Silverstone F1 advice?
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SFTWend said:
Thank you both.
My wife has bought me a hospitality package for my 60th. So I'll need to arrive mega early as don't want to miss the 'paid for' breakfast etc.
Where will you be? Treated myself this year to Champions Club. First time I've been back to the UK for a GP since I moved to the US. Even with my flight, it's cheaper than a similar package at Las Vegas or Miami!My wife has bought me a hospitality package for my 60th. So I'll need to arrive mega early as don't want to miss the 'paid for' breakfast etc.
timmybob said:
SFTWend said:
Thank you both.
My wife has bought me a hospitality package for my 60th. So I'll need to arrive mega early as don't want to miss the 'paid for' breakfast etc.
Where will you be? Treated myself this year to Champions Club. First time I've been back to the UK for a GP since I moved to the US. Even with my flight, it's cheaper than a similar package at Las Vegas or Miami!My wife has bought me a hospitality package for my 60th. So I'll need to arrive mega early as don't want to miss the 'paid for' breakfast etc.
I last attended the GP(Fri and Sat only though ) in '22, after a long gap . I am at motorsport events most weekends but the GP's scale is on a very different level. I'm an old git - first GP was 1971 - but the recipe for my enjoyment is same as it ever was . Keeping on the move is my secret , as that way you never get conditioned to the speed and spectacle . I give it an hour and then find a new angle. BTW ignore all the breathless hype about Becketts which every journalist spouts - it is not great viewing as the cars are heading away from you. Copse is far better and entry speeds are jaw dropping.
A walk round to Village is worth it too as you have more time to study technique- and believe me , especially if it's wet, you can learn more about drivers in an hour than you can watching it on tv. Lots of new fans I talked to were a bit overwhelmed by it all and struggled to work out what was going on as the PA is inaudible and the big screens concentrate on B list slebs in the bloody garages most of the time. It is worth prepping which drive is which as obviously the helmets are a dogs dinner and you need to identify drivers quickly by the hi vis green flash - and while it used to be that the second driver had the flash now it can be either . I think both Alonso and Hamilton have it - maybe it's an alphabetic thing now ?
It is a fantastic sight - ignore the naysayers because live it is still fantastic.
Oh - and get in early. I arrived at 7 both days . I don't mind early starts but I hate queues. Take some cash too as sometimes the payment terminals don't work.
A walk round to Village is worth it too as you have more time to study technique- and believe me , especially if it's wet, you can learn more about drivers in an hour than you can watching it on tv. Lots of new fans I talked to were a bit overwhelmed by it all and struggled to work out what was going on as the PA is inaudible and the big screens concentrate on B list slebs in the bloody garages most of the time. It is worth prepping which drive is which as obviously the helmets are a dogs dinner and you need to identify drivers quickly by the hi vis green flash - and while it used to be that the second driver had the flash now it can be either . I think both Alonso and Hamilton have it - maybe it's an alphabetic thing now ?
It is a fantastic sight - ignore the naysayers because live it is still fantastic.
Oh - and get in early. I arrived at 7 both days . I don't mind early starts but I hate queues. Take some cash too as sometimes the payment terminals don't work.
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