Silverstone - Friday - Now sub £38

[Sir Bagalot]

Now, I may have said once or six times before that down at Silverstone they really are a bunch of fking money grabbing s who don't give a fking rats arse about genuine fans and increase their ticket prices by up to 20 fking % per year...... Looks like they have been caught out over time

Now with the Lewis special welcome home 44% discount (in reality we all know this is we haven't sold enough tickets because we fk people over on price) it means Friday is £37.52.

Let me say that again. £37.52

I've always said that Friday is the best value for money day*. Three hours of F1 practice and other bits also. Get there at 8:30am and the place doesn't get busy til 11am so you can walk around at ease.

• As long as it don't rain. If it rains (and it often does at Silverstone) then you're fked! The only cars you will see are parked ones.

[GT3cs]

Always said I'd treat myself to hospitality one year . 44% off pops up yesterday and bagged super six hospitality for £240 for qualifying . Pretty sure I can eat and drink more than the ticket price , so qualifying is basically for free !

[hairyben]

Thirty eight notes to see a bit of FP good value? What planet are you on?

38 gets you into a lot of prime attractions. Two could get into a theme park for that. A family ticket to a lot of places. It's night out money. It's good gig or a nice meal, even in london. I'm sorry, I lean quite considerably to F1 geekery and could quite happily watch a bit of FP, but £38 to see a little side show bit of F1 just underlines how detached F1 is from reality.

[williamp]

Sounds good, but I cant see anything on their website

[GreigR]

Booked earlier this morning, excellent value for a full days practice.

Only slight gripe is unless your buying 2+ tickets it won't allow you to purchase a car park pass.

[anonymous-user]

hairyben said:

Thirty eight notes to see a bit of FP good value? What planet are you on?

38 gets you into a lot of prime attractions. Two could get into a theme park for that. A family ticket to a lot of places. It's night out money. It's good gig or a nice meal, even in london. I'm sorry, I lean quite considerably to F1 geekery and could quite happily watch a bit of FP, but £38 to see a little side show bit of F1 just underlines how detached F1 is from reality.

£38 isn't bad, as long as it doesn't rain as said.

But which 'prime attractions' have you visited recently at under £20 a head? Who the hell are you watching at a gig for £38 and where are you eating, McDonald's?

[hairyben]

REALIST123 said:

hairyben said:

Thirty eight notes to see a bit of FP good value? What planet are you on?

38 gets you into a lot of prime attractions. Two could get into a theme park for that. A family ticket to a lot of places. It's night out money. It's good gig or a nice meal, even in london. I'm sorry, I lean quite considerably to F1 geekery and could quite happily watch a bit of FP, but £38 to see a little side show bit of F1 just underlines how detached F1 is from reality.

£38 isn't bad, as long as it doesn't rain as said.

But which 'prime attractions' have you visited recently at under £20 a head? Who the hell are you watching at a gig for £38 and where are you eating, McDonald's?

As you asked, thorpe park £25/head, whipsnade or tower of london £22, all website prices, the advertised website-price of leading london price attractions so probably plenty of scope to voucher (as were talking "special" prices yeah?), drayton/blackpool both £20.

As for gigs, I'll be kind to you and forget about most of the excellent alternative bands I see for anything from £5-£30 and we'll use my last gig, the slightly more mainstream leftfield last saturday at the forum, sold-out-and-extra-dates-added must-see hyped up gig, my stub still in my other jeans pocket seems to conveniently read £36:75.

As for food, there's a couple of very nice selected restaurants (indian, turkish) near us where two can eat like kings till we're fit to pop with drinks and be presented with a bill often less than £38. There's exquisite italian and french places if we want to make an occasion and pay that per head. If you can't eat a reasonable nice meal without knocking on 3 figures there's something seriously wrong with you.

[tuscanboy]

hairyben said:

Thirty eight notes to see a bit of FP good value? What planet are you on?

38 gets you into a lot of prime attractions. Two could get into a theme park for that. A family ticket to a lot of places. It's night out money. It's good gig or a nice meal, even in london. I'm sorry, I lean quite considerably to F1 geekery and could quite happily watch a bit of FP, but £38 to see a little side show bit of F1 just underlines how detached F1 is from reality.

totally agree. But then again I wouldn't pay £38 for race day at the moment. And anyway race is about as exciting as fp this year

[anonymous-user]

hairyben said:

REALIST123 said:

hairyben said:

Thirty eight notes to see a bit of FP good value? What planet are you on?

38 gets you into a lot of prime attractions. Two could get into a theme park for that. A family ticket to a lot of places. It's night out money. It's good gig or a nice meal, even in london. I'm sorry, I lean quite considerably to F1 geekery and could quite happily watch a bit of FP, but £38 to see a little side show bit of F1 just underlines how detached F1 is from reality.

£38 isn't bad, as long as it doesn't rain as said.

But which 'prime attractions' have you visited recently at under £20 a head? Who the hell are you watching at a gig for £38 and where are you eating, McDonald's?

As you asked, thorpe park £25/head, whipsnade or tower of london £22, all website prices, the advertised website-price of leading london price attractions so probably plenty of scope to voucher (as were talking "special" prices yeah?), drayton/blackpool both £20.

As for gigs, I'll be kind to you and forget about most of the excellent alternative bands I see for anything from £5-£30 and we'll use my last gig, the slightly more mainstream leftfield last saturday at the forum, sold-out-and-extra-dates-added must-see hyped up gig, my stub still in my other jeans pocket seems to conveniently read £36:75.

As for food, there's a couple of very nice selected restaurants (indian, turkish) near us where two can eat like kings till we're fit to pop with drinks and be presented with a bill often less than £38. There's exquisite italian and french places if we want to make an occasion and pay that per head. If you can't eat a reasonable nice meal without knocking on 3 figures there's something seriously wrong with you.

Fair enough. We obviously have different tastes. The last 'gigs' I've been to have been between £60 and £100 a head, and I'm talking over the last 5 years.

As for eating out, again, different tastes or standards I guess.

[hairyben]

REALIST123 said:

Fair enough. We obviously have different tastes. The last 'gigs' I've been to have been between £60 and £100 a head, and I'm talking over the last 5 years.

As for eating out, again, different tastes or standards I guess.

to be fair it's irrelevant how willy wavingly much you want us to know you spend on gigs and meals; a few years back & the last time we went to silverstone F1 I treated the bro-in-law for his birthday and bought us gold grandstand for the race, but how much an individual is willing to spend is not pertinent to the point I was making.

[markcoznottz]

What other costs? How much is parking on Friday?

[GreigR]

£15 per car with a minimum purchase of 2 entry tickets.

[anonymous-user]

68 euros (less than £50) gets you 8 days of Le Mans action. That's value!

[rubystone]

I'm a big Leftfield fan, but he isn't in the F1 league. He's more BTCC...so we all know that to see an F1 league performer, it's going to set us back £60. So £38 for a day at Silverstone with access to uncovered stands too, seems a decent price to me.

However, do remember that the equivalent of the Friday F1 in gig terms is like pitching up to watch the soundcheck....

[RobGT81]

That's still silly money to watch free practice.

[Jasandjules]

But price for the race day? £150 still each?

[lbc]

Jasandjules said:

But price for the race day? £150 still each?

It was about £98 yesterday with the discounts.

All Weekend tickets appear to be SOLD OUT NOW.

If you just want Friday/Sat/ or Sunday, there are some tickets for sale.

Sunday is £86.80 for general admission.

Edited by lbc on Monday 22 June 09:58

[durbster]

hairyben said:

Thirty eight notes to see a bit of FP good value? What planet are you on?

38 gets you into a lot of prime attractions. Two could get into a theme park for that. A family ticket to a lot of places. It's night out money. It's good gig or a nice meal, even in london. I'm sorry, I lean quite considerably to F1 geekery and could quite happily watch a bit of FP, but £38 to see a little side show bit of F1 just underlines how detached F1 is from reality.

Er, I don't entirely disagree with your sentiment but have you not been out in Britain for the last decade or two?

I just checked and two tickets to Alton Towers this Friday would be £90, including a discount for pre-booking.

[Badgerboy]

Assuming the General Admission tickets just allow you to wander around all the stands as needed on the Friday?

[Badgerboy]

Despite the fact that the tickets show as £37 in the seat planner, they are now £70 when in the basket.

Never mind! Not paying £70 for practise!