Just got back from a very sunny, hot Silverstone having camped at Litchlake for Friday and Saturday night with a couple of my lads. Watched the racing and enjoyed the pits, paddock and all the other activities in the circuit on Saturday, as well as the usual chill out at the campsite with beers in hand.
Well worth the effort to go and the ticket price. Pure, unadulterated, motorsport porn on the track and pretty much everywhere off it too, in the paddock, on the club stands and in the car parks. All races used the main GP circuit, with free and open access to everywhere (even the pit wall) at no extra charge. Brilliantly open paddock, with good, open access to every team, car and garage. Racing was just that, with virtually all of the cars out there being raced properly rather than just pedalled round gently - two classic F1 races, a historic GP race, Group C, sports cars, sports racing cars etc made up the race card - simply motorsport heaven to see it all out there, particularly the 90-minute Saturday late evening race, with a grid of 40+ Lola T70s, Chevrons, GT40s etc. Bags of good club stands, vintage aircraft park and the Group B demos. Oh and displays from the BBMF Hurricane, Hawker Hunter, Red Devils and the hot air balloon fly outs. All in all, it was a grand day and cpouple of evenings out. Definitely be there next year for the whole weekend.
Nice also to meet up briefly with Leftie, Perdu and Vegas in the course of the event - cheers chaps - next year should be able to socialise for longer without the constraint of just being there for the single day!
MG Mark
