Went to the belgium gp in 2011 and going again in 2012, thought i would share some of my experiences. Bought tickets from the official site (www.spagrandprix.com), and had no problems at all. Tickets arrived several months in advance. I camped on the official yellow camping and had tickets for silver 2. Read several reviews on both yellow camping and silver 2 grandstand and was a little worried before I arrived as neither was favourable. Finding the campsite was a nightmare, the instructions supplied just took me to a locked gate that am sure would be open come raceday but not on the thursday when i arrived! For yellow camping, when arriving on thursday just head into francorchamps and ask someone. The campsite was basic, there were showers in the football club and a portacabin, they wernt the cleanest ive been in but they did the job. Toilets were the usual thunderboxes but they were emptied every morning until sunday, by monday morning they were nasty! Read reviews of people being charged extra for taking too much space and people coming round with tape measures, but I saw none of this! They did cram us in pretty tight but no worse than any other campsite at a big event. Noise levels at night were never a problem, I slept every night. It was a short walk through francorchamps to the track, with the added bonus that you could look out for drivers making their way to the track. The grandstand seat I had was excellent, you could see the cars all the way down the straight and up eu rouge, Although the debris fence did obscure the view a little so taking pictures wasnt the best. Has a good wander around the track and boy is it a hard track to walk round, the tv does not do justice to the elevation changes, Eu rouge is a hill not a slope! Food at the track was basic and expensive, so I took food with me, drinks were just ridiculous prices so again took it with me. Had no problems taking food and drink into the track, nothing was ever checked to see what I had in my bag. It rained for most of the weekend, I got wet too many times, but would I do it again? O yes! Am going again in 2012 and have already booked gold 9 seat and yellow camping again, but this year am heading from spa straight down to monza.
