Silverstone classic

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anonymous-user

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61 months

Monday 19th July 2021
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Any one received their tickets yet?

F12 Josh

820 posts

149 months

Monday 19th July 2021
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Not received any here yet, presume they will send them out this week or so now that the F1 is done.

Very much looking forward to it, first time going to the Classic. smile

coppice

8,907 posts

151 months

Tuesday 20th July 2021
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They are E-tickets, from the Silverstone website . Mine are there , but I can't yet download. My infield car club pass arrived last week.

Wonderful event, if a rubbish circuit for spectating . Keep on the move and spend mornings in and around the old pits and the afternoons by the Wing . Access all areas will be a shock to anyone used to stuff like BTCC and British GT. Not many thing i n life feel better than standing 6 feet away from a DFV engined F1 car or a Lola T70 as they are fired up .

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

61 months

Tuesday 20th July 2021
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coppice said:
They are E-tickets, from the Silverstone website . Mine are there , but I can't yet download. My infield car club pass arrived last week.

Wonderful event, if a rubbish circuit for spectating . Keep on the move and spend mornings in and around the old pits and the afternoons by the Wing . Access all areas will be a shock to anyone used to stuff like BTCC and British GT. Not many thing i n life feel better than standing 6 feet away from a DFV engined F1 car or a Lola T70 as they are fired up .
Where can you “see” them on the website?

Presuming Ed

1,493 posts

215 months

Tuesday 20th July 2021
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Very odd that I can't download as yet. I have other tickets for Silverstone later in the year and can print those now. Here's hoping there isn't some last minute problems.

LucyP

1,738 posts

66 months

Tuesday 20th July 2021
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There are no last minute problems with the event. It is going ahead as planned.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

61 months

Tuesday 20th July 2021
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All sorted, printed out tickets.

Good to know there are no last minute issues 9 days before the event…. wink

coppice

8,907 posts

151 months

Tuesday 20th July 2021
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pablo said:
Where can you “see” them on the website?
Go to your account (or create one) and click bookings

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

61 months

Tuesday 20th July 2021
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coppice said:
pablo said:
Where can you “see” them on the website?
Go to your account (or create one) and click bookings
Thanks, didn’t even know I had a Silverstone account!!! I thought they just came through email when I bought them.

coppice

8,907 posts

151 months

Wednesday 21st July 2021
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I didn't either ! But, for reasons I am not privy to , the whole Classic thing was migrated from See tickets, who ran it for years, to in house Silverstone . I struggled to access my bookings at first but while the 'contact us' email I sent didn't get a reply, a phone call worked.

Very helpful and courteous. Only eight more sleeps till I set off ....

anonymous-user

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61 months

Wednesday 21st July 2021
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blimey, that’s unlike silverstone to take an efficient process and replace it with something wholly inferior……

Glad the grandstands are free. Weather on Friday 30th shows some spells of rain which could make for an entertaining day….

coppice

8,907 posts

151 months

Thursday 22nd July 2021
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It isn't wholly inferior at all - the staff I spoke to were exemplary . Just needed to get used to navigating a different website.

After the year they've had, I'm not joining any queue to snipe at motorsport venues .

LucyP

1,738 posts

66 months

Thursday 22nd July 2021
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They took it in-house to save money, rather than paying a 3rd party booking agent service. Every hotel etc. would do that if they could, to save paying Booking.com etc.

Silverstone have made redundancies, there have been cost caps etc. to help them survive. It's only right that they don't waste money on 3rd party agents if they can do it in house.

(And then spent the money on a pointless new logo, that no one has probably even noticed!)

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

61 months

Thursday 22nd July 2021
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LucyP said:
They took it in-house to save money, rather than paying a 3rd party booking agent service. Every hotel etc. would do that if they could, to save paying Booking.com etc.

Silverstone have made redundancies, there have been cost caps etc. to help them survive. It's only right that they don't waste money on 3rd party agents if they can do it in house.

(And then spent the money on a pointless new logo, that no one has probably even noticed!)
And there in lies the point…..There’s no point bringing something as critical as ticketing in-house just to save a few quid if there’s a risk the customer will be dissatisfied.

Booking.com is where you search for hotels as well as book and pay so not being on it means you’re reliant on other advertising, it’s not just a payment facility. That would be like saying there is a website, with booking and payment facilities, for a number of different historic racing events next weekend i could choose to attend

Anyway, I’ve found entry lists on line and a detailed timetable so I am very happy and will have a lovely time.

Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 22 July 16:30

coppice

8,907 posts

151 months

Thursday 22nd July 2021
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And if you book your B &B directly and not via Booking .Com you invariably pay less.

As I've said I have no problem with Silverstone staff , or booking .

Anyway , much more interestingly ,where did you find the entry please ?I 've been googling without success so far.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

61 months

Thursday 22nd July 2021
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Not all the races sadly but most of them. The Masters (Endurance Legends , Sportscars and F1) series and HSCC races (Formula Junior, Historic F2, Thundersports) may be available from their respective websites closer to the date

https://www.motorracinglegends.com/entries-and-res...

To be fair, I have no issue with Silverstone, I’m just a technical idiot and would rather tickets sent in the post!

eliot

11,727 posts

261 months

Thursday 22nd July 2021
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I’ve got a weekend pass - can i lend the tickets to mates for the friday and/or the sunday if i choose to only go on the saturday - where i’m attending the classic car run out

Dazzled

278 posts

233 months

Friday 23rd July 2021
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Yes you can. They’re not personalised.

anonymous-user

Original Poster:

61 months

Sunday 25th July 2021
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https://www.mastershistoricracing.com/events/the-c...

Masters organised races entry lists here

coppice

8,907 posts

151 months

Monday 26th July 2021
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I have a spare weekend pass . It's free but I'd expect a contribution to my charity of choice . PM asap for more - first come first served

ETA- now gone to good home !

Edited by coppice on Tuesday 27th July 09:13