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Hi Ed, I have a very quick question…

I’m planning to be in Monaco on Thursday May 23rd for the practice runs. I am debating between one of two options that involves watching the race and having a sit down lunch/dinner on the track.

A.) Sit down lunch on the track at Hotel de Paris – Salle Empire for $347
//I am worried that we will not be able to move around to other seats even if it is on Thrusday…

B.) Book a reservation for another restaurant along the track (cost unknown) but buy grand stand K tickets for $99 to get both views (close to the ground on the restaurant and wide view from the grandstand)

What’s your opinion and do you think booking one of these packages is available via ACM (Automobile Club de Monaco)?

Thanks Ed for all your feedback – we all honestly appreciate it!!!

Hi Manny

I replied to your post last night from my blackberry but i see it hasn’t reached the forum here…did it come through to you as a private message or anything like that?

In case it didn’t the gist of it was…

Thank you for the nice comments, I’m absolutely happy to help my fellow f1 fans.

If that is the combination you fancy I would suggest a restaurant in the harbour or on the start/finish straight with your K stand ticket. This would make the logistics of getting to K stand much easier than getting to/from the Hotel de Paris. When the roads are closed it is not a straightforward route to/from HdP/K grandstand!

Your tickets for the grandstand you can get from the ACM yes but – unless they’ve changed things very recently…disclaimer :) – they don’t sell restaurant tickets.

We have a couple of different options, if you would like the info just email or message me and I’ll send the details Manny.

Let me know if you have any queries.
All the best
Ed

Thanks very much Ed for the email, such a great set of info

do you get to the GP as early as possible?? is there much to see/do before the racing begins??

Hi Diane

Re your flights, we live in Derbyshire so have flown out of Leeds Bradford and East Midlands before and I believe, depending when you want to fly out/back Jet2 also fly out of Manchester and East Midlands or Monarch fly out of Birmingham. We have struggled this year however as we are flying out on Wednesday and back on Monday which falls on a BH – the airfares are ridiculous £800 for the pair of us, so we have ended up flying out of Gatwick. May be a case of the early bird catching the worm but obviously the one problem if you book too early is if for any reason the date is changed (this happened to us a couple of years ago) you may not be able to change your flight.

I agree with Ed re self catering, we did it the first year and ended up having to find a hotel which was an unplanned expense as the accommodation was not what it seemed when I booked it. I am sure however that there are other forum members that may be able to recommend somewhere or of course if you are feeling brave I think F1 camping have a set up for this race.

With regard to when tickets go on sale, historically they used to go on sale with ACM at the start of December, but the last couple of years this has been earlier. In fact for this year the tickets they threw us a total flanker as we always book the British GP as soon as we get home after the race on the early bird tickets – had just booked them for this year when someone on the forum advised that the Monaco tickets had gone on sale – that was July! Piggy bank imploded! Unless they change it if you go on a 3 day ticket Thursday is free.

If you are only planning on attending Monaco just once then I would definitely recommend that you try and splash out and try to get tickets on K1 or K2 – as high as possible. However, these are the first tickets to go so it is really a case of keep checking the web site for ACM from say the end of June.

Hi

I am taking my hubby here for his birthday as a surprise and need some tips and advice as I don’t know much about f1.

I found most of the prices and flights out of my leauge so I have done a week holiday flying to and front montpellier and driving along the coast staying at quieter towns.

For the f1 weekend I have arranged the camping via f1 camping. I know that this is just outside of monaco and then there is a free shuttle

I have rocher tickets for the saturday and sunday. I have seen mixed reviews but I would hope that the experience of being there will be great for my husband

If anyone has any tips of advice on the campsite it would be great – if anyone has been there, what it is like, how far away it is from monaco, are the shuttle buses regular etc

Then regarding rocher, i know it is a rocky hillside but as we arrive in monaco friday, I was hoping to go down there as i beleive there is a free pit walk? and then can i secure a spot a rocher for the whole weekend? what is the best way to do this? i am willing to go there with seats and secure them somehow? I have heard you can do this and people respect your space? I want to make sure I get the best spot possible so if people have done this before then let me know. I’ve tried to give myself plenty of time to ensure we don’t end up with a bad viewing point on the day!

So any tips on rocher and monaco f1 then please let me know! I want to go prepared!

Helicopter tour over Monaco.

Hi There!

I’m looking for people who are interested in joining Helicopter tour over Monaco prior GP dates. The prices are following (per helicopter):

10 minutes of flight => total price will be 240,00 euro All Inclusive, up to 4 passengers*
20 minutes of flight => total price will be 460,00 euro All Inclusive, up to 4 passengers*
30 minutes of flight => total price will be 600,00 euro All Inclusive, up to 4 passengers*
(*) Rates are not available during the Monaco Formula 1 Grand-Prix week (from Thursday to Monday included, in May : 23th to 27th , 2013…)

I’ll be in Monaco starting from May 21, so looking for opportunity to make flight at Tuesday or Wednesday. I need to find people so that we can share helicopter. Please let me know who is interesting in that.

More details you can find here:

http://www.heliairmonaco.com/page-sightseeingflight11minuteduration-langue-uk.html

Hi Benedict
I’m not sure when the autograph session is but access to the pits is restricted most of the time if you mean during race sessions. There are pit walks with paddock club tickets or you can buy a pit lane tour separately. It is also open for free on the Friday afternoon to holders of a weekend day grandstand ticket.
Hope that helps
Ed

My best friend and I are very excited to be visiting Monaco in May. Our menfolk are going to the race on Saturday and Sunday and we would like to spend a day and night in the city, if not both days. Any tips for two ladies in their late twenties looking for atmosphere, mingling, nice spot to sit with lunch/drinks and take in views of the harbour or track but not actually having tickets for the race. Also I love to know where we could socialise on Saturday or Sunday night….would love to go to a party or club but wouldn’t really pay over 100euro as an entrance or ticket to a venue unless it included drinks etc. i have read your posts about yacht parties, is there a website to look at the choices and prices? Finally, we have access to apartment in Menton so that’s where we will be staying. I’m imagining we would share a taxi back, 4 people, would that be v expensive?

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!