Spa 15th April
Discussion
Lots of Hotels in the area and Booking.com is great to help you find them.
Closest to the circuit ( 5 minute walk ) is Hotel De La Source http://www.hotel-de-la-source.com/en/hotel/present...
good parking and good food.
The other popular hotel is the Radison blu in the town of Spa itself about 15b minutes away.
Closest to the circuit ( 5 minute walk ) is Hotel De La Source http://www.hotel-de-la-source.com/en/hotel/present...
good parking and good food.
The other popular hotel is the Radison blu in the town of Spa itself about 15b minutes away.
AMGPower said:
I'm also looking at going to the Nurburgring on a taxi run. Does anyone have any tips on that?
Do you mean you are going to get a taxi to the ring, or you want to book a Taxilap of the ring??The ring is only about 70odd miles away from Spa. Booking the official Ringtaxi can be a bit hit and miss. There is an office for Ringtaxi in the main carpark, you can get taxilaps in M5's or Astons. Or there are various local rental companies that will offer taxi laps in all and various cars rangeing from swifts to GTR's and GT3's. If you need links ask.
doogalman said:
AMGPower said:
I'm also looking at going to the Nurburgring on a taxi run. Does anyone have any tips on that?
Do you mean you are going to get a taxi to the ring, or you want to book a Taxilap of the ring??The ring is only about 70odd miles away from Spa. Booking the official Ringtaxi can be a bit hit and miss. There is an office for Ringtaxi in the main carpark, you can get taxilaps in M5's or Astons. Or there are various local rental companies that will offer taxi laps in all and various cars rangeing from swifts to GTR's and GT3's. If you need links ask.
Is it better to book this before hand or can I just get there and decide what I want to do? Any links will be really helpful, thanks.
The Aston i think is about 299 for one lap. Ringtaxi m5 is about 260 but you can get 3 people in.
Rental companies like RSR and R$R do taxi laps but i guess you are looking at about 450/500 for a proper blast in a GTR or GT3.
A visit is well worth it. Even just to observe and see what all the fuss is about. If you take your own car out, beware of your insurance liabilities, but if you do go for a trundle, keep it at that as it can catch out even hardened trackdayers.
Rental companies like RSR and R$R do taxi laps but i guess you are looking at about 450/500 for a proper blast in a GTR or GT3.
A visit is well worth it. Even just to observe and see what all the fuss is about. If you take your own car out, beware of your insurance liabilities, but if you do go for a trundle, keep it at that as it can catch out even hardened trackdayers.
AMGPower said:
I would like to do it in a full track car like the Aston.
This what it looks like. This was the video from my mates PAX lap rather than mine.http://vimeo.com/100704110
Car is packed & ready, insurance via Moris £168, heading off this afternoon to get the big boat from Hull this eve. Steady drive tomorrow, weather forecast great, so will fit the AD08's & walk the track & try meet some of the Goldtrack folks & others tomorrow afternoon. Really looking forward to this now. I'll be mostly wearing PH shirts, black Arai, Grey 911 Turbo & of course I look like a powerfully built company Director 
LazyRoss18 said:
Booked in for Thursday, first time at Spa. If you see a biblically slow Noble give me a wave as you go by! 
We have to leave mid afternoon to catch the overnight ferry back so wont be there Thursday. Forecast looks decidedly none Noble friendly for Thursday at the moment. Stay safe & have fun. 
It was magic. Saw 27C displayed in the car.
Managed to do 2m 58's on my first day at Spa, happy with that, even though no-one was using any timing equipment at all!
Had great fun playing with the 15 plate UK Speciale, my beetle was quicker down the straight, but couldnt live with his braking/turn in, very impressive machine. Also had fun chasing down the white 997 GT2, the blue 997 GT3 too.
Highly recommend anyone who is thinking about Spa to go. I guess we were spectacularly lucky with the weather & I dont think there were any major incidents. There was a red flag just before lunch though. Anyone know what happened?
Was gutted the Backdraft Motorsport GT3 Viper cravked its diff casing & prevented me from getting some passenger laps.
Managed to do 2m 58's on my first day at Spa, happy with that, even though no-one was using any timing equipment at all!
Had great fun playing with the 15 plate UK Speciale, my beetle was quicker down the straight, but couldnt live with his braking/turn in, very impressive machine. Also had fun chasing down the white 997 GT2, the blue 997 GT3 too.
Highly recommend anyone who is thinking about Spa to go. I guess we were spectacularly lucky with the weather & I dont think there were any major incidents. There was a red flag just before lunch though. Anyone know what happened?
Was gutted the Backdraft Motorsport GT3 Viper cravked its diff casing & prevented me from getting some passenger laps.
LaSource said:
That's very good going for a first visit.
I was having fun dicing with a friend in his rented 991 GT3. Looking at the videos my fastest in the 996 was a 2.53:01...just needed a few hundredths for a 2.52 time.
Ah, I was chatting to you about your damper change after your ring trip. Henrik caught me out in the RAR car as I was expecting to see his 964! It was a pleasure to meet you. Not sure it would be easy to drop another 6 seconds off my laptime, but the problem was getting a clear lap in, but I was definitely improving on a number of the really challenging corners. I was having fun dicing with a friend in his rented 991 GT3. Looking at the videos my fastest in the 996 was a 2.53:01...just needed a few hundredths for a 2.52 time.
Edited by LaSource on Thursday 16th April 15:05
StuB said:
Ah, I was chatting to you about your damper change after your ring trip. Henrik caught me out in the RAR car as I was expecting to see his 964! It was a pleasure to meet you. Not sure it would be easy to drop another 6 seconds off my laptime, but the problem was getting a clear lap in, but I was definitely improving on a number of the really challenging corners.
Yes, I remember now. Henrik was catching many people out and trying to chase the cup cars
Careful with Spa though...it can bite.
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