F1 Fanatic

Decent blog post by Nbcs will buxton about it

http://willthef1journo.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/the-game-changer/

The teams asked pirelli for them,today might have been 2 far even paul hembrey(head of pirelli motorsport) admitted it on twitter,but id like to see what overseas press/fans are saying about it as it seems to dominate here

@todfood steve slater is/was superb i was gutted when star sports decided to go with the sky commentators :(

@AMNJG24F Prices are about the same,there might be a small mark up as teams use a currency converter to there benefit obviously,as for street parties it all happens on crescent/peel street,usually a stage with […]

@tim neale thats were i normally get my hotel if i go to spain,just remember which exit your hotel is on,i took the wrong exit after a few sangrias and got lost :),but if you come out of the staion to the opoisite […]

@amnjg24f Yeah theres plenty merchandise etc,at all the races theres a tented village and youll find all the team shirts etc there,also theres a budweiser stage wheres theres theres girls etc throwing tshirts into […]

nothing like them,but peoples obsession with knocking ferrari is always amusing

thats going to be one expensive race

after the race stay in the montmello were the race actually is and enjoy the bars and tapas restraunts in the small square not far from the train station and catch a later train and enjoy the festivities,barca […]

On point 3
So we should only hold races in countries that have a history of motorsport?
Do we not want the sport to grow? China is a perfect example of growing a fan base in a country

Train to northampton and bus unless you have a good friend that could drive your car for you,or ifs there a group hire a taxi/mini bus

Ive always found that the 3g signal goes during the race,not sure if its to do with all the tv/press taking all the signal,id make sure you have a fm app on your phone and carry some headphones

booked up for monaco today,but only arriving on the sat night staying in a over priced dump close to the train station in nice and got a stand L ticket

Girlfriend said the commentary was about a 50/50 English Chinese so not to bad
Thought it was well handled on the metro as well coming back into the city we queued for maybe 15mins then onto the platform then […]

The Ferrari tag team on Hamilton was awesome and right in front of me

got told by a sales lady of the headsets yesterday that there was only english commentray today (raceday) as was going to get one for the girlfriend,that was in the tented village before you go through the ticket check point

Yeah you should or just bribe a steward to let you in
I’m at Amsterdam airport enroute to Shanghai Will arrive 2Mr morning

@funky Picked my passport complete with shiny visa on weds,all systems are go

on the forum but seems to be ok today