Silverstone F1 paddock Access?
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jondy1 said:
lewis hamilton a couple of seconds before grand prix start
afrochicken said:
I hope you don't mind Jondy, I've posted this photo in the here in the Pirelli's Silverstone fightback thread
no i dont mind you are welcomeDavidCane said:
Interesting as it show's the tyre that blew on Hamilton's car was fitted correctly - the arrow is pointing in the right direction.
That's because it would have been the tyre he qualified with as the cars are in parc ferme conditions before the race.The first ten on the grid have to start with the tyres they used on their qualifying lap, and you can be sure they wouldn't let him try to qualify with used tyres fitted on the wrong sides..
Number 5 said:
Out of interest do you get privileged parking with the package? Reason I ask is I seen a couple of cars bearing large blue rectangular F1 stickers and I was wondering what they were for
If your referring to the stickers like the one I had in my windscreen, then its a Silverstone Woodlands Camping vehicle pass...
Holy s**t I think jondy wins immunity from having to post custard shots with anything he says ever.
I love the way he went from talking about what he should expect for a first-timer with paddock access to posting pics of himself with pretty much every F1 luminary around. You even snagged Raikkonen, a feat beyond the worth of men.
I love the way he went from talking about what he should expect for a first-timer with paddock access to posting pics of himself with pretty much every F1 luminary around. You even snagged Raikkonen, a feat beyond the worth of men.
Back in the day ..it was so very different. Access all areas and as long you behaved yourself (and nearly everybody did ) you could wander around the GP paddock and pits fairly freely. Until the late 80s nobody minded you wandering into the side of pit garages and I well remember watching Ferrari and Lotus F1 cars being worked on whilst I stood 10 feet away. Pictures? Help yourself mate ... This was 'pre sleb' times so nobody got overexcited to see Hunt , Lauda , Hill, Rodriguez or Surtees stroll past . The last time I went to the GP itself - in 2001 I think - I was seriously pissed off at being treated like a piece of sh*t by Bernie's security thugs - having bought a paddock pass I naively thought it gave me access to the ..err .. paddock.
coppice said:
Back in the day ..it was so very different. Access all areas and as long you behaved yourself (and nearly everybody did ) you could wander around the GP paddock and pits fairly freely. Until the late 80s nobody minded you wandering into the side of pit garages and I well remember watching Ferrari and Lotus F1 cars being worked on whilst I stood 10 feet away. Pictures? Help yourself mate ... This was 'pre sleb' times so nobody got overexcited to see Hunt , Lauda , Hill, Rodriguez or Surtees stroll past . The last time I went to the GP itself - in 2001 I think - I was seriously pissed off at being treated like a piece of sh*t by Bernie's security thugs - having bought a paddock pass I naively thought it gave me access to the ..err .. paddock.
One year in the '70's Mum had to cook bacon butties for a couple of drivers who had wandered back to the caravan after the race with Dad and I remember sitting in Piquet's Brabham at Brands on race morning (shame Dad didn't think to take any photos of it, but it was almost normal in those days!)
IIRC it was about 1992 ish that it started to get a little silly on the access front stopping almost everyone outside teams and sponsors from getting in there.
It was indeed about '92 and there were two main reasons I think. One was Mansell mania and the ensuing influx of mouthbreathing Sun readers who knew nothing about motor sport but had just enough brains to realise that Our Noige was a misunderstood Brummie with a 'tache and Senna was the antichrist dago. The other reason was Jordan which for some weird reason succesfully convinced many of the public that this was the People's Team - cue influx of starry eyed fans wanting to be pictured with now multi millionaire EJ
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