Ring trip 12-16May
Discussion
Hi Guys
Me and a friend are going over there on the above dates.
Is there anyone else going then or would anyone else like to join in and make a convoy of it?
We are middle aged young at heart and ive not been for 2 years now so looking now to get back in to it again.
We are based in the Cotswolds.
Cheers
Me and a friend are going over there on the above dates.
Is there anyone else going then or would anyone else like to join in and make a convoy of it?
We are middle aged young at heart and ive not been for 2 years now so looking now to get back in to it again.
We are based in the Cotswolds.
Cheers
I've done the Nurburgring- once!
Don't know how we managed it, but I (almost) managed to get onto the 'new' circuit..........
We turned up early one morning and, not knowing where to go, drove up to a security gate and were promptly waved through.
Drove up to another security gate and were, without question, waved through to to the Paddock.
I was pretty impressed at the facilities- the Paddock was full of Ferraris, some race-prepped. I pretty much lost my bottle seeing all these people who obviously new what they were doing but I thought, well I've come this far and because I still thought I was in the Nordschleife I got out of the car to pay my 15DM (£5 - this was before the Euro) but the Marshalls were excitedly screaming at me & waving me onto the track. Then, just then through the entrance between the paddock & the pits I saw a flash of red & there was this wailing screaming banshee noise as a Ferrari V10 (F300 I think) at full chat went by, being driven by Luca Badoer. (Ferrari test driver)
When I finally got to speak to someone in charge it transpired what had happened; I had gatecrashed a meet of the German Ferrari Owners Club "at the NEW circuit"........ Luca Badoer was there to give demonstration runs of the then current F1 car. And because my car was red and had some (vague) passing resemblance to a 1930's racing Alfa Romeo (AR 2900a) one of which had actually been run by Scuderia Ferrari, Enzo Ferrari being team manager obviously the gate people/marshalls thought I was part of the attractions. We all had a good laugh. Eventually.
I still have nightmares of thoughts of had I wandered onto the track, driving around at a nice steady 50 mph on a sighting lap, with my missus beside me and being overtaken - on a bend - by a F1 car going at 150mph. I'd have soiled myself. And I suspect Luca Badoer would have had a 1DM:1pfennig* moment coming around the track and seeing me wandering around, oblivious and without a care in the world, admiring the scenery.
Don't know how we managed it, but I (almost) managed to get onto the 'new' circuit..........
We turned up early one morning and, not knowing where to go, drove up to a security gate and were promptly waved through.
Drove up to another security gate and were, without question, waved through to to the Paddock.
I was pretty impressed at the facilities- the Paddock was full of Ferraris, some race-prepped. I pretty much lost my bottle seeing all these people who obviously new what they were doing but I thought, well I've come this far and because I still thought I was in the Nordschleife I got out of the car to pay my 15DM (£5 - this was before the Euro) but the Marshalls were excitedly screaming at me & waving me onto the track. Then, just then through the entrance between the paddock & the pits I saw a flash of red & there was this wailing screaming banshee noise as a Ferrari V10 (F300 I think) at full chat went by, being driven by Luca Badoer. (Ferrari test driver)
When I finally got to speak to someone in charge it transpired what had happened; I had gatecrashed a meet of the German Ferrari Owners Club "at the NEW circuit"........ Luca Badoer was there to give demonstration runs of the then current F1 car. And because my car was red and had some (vague) passing resemblance to a 1930's racing Alfa Romeo (AR 2900a) one of which had actually been run by Scuderia Ferrari, Enzo Ferrari being team manager obviously the gate people/marshalls thought I was part of the attractions. We all had a good laugh. Eventually.
I still have nightmares of thoughts of had I wandered onto the track, driving around at a nice steady 50 mph on a sighting lap, with my missus beside me and being overtaken - on a bend - by a F1 car going at 150mph. I'd have soiled myself. And I suspect Luca Badoer would have had a 1DM:1pfennig* moment coming around the track and seeing me wandering around, oblivious and without a care in the world, admiring the scenery.
- translation to English 5p:50p sim. Anal/numismatical comparison descriptive of the rapidly alternating diameter of one's rectal sphincter at moments of sheer terror!
Edited by alfaspecial on Thursday 7th April 08:22
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