities, just a bit of a trek by foot to get to the circuit each day, although I bet time wise it isn't much different to driving. Dave French GP has arrived, yesterday I set off in our 1981 transit and picked up my friend Mike from Beziers Airport, had an eventful trip to our first Campsite. As Gurty (the camper) is a bit slow we took the back roads and miss judged the fuel and after it coughing and spluttering on every corner for about 10km it finally died, lucky i managed to freewheel into a picnic area, luckily while contemplating the 10km walk/hitch to next garage, a nice helpful lady from a nearby farm went back to the farm and got a few liters of the red stuff to get us going again, got to the garage and filled up, but still missing a bit might have to clean the filter. If anyone is vaguely interested I am keeping a blog, mainly to keep our wives upto date. dave-and-mikes-f1-adventure.blogspot.com/?m=1 |
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Post by jasehutch on Jun 20, 2019 6:45:24 GMT
Looks great ..  |
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Post by phaeton on Jun 20, 2019 6:51:32 GMT
Have a great time
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Post by bigkev on Jun 20, 2019 7:27:32 GMT
People used to slag me off for my anality about vinyl reproduction of music and its hardware, but mainly the price of the hardware. Muck Fee, Dave........that F1 stuff is pricey, ken.....?
Just CANNOT get intae F1.......
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Post by unclebob on Jun 20, 2019 7:44:58 GMT
What a great road trip (max and paddy style ) 😄😄
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Post by widge on Jun 20, 2019 22:01:53 GMT
Hi I have just bought 2 tickets for the 2019 French GP 149€ each for 3 day General admission and a campsite 3.5k down the road. The camping at the circuit was 220€ and few facilities for Thursday though to Monday the one I booked was 155€ including electrical hookup and much better facilities, just a bit of a trek by foot to get to the circuit each day, although I bet time wise it isn't much different to driving. Dave French GP has arrived, yesterday I set off in our 1981 transit and picked up my friend Mike from Beziers Airport, had an eventful trip to our first Campsite. As Gurty (the camper) is a bit slow we took the back roads and miss judged the fuel and after it coughing and spluttering on every corner for about 10km it finally died, lucky i managed to freewheel into a picnic area, luckily while contemplating the 10km walk/hitch to next garage, a nice helpful lady from a nearby farm went back to the farm and got a few liters of the red stuff to get us going again, got to the garage and filled up, but still missing a bit might have to clean the filter. If anyone is vaguely interested I am keeping a blog, mainly to keep our wives upto date. dave-and-mikes-f1-adventure.blogspot.com/?m=1Day 2 hasn't gone too well either, it started off good, managed to buy a fuel filter and a replacement primer pump (squdgy rubber one on the fuel line) and someone to fit it for me. Then things went a bit pear shaped, my eye that i have just had some treatment on started giving me a couple of problems, so concerned about that and trying navigate the strange route that Google maps was trying to take me, i was spending too much time trying to follow on the screen that i totally forgot about the height and got jammed under a railway bridge, camper sustained reletivly minor damage considering, but it totally distroyed the dome of my evaporative condencer aircon (i will try to get some pics on my blog tomorrow) had to let all of the air out of the tyres to get it unjammed. Anyway at the camping now, but going to miss tomorrow's practice day as going to an opthalmo to get my eye checked, hopefully will get to the track for the afternoon. |
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Post by phaeton on Jun 21, 2019 7:00:44 GMT
Sorry to hear this, do you suffer any blood pressure issues, sounds like it might be up with all the hassles, might be worth putting off sorting the van & have a relaxing cay watching practise.
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Post by widge on Jun 21, 2019 11:21:39 GMT
Sorry to hear this, do you suffer any blood pressure issues, sounds like it might be up with all the hassles, might be worth putting off sorting the van & have a relaxing cay watching practise.
Thanks for the message, i normally don't have a blood pressure problem, but with everything going on who knows. Anyway good news, had my eye checked, he said all the laser work is good, i have just had a small bleed hopefully this should clear fairly soon. Having a quick snack then heading back to campsite and hopefully get a couple of hours in at the circuit if nothing else it will be a recce for tomorrow. hopefully update soon. |
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