F1 German GP

[Langers]

Just go on the silverstone website mate. Next year's tickets already on sale.

If you want a granadstand ticket though, it's quite steep!

[Benzel]

That's good. Should have a better view then.

[Langers]

  You would hope so aswell at those prices!

[otanswell]

I get tickets through work as we sponsor mclaren

[Bob's Orange]

Woke up to fog and rain today. Should make for an interesting spectacle!

[Dozno9]

F1 for me is like watching cricket. If you want to watch the detail and follow the game then watch on TV at home or if you want to enjoy the occasion go and see it live.

[Iffy's Onion Bhaji]

Should be a good race today. Hopefully McLaren can maintain their new found pace (well Hamilton at least). I have a feeling Vettel has done the opposite to his usual gameplan this time though. I reckon he's got a better set up for the race which is why Webber was quicker in qualifying. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Red Bull's dominate again if i'm being honest. At the moment McLaren don't seem to know what their best set up for either qualifying or race is. I wouldn't be surprised if they get it wrong today.

[axs]

As usual webber will blow the start and vettel will be first by the third corner. Weather and the big difference between tyres could make it interesting.

[Bogus Dave]

Good race. Thought Mclaren had fucked up bringing in Hamilton earlier than the other two at the end, fair play to them thoguh

[Coca Fola]

Fantastic GP yet again. This season has been class.

[Bob's Orange]

Super ja? Danke deutchland!

[Bob's Orange]

Well despite the weekend costing me an arm and a leg, had a superb time.

The practice and qualifying was less boring than I imagined it would be and the noise of the F1 cars is something else. We could hear them clear as day from the hotel 1km from the track. The weather was cold and cloudy but I still managed to get sunburn! The organisation was in general very good and what struck me was the lack of security searches that usually go on at big sporting events. In fact it was non existant. These Frenchies in front of me brought in bottles of wine and knives to cut their meat and cheese up and got me thinking that it would only take 1 madman and it could cause all manner of disruption.

Anyway, the race itself was brilliant. I could see the big screen as well so had a general idea of what was going on. Jenson Button looked like he was storming through the field but then I noticed on the screen he had retired which was a shame as he looked fast.

Would definately go again, the camping looked great fun as well, some of the stuff these guys take to the campsite is unreal. One group of guys had a music stage tent and a hot tub and a group of Dutch people had a bus with beer taps installed.

[Gelbfüßler]

Well despite the weekend costing me an arm and a leg, had a superb time.

The practice and qualifying was less boring than I imagined it would be and the noise of the F1 cars is something else. We could hear them clear as day from the hotel 1km from the track. The weather was cold and cloudy but I still managed to get sunburn! The organisation was in general very good and what struck me was the lack of security searches that usually go on at big sporting events. In fact it was non existant. These Frenchies in front of me brought in bottles of wine and knives to cut their meat and cheese up and got me thinking that it would only take 1 madman and it could cause all manner of disruption.

Anyway, the race itself was brilliant. I could see the big screen as well so had a general idea of what was going on. Jenson Button looked like he was storming through the field but then I noticed on the screen he had retired which was a shame as he looked fast.

Would definately go again, the camping looked great fun as well, some of the stuff these guys take to the campsite is unreal. One group of guys had a music stage tent and a hot tub and a group of Dutch people had a bus with beer taps installed.

Where did you sit/stand? Did you get a chance to have a look at any of the old Nordschleife? What support races did they have on?

[Bob's Orange]

Where did you sit/stand? Did you get a chance to have a look at any of the old Nordschleife? What support races did they have on?

We were sitting at T8 if that means anything? Its on a hairpin bend where the cars are doing almost 300 and have to brake hard to go down to 100kmh.

The support races were GP2 of which there were 2 of them which were pretty entertaining, GP3 which we didn't see any of, and Porche Supercup which was good to watch as well.

Sadly we didn't get to see the Nordschleife, however I wasn't aware how large it actually was, over 30km.

We went into some of the bars in Nurberg and I was surprised on the Friday night how quiet it actually was. One of the locals said that this year for some reason it was much quieter than normal, we could get seated in the bars very easily.

Beer was pretty cheap overall and at the track a 300ml beer was 2.40 which I thought was reasonable value. I love my Weissbeer so the Erdinger went down a treat as well!

[Benzel]

Oooh good spot that hairpin.