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Tell us about your experiences of visiting Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.
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- When you visited the track
- Where you watched from
- How easy it was to get to
- How much of the track you could see
- What support races there were
- What you liked and didn’t like
- How much it cost and whether it was good value
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Carol Treurnicht said on 10th June 2009, 22:34
Hi all
jeez getting quite busy round here!
I’ll try and answer most of the questions- please forgive me if I missed one- just yell and remind me.
@ Tony and Deb- don’t worry- if you going GA then tickets fine at the gate. We done this a couple of times and no problems at all.
@ Doug- there is enterteinment eg Eddie Jordan concert etc between track and campsite (only 10-15 minute walk to your tent/van if you want to participate so doable at all costs) but otherwise on the campsite we usually make our own fun- there is always someone with daft music to entertain us and most of us barbecue (if we get around to it) or gang up together or visit the local pub- a must as it is a piece of racing history.And as Andy says- great if you want fun but also great if you want to opt out.
Up to you.
@ Workie
for the best place to watch it depends on what you want.
We always go for the top of long straight after Eau Rouge- but others prefer so be elsewhere. Best thing to do is on the Friday walk the track and see for yourself- ie watch practice from several different vantage points and decide what is best for you. But for all of those going GA like us- get to the track at 7am on raceday if you want a good place…….hey breakfast on track is also good fun! so many dazed frozen people its fun! And when the Massa fans pitch up en masse then you can’t help join in the Samba party…..(keeps you warm! Lol)
Andy Kelly said on 10th June 2009, 23:03
Carol,
brilliant news, we almost went to see Eddie & the Robbers last year but we were too far away (& nobody would volunteer to drive!). We might just take a walk to see them while we are close.
Andy
Doug said on 11th June 2009, 11:08
Thanks for your replies. Just what we would be after really as although we are young, we too would want an early night for a 5-6am start (with the option. How about the parking though? We live in Jersey therefore would get the ferry to St Malo and drive up Thurs overnight / Fri morning with a potential stop off in Caen / Le Havre on the way. How much would we save by buying the tickets on the door (with exchange rates and no booking fee?)
Carol Treurnicht said on 11th June 2009, 20:17
Hi Doug
depends what you want to do. Do you want to stay over/camp? In which case you do not need extra parking as its only 15-20 minutes (depending on age and speed) walk to the track. I think the GA tickets this year cost €135,00 for the weekend (same price as for Sunday so you might as well go for the weekend). Can’t you get off a day earlier and take in the pitlane walk on the Thursday afternoon?
And don’t worry about getting stuck in the mud or whatever…..Michael does have a deal with the neighbouring farmer who loves trundling around pulling people in and out with his tractor if the weather is extreme like it was last year…….so no worries there.
One word of advice to all though- most stands and ticket offices etc only take cash so have plenty with you cos finding a cash machine is not easy!
Carol Treurnicht said on 11th June 2009, 20:19
To all
I ahve been in contact with a few of you here and we are talking about how we can make ourselces know to each other so was thinking how about we put something on our dashboards along the lines of “F1 Fanatic’s Elephantenfest” or something? Anyone else got any ideas?
Cheers
Carol
Andy Kelly said on 11th June 2009, 21:40
Superb idea Carol!! I’m going to start constructing my sign now!! An added bonus is that we can spot people on the way towards the campsite too :-).
Andy
Simon Rees said on 11th June 2009, 22:12
Hi all
Well we’ve booked our spot at the elephant really looking forward to it, lets hope the brawns are going to have a bit of competition on the day eh? Nice idea on the banners Carol
Tony, I agree with you about Eddie but at least DC gives him a bit of stick, they dont really agree on much do they
We’re getting bronze tickets but i think we’ll get them beforehand just to be on the safe side
Simon & Nick
tony loveland said on 11th June 2009, 23:11
Hi all,
my daughter charlie is keen on the banner idea(she already complains that I don’t mention her!) so this should cheer her up.
carol,
We’re going to wait till we get there to get GA tickets winds deb up, Ha Ha.
Tony and Deb
Doug said on 12th June 2009, 9:16
Unfortunatly we are unable to get the Thursday off due to work committments and although I am sure the pit walk is amazing (looks it on TV) I dont think our bosses would let us have the day off!! Carol, do you have pictures of previous years of the camp site?
Carol Treurnicht said on 12th June 2009, 20:00
@ Tony
can Charlie do me something nice? I am useless at designing things ………
@ Doug
I really wanted to take some pics last year but it was so rainy I only got one or two of frozen people looking rather the worse for wear! You’re more than welcome to those but they are nothing special…..Lol
Carol Treurnicht said on 13th June 2009, 22:06
Hey peeps wake up!
You signed up here yet?
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/wesupportfota/signatures.html
Catherine H said on 15th June 2009, 17:51
Hi Carol – I think there are a few of these petitions doing the rounds – lets hope they see sense soon and sort it out ….. I’m hoping all the politics doesn’t interfere with Silverstone this weekend – I’m very excited, just two more days at work, and then we go!
Our Spa tickets arrived as well this morning! Even more exciting. Your Banner idea sounds like an excellent plan.
Carol Treurnicht said on 15th June 2009, 19:30
Hi Catherine
have a FANTASTIC time in Silverstone and make loads of pics please……….
If we want to exchange pics all please bring an USB stick with you.We’ll have our laptop with us to share all our experiences!
Rich said on 15th June 2009, 20:38
Hi Guys
Have’t logged in for a few weeks. “Happy Days my tickets arrived this morning” Sounds like everyone is getting really excited about spa and the camping. andy did you say you were off to V this year? That’s just round the corner from me! Something tells me there will be a few of us on the grass this year along the lone straight. Has anyone thought of getting vinyl’s for there cars I don’t know how much it costs but I know a guy who gets it done every year for a Le-Mans run, just an idea
tony loveland said on 15th June 2009, 23:20
Hi all,
Charlie will set to work on logos the week-end and we’ll post the results for approval… I like the sound of vinyl’s (sun visors won’t really work- except in an ironic sense!) I have a printer I use locally so once we know how many we need i’ll get on to it.
Looking forward to silverstone this week-end,although next year it’ll be at Donnington which is about 10 miles from where I live and much better for watching, Silverstones’ looking a bit run down and i’ve always thought it was a bit flat for spectators to see the track well.
Tony and Deb.
Rich said on 16th June 2009, 10:05
Morning All
:Tony that sounds ace for you at Donnington, It’s a shame about Silvertsone I enjoyed going a couple of years ago but they just need to spend to much money and who is going to give the BRDC any money!
:Catherine, good to see the Ferrari’s moving forward, maybe not as much as we’d like but still moving.
Rich
Catherine H said on 16th June 2009, 15:34
Rich – it seems like two steps forward and one step back with Ferrari at the moment, hope this weekend they’ll at least be in the points. We’ll have to make the most of seeing them this year though, the way the FOTA/FIA fiasco is going on it might be the last chance for a while…….