Paul Ricard Circuit track

jonneymendoza · 8 Feb 2018 at 15:31

Hi.

Has anyone ever been to see a race here before? If so, where is the best place to sit or is it better as a general admin?

does not seem to be much stands?

Duke · 8 Feb 2018 at 22:08

Its a testing circuit so has no permanent stands iirc - they are just putting some in for the race.

MissChief · 8 Feb 2018 at 22:39

It's also pretty flat so you should have a decent view from most of the stands

jonneymendoza · 8 Feb 2018 at 22:42

Cool thanks.so general admission would not be good due to flat terrain?

MissChief · 8 Feb 2018 at 23:02

jonneymendoza said:
Cool thanks.so general admission would not be good due to flat terrain?

Not sure but I can't imagine you could see a lot. But then that's like GA at most tracks.

Duke · 9 Feb 2018 at 19:11

Unless you’re local there are far better tracks to see a GP at.

jonneymendoza · 9 Feb 2018 at 19:23

No i aint local/ Its a new track so may as well visit along with visiting south of france as well.

i heard marseille is nice?

Shoeyuk · 9 Feb 2018 at 19:38

If it was me I would look at virage du point 2

jonneymendoza · 9 Feb 2018 at 19:42

Shoeyuk said:
If it was me I would look at virage du point 2

2018-02-09_07-41-52 by Jon Richy, on Flickr

pricey!

Shoeyuk · 9 Feb 2018 at 19:49

jonneymendoza said:
2018-02-09_07-41-52 by Jon Richy, on Flickr

pricey!

Yeah I haven’t been to a race for a while but it’s didn’t seem to be cheap. went to monza about 6 years ago and the start finish line was £390 for the weekend and silverstone at club was about £480 3 years ago.

I was looking at spa as it’s one of the best value.

Saint baume 1 would be cheaper option and would be a good view as well.

MagicBoy · 9 Feb 2018 at 19:52

It's a bit of an unknown quantity. Last time Paul Ricard ran a major race was F1 in 1990. The odd Motorbike enduro in the 90s, then Bernie bought it around 2000, fixed the place up and it's been a test track mostly since.

GravyMonster · 9 Feb 2018 at 20:07

Based on the visibility for the Blancpain GT race last year, I'd go for Sainte Baume 2/3/4. You should be able to see the 4 or 5 corners at that end of the track, assuming you're high enough in the stand.

MissChief · 9 Feb 2018 at 20:47

Spunkey said:
Based on the visibility for the Blancpain GT race last year, I'd go for Sainte Baume 2/3/4. You should be able to see the 4 or 5 corners at that end of the track, assuming you're high enough in the stand.

You might even be able to see right down to the start/finish straight.

Lopéz · 10 Feb 2018 at 18:49

jonneymendoza said:
No i aint local/ Its a new track so may as well visit along with visiting south of france as well.

i heard marseille is nice?

I quite like Marseille.

Paul Ricard is not a new track.

The_Abyss · 10 Feb 2018 at 20:52

We really wanted to go for this year's race, and are still looking. The ticket prices, and more importantly the accommodation price gouging, are making it a no go at present.

jonneymendoza · 17 Feb 2018 at 12:08

Hi all i went and booked pit straight seats as i am bring my dad with me and want him to have good view of the starting grid etc. The Starting grid looks quite close to the stands as well