"And the prospect of a drive after the race down to the new huge bridge across that valley"
Hope you have a head for heights, it's about 350m up in the air, I've parachuted from a lower height

We are going over it in August, looking forward to it.
Agree with you Perdu, my first visit was 2002, and I don't care if it was better before, it's still awesome, and I'll be back every year that I can make it.