My 3 days at the British Grand Prix (F1) [pics] LONG

[VatorMan]

Wife was over in the UK for business so we thought, go to the British GP. What could go wrong ? :toetap: FIRST-London was torn to bits getting ready for the Olympics. Second: Wimbledon-Really, WTF watches tennis ? Apparently a sh*tload of people. :ack: Rain. Did I say rain? I meant the animals start pairing up amount of rain. So we ordered tickets a couple of months ago and paid to have them mailed to us. They mailed them all the way to ticket recovery at Silverstone. :toetap:So that means I have to go to the track to pick up the tickets.

FRIDAY: 5 hours in traffic getting to the track.



I saw Ferrari Man !!! :rock:



I park in friggen muck to go get the tickets.



Slide around and finally get the tickets. Time to leave. Back to the road ? Nope. Head down some friggen cow path.



4 hours later, back at the hotel and a beer.



SATURDAY: Rain AGAIN. But wife and I are determined to make qualifying. Nothing is like the scream of a F1 racecar.





Looking at the weather, we weren't to excited about Sunday. But, when you fly 7 hours just to go to one event, you go. BTW-The next time someone calls NASCAR fans rednecks, they can't hold a candle to F1 fans.



SUNDAY: Weather was hideous leaving the hotel. Wet and cold. We stopped at a convenience store and bought umbrellas.

But raceday was AWESOME. Awesome flyovers. No rain and great racing (somewhat). We were sitting in great seats-most of the passing took place at our corner.








BTW-Fish and chips SUCK. In fact British food sucks. I was near the theatre district in London and asked if this was a new comedy.

[Trip]

Lol about the food

Want to go to Europe bad, but don't want to go for a short period, probably gonna have to wait til retirement.

[VatorMan]

Originally Posted by Trip

Lol about the food

Want to go to Europe bad, but don't want to go for a short period, probably gonna have to wait til retirement.

It's a freakin 7 hour plane ride. Not suggested for a weekend. I did ask where the fireworks were on the 4th. SOB said the rain put them out but they have a celebration for getting rid of us.

[Dave]

Wow they still fly vulcans?!

[azoomm]

British food is horrible. It's awful. I'm convinced it's why they drink a lot. Well, that and the rain. It's just a depressed society.

Glad the rain stopped for the race.

All told, it seems like you had a great trip.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Trip

Lol about the food

Want to go to Europe bad, but don't want to go for a short period, probably gonna have to wait til retirement.

IOM has to be on the bucket lis t

[VatorMan]

Originally Posted by azoomm

British food is horrible. It's awful. I'm convinced it's why they drink a lot. Well, that and the rain. It's just a depressed society.

Glad the rain stopped for the race.

All told, it seems like you had a great trip.

Great until I pulled into a gas station. $8 a gallon ! I've never seen so many speed cameras in my life. They have "averaging" cameras that keep you from speeding up after passing one. We gotta stop those from coming here.

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by Dave

Wow they still fly vulcans?!

Is it funny that out of all those pics, I was thinking that same thing?

[Porkchop]

Originally Posted by VatorMan

It's a freakin 7 hour plane ride. Not suggested for a weekend.

Bah, 7 is a piece of cake. Anything over 10-12 starts to suck real quick though. I'm planning to do one of the Moto GP races in Spain over a weekend trip. Either Valencia at the end of this year or Jerez/Catalunya next spring. Depends on what happens with the GP calendar next year. I heard there is only going to be 3 adriatic races next year. Estoril will be dropped and the economy cant hold 4 Spanish races.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Porkchop

Bah, 7 is a piece of cake. Anything over 10-12 starts to suck real quick though. I'm planning to do one of the Moto GP races in Spain over a weekend trip. Either Valencia at the end of this year or Jerez/Catalunya next spring. Depends on what happens with the GP calendar next year. I heard there is only going to be 3 adriatic races next year. Estoril will be dropped and the economy cant hold 4 Spanish races.

Go to WSBK, better racing. GP is a snoozefest