** Official Thread for those attending the 2011 British Grand Prix at Silverstone **

Skeeter said:
smr - I think £165 for a ferry is fine, especially if you have 4 of you in the car to split the cost. The Spa track campsites are just fields with porta-loos and no showers. When I stayed in one we were in a motorhome (as were most other people), which made it bearable, but in a tent it would be a nightmare. Taggart on here stayed in CampingF1 a couple of years back and though it was good, so were staying there this year. Not heard about that Elephant place. I would also recomend the Formule1 hotel in Leige if you want a quieter night. Its on and industrial estate so theres nothing to do, but we just turned up, slept, got up, went again when we stayed there. Oh, and one other thing, if you are driving make sure you remember to book carparking with your tickets, otherwise you will be hit with a second FedEx delivery charge for your parking passes as we were (Its about £30 delivery!)
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Thanks for the info dude :)

I think we've decided on staying in a hotel rather than camping - I'll be going with the missus and she's not one for roughing it really.

We found a place about 30 minutes away for the three nights - Fri - Sun - but if I put Thurs - Sun the price goes up dramatically. We may still get the Ferry thurs morning and just book one night somewhere else as I'd like to get to the circuit for the pit walk - what exactly does that entail - walking down the pitlane I'd imagine ? Is it an easy opportunity to get close to the drivers?

One or two more questions if you don't mind ... :)

We'll be getting bronze all weekend tickets and I'm just wondering where the best place to sit would be, I'd imagine it takes a fair old while to walk around the track!

Is it best to wait until you've decided which general direction you'll be taking to the circuit with bronze tickets before deciding which car park to book - as far as I can tell there are Jaune, Vert and Rouge car parks - I'm guessing Rouge is probably best ?

I've never done a full weekend before... Am I right in assuming that traffic should be fairly relaxed on the Friday, a bit heavier on the Saturday and then manic on the Sunday? What sort of times should we be looking at getting up on each day?

Oh, also with bronze tickets can you sit in any grandstand you like on fri/sat? Like Silverstone..?

Thanks!
 
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smr said:
We'll be getting bronze all weekend tickets and I'm just wondering where the best place to sit would be, I'd imagine it takes a fair old while to walk around the track!
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It takes a reasonable amount of the day to work your way round to different places but I think there's a bus now running round all day so you can hop on and off to get to places more quickly.


I've never done a full weekend before... Am I right in assuming that traffic should be fairly relaxed on the Friday, a bit heavier on the Saturday and then manic on the Sunday? What sort of times should we be looking at getting up on each day?
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When I went 2 years ago I got there at 8.30 each day and stayed to the last or next last event. I got straight in and out on all days with no hold ups except for leaving on race day as the GP is the last thing in the day. On all the other days the crowd tends to leave more gradually between the end of the F1's and the end of the day.

Oh, also with bronze tickets can you sit in any grandstand you like on fri/sat? Like Silverstone..?

Thanks!
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On friday you should be able to go in pretty much any stand you like bar a couple of corporate ones. They'll have people at the steps checking tickets. The rest you can just walk straight in.

Can't tell you about saturday as I stayed in my allocated seat but I have an idea you can move about a bit, certainly before qually starts.
 
Me and Spokwiththeears are attending the whole weekends (fri - sunday) seriously cant wait now as where setting off late night Thursday for the whole thing (next week of course).

Staying at a friends house that lives close-ish by and comes with a personal taxi, first time going for us both (missus not too happy as its on the anniversary weekend and naturally would like the money spent on her).
 
we left just before 7am last year on the friday as the last time we had gone there was in 1997 on a Sunday and expected it to be pretty busy to get in and park.

We breezed right through and parked just outside the entrance at 7:45ish (live about 5 mins from RBR factory). but I think we will go at the same time this year as we had a leasurly stroll round and had a look at where to sit first.
 
Duke said:
Staying at the Bicester travel lodge on Thursday night, to make it a short journey Friday morning :)
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nice idea. :D

and CS Nuts........lucky sod you are. :D despite the early start.

one question for you CS Nuts........what day do the drivers/teams have a walk around the track? is it thursday? becuase me and the old man would like to meet them. :D
 
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I don't know if Kevin Clarke was talking about Silverstone or Spa? I will answer the below for Spa.

smr said:
One or two more questions if you don't mind ... :)

We'll be getting bronze all weekend tickets and I'm just wondering where the best place to sit would be, I'd imagine it takes a fair old while to walk around the track!
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90% of the track is open to Bronze and is just banking. There isn't a 'best' place. The best way to do it is spend the Friday walking around the entire track before where deciding to sit on Saturday and Sunday.

Is it best to wait until you've decided which general direction you'll be taking to the circuit with bronze tickets before deciding which car park to book - as far as I can tell there are Jaune, Vert and Rouge car parks - I'm guessing Rouge is probably best ?
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Jaune is for people with grandstand tickets only, so with a Bronze you wont be able to park there. Vert is also the camping field, and is one hell of a steep grass slope. I wouldn't park there. Rouge is a long road in that you park on the side of and they bus you up to the entrance gates. Its the bottom of the track (so at the end of the day you will be walking downhill, which is nice). Its where I parked before and where were parking this year.

I've never done a full weekend before... Am I right in assuming that traffic should be fairly relaxed on the Friday, a bit heavier on the Saturday and then manic on the Sunday? What sort of times should we be looking at getting up on each day?
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Traffic on all days was ok. Never really got stuck in any queues. With multiple exits of the circuit the traffic flows quite nicely, which is surprising given the roads are the equeivelent to some rural B roads over here. Being the nutter I am I was at the track at 5:30 on Saturday and Sunday. Both times before the carparks opened! I would say getting there for 7:30am will guarantee a good spot, depending on how far you walk from the carpark.

Friday is less of an issue as you walk around anyway. Got there at 9am last time just in time for the first car to hit the track, having set off from home at 6pm the previous day and not had any sleep! A screaming F1 car is a good way to keep you awake :)

Oh, also with bronze tickets can you sit in any grandstand you like on fri/sat? Like Silverstone..?

Thanks!
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No. To get into any grandstands (or any where around the pit straight and first corner) you need Silver or greater.
 
Kevin Clark said:
Silverstone. Sorry didn't realise Spa had been thrown in to the pot as well :)
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Yeah, its a fair shout. smr and I have kind of gone off on our own tangent. Always the way with the lack of a PM service on here for when you just want to ask another member a few questions.

Back on topic though, didnt realise there was a bus service going around Silverston now? Thats quite cool (all though it was almost impossible to walk around some areas (behind Stowe, behind Woodcote) when it was busy, so god knows how a bus will barge its way through).
 
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