Silverstone Classics 2015
Discussion
Well, I went, third time for me, I was there for Saturday (got burnt) and Sunday (got very wet and cold).
Yes, I do think that for the 25th anniversary it could/should have been better but I still very much enjoyed my weekend and will happily book again for next year. Goodwood really doesn't appeal to me for a number of reasons although I readily admit that I have never been.
Yes, I do think that for the 25th anniversary it could/should have been better but I still very much enjoyed my weekend and will happily book again for next year. Goodwood really doesn't appeal to me for a number of reasons although I readily admit that I have never been.
[quote=blueb10]Well, I went, third time for me, I was there for Saturday (got burnt) and Sunday (got very wet and cold).
Yes, I do think that for the 25th anniversary it could/should have been better but I still very much enjoyed my weekend and will happily book again for next year. Goodwood really doesn't appeal to me for a number of reasons although I readily admit that I have never been.[/quote
Go and try it, I have never been to the Revival but going this year.
Yes, I do think that for the 25th anniversary it could/should have been better but I still very much enjoyed my weekend and will happily book again for next year. Goodwood really doesn't appeal to me for a number of reasons although I readily admit that I have never been.[/quote
Go and try it, I have never been to the Revival but going this year.
Have been going to this for the last 15 years and I think this weekend marks a low-water point.
Agree with all of the points above, but I’ll raise you a £342 stay in the Snoozebox on Friday/Sat night:
1.) Phone up the day before to confirm I can check in early (circa noon Friday), rather than 2pm – no problem at all.
2.) Arrive at Silverstone at noon and have to drive up a pot-holed cart track to get to it – car now dirty
3.) Speak to reception and am told can’t check in until 2pm – my wife describing the bloke on reception as having as much charisma as a custody sergeant
4.) Go back at 2pm and queue for 30mins to check in
5.) Room had the cleanliness standards of a railway station toilet
6.) Trip Advisor posts described the food as great – cold, pink sausages for breakfast anyone?
Never again…
Agree with all of the points above, but I’ll raise you a £342 stay in the Snoozebox on Friday/Sat night:
1.) Phone up the day before to confirm I can check in early (circa noon Friday), rather than 2pm – no problem at all.
2.) Arrive at Silverstone at noon and have to drive up a pot-holed cart track to get to it – car now dirty
3.) Speak to reception and am told can’t check in until 2pm – my wife describing the bloke on reception as having as much charisma as a custody sergeant
4.) Go back at 2pm and queue for 30mins to check in
5.) Room had the cleanliness standards of a railway station toilet
6.) Trip Advisor posts described the food as great – cold, pink sausages for breakfast anyone?
Never again…
blueb10 said:
Goodwood really doesn't appeal to me for a number of reasons although I readily admit that I have never been.
well don't know what puts you off (although assume it's the staging) but I would say, having been to every Revival bar one, the racing is excellent in every respect and comes think and fast. The weather obviously made a difference but despite the rain the last three races on Sunday did take place. Unlike a few years ago at the Goodwood Festival when runs up the hill were stopped.
One poster said there were only a couple of cars in the Wing/paddock. Where did you go? I was there on Sunday and there must have been over a hundred which you could walk around unlike Goodwood where you're not allowed in the paddock.
Other comparisons - Silverstone burger 6.80, Goodwood 8.00. Long traffic queues to get into Silverstone, long queues to get in and out of Goodwood. Ticket prices cheaper at Silverstone.
On Sunday there were announcements that several covered grandstands were open (at no extra cost unlike GW).
Comments re the fencing. Comparing Silverstone and GW is not realistic. If GW was a F1 GP circuit there is no way the public would be standing where we do now. The amount of viewing areas would be greatly reduced.
I go to both but Silverstone is definitely the best.
One poster said there were only a couple of cars in the Wing/paddock. Where did you go? I was there on Sunday and there must have been over a hundred which you could walk around unlike Goodwood where you're not allowed in the paddock.
Other comparisons - Silverstone burger 6.80, Goodwood 8.00. Long traffic queues to get into Silverstone, long queues to get in and out of Goodwood. Ticket prices cheaper at Silverstone.
On Sunday there were announcements that several covered grandstands were open (at no extra cost unlike GW).
Comments re the fencing. Comparing Silverstone and GW is not realistic. If GW was a F1 GP circuit there is no way the public would be standing where we do now. The amount of viewing areas would be greatly reduced.
I go to both but Silverstone is definitely the best.
4th year for us.
Camped at the circuit and for four people it costs 4 times as much as Le Mans WITHOUT electric !!!!! We go to the Houx electric included. Ridiculously expensive.........
Sunday paddock was 3/4 empty compared with previous years. No atmosphere absolutely terrible.
Due to the rain and I understand up to a point, few cars on display. Also, many traders shut up shop early due to the rain and lack of customers.
Status Quo played just a handful of known tracks to an audience who didn't go there for them. Surely they should have played their known hits for that target audience ?
Yet again, no big screens apart from in the paddock and the food/big wheel area. So we were in the stands at Village watching a small but excellent piece of the circuit and the old guy commentating kept referring to action " on screen now " silly old git. I'm sure he had a gin and tonic or 5 and the adoration he holds for Martin "the magnificent" Stratton is gut wrenching sad and annoying.
Food, same old same old and expensive. The set up is free pitch for traders and 29% of their profit goes to the organisers. Don't feel sorry for them when they charge £7 for a burgur that costs them about 60p.
Things need to change. Big screens, lower entry prices, better choice of food, some cover areas for when it rains. We paid a total of £50 for five pasties and five coffees and we were there for three days. Cooked our own breakfast and BBQ but 3 lunches each and various bought drinks over the weekend costs £120 EACH (£600) and that excludes the Hob Goblin tent and the campsite pub...........
Camped at the circuit and for four people it costs 4 times as much as Le Mans WITHOUT electric !!!!! We go to the Houx electric included. Ridiculously expensive.........
Sunday paddock was 3/4 empty compared with previous years. No atmosphere absolutely terrible.
Due to the rain and I understand up to a point, few cars on display. Also, many traders shut up shop early due to the rain and lack of customers.
Status Quo played just a handful of known tracks to an audience who didn't go there for them. Surely they should have played their known hits for that target audience ?
Yet again, no big screens apart from in the paddock and the food/big wheel area. So we were in the stands at Village watching a small but excellent piece of the circuit and the old guy commentating kept referring to action " on screen now " silly old git. I'm sure he had a gin and tonic or 5 and the adoration he holds for Martin "the magnificent" Stratton is gut wrenching sad and annoying.
Food, same old same old and expensive. The set up is free pitch for traders and 29% of their profit goes to the organisers. Don't feel sorry for them when they charge £7 for a burgur that costs them about 60p.
Things need to change. Big screens, lower entry prices, better choice of food, some cover areas for when it rains. We paid a total of £50 for five pasties and five coffees and we were there for three days. Cooked our own breakfast and BBQ but 3 lunches each and various bought drinks over the weekend costs £120 EACH (£600) and that excludes the Hob Goblin tent and the campsite pub...........
Edited by Rs2oo on Tuesday 28th July 08:53
Jagmanv12 said:
One poster said there were only a couple of cars in the Wing/paddock. Where did you go? I was there on Sunday and there must have been over a hundred which you could walk around unlike Goodwood where you're not allowed in the paddock.
Other comparisons - Silverstone burger 6.80, Goodwood 8.00. Long traffic queues to get into Silverstone, long queues to get in and out of Goodwood. Ticket prices cheaper at Silverstone.
You can walk round the paddock at the Festival and I had a cheeseburger there on Sunday for £6.50??Other comparisons - Silverstone burger 6.80, Goodwood 8.00. Long traffic queues to get into Silverstone, long queues to get in and out of Goodwood. Ticket prices cheaper at Silverstone.
in which case you'll be laughing !goRt said:
Rs2oo said:
...Status Quo played just a handful of known tracks to an audience who didn't go there for them. Surely they should have played their known hits for that target audience ?
We only went to see The Quo, we knew all the songs!Thanks
Rs2oo said:
Food, same old same old and expensive. The set up is free pitch for traders and 29% of their profit goes to the organisers. Don't feel sorry for them when they charge £7 for a burgur that costs them about 60p.
Things need to change. Big screens, lower entry prices, better choice of food, some cover areas for when it rains. We paid a total of £50 for five pasties and five coffees and we were there for three days.
I don't think any of these criticisms are fair.Things need to change. Big screens, lower entry prices, better choice of food, some cover areas for when it rains. We paid a total of £50 for five pasties and five coffees and we were there for three days.
Agree food isn't cheap (seemed worse this year - since when did £7 become the basic price?!?) but there IS a good choice of food at the SSC, certainly compared to most events where it's burger, hot-dog, bacon roll or dry baguette.
Entry prices are pretty damn good given the sheer quantity/variety of racing to see and the pits/paddocks/car clubs to walk around. Compare to pretty much any other race meet and the SSC is still good VFM.
Big screens? If you want to watch racing on TV, stay at home...it's a racing circuit FFS! The whole point is you watch/hear/feel them blatting past you yards away...
Covered areas? Aside from a few purpose-designed big-budget F1 circuits globally, how many circuits have even as many covered grandstands as Silverstone?!?
Reading the thread it's interesting...there are a number of regulars who feel this year was a definite step-backwards in terms of spectacle/cohesion of the event, and for whom the regular issues (traffic esp.) aren't getting fixed. But what else (FoS, LM Classic and maybe the burgeoning Spa Classic) can you properly say is as good/varied/accessible?
havoc said:
Rs2oo said:
Food, same old same old and expensive. The set up is free pitch for traders and 29% of their profit goes to the organisers. Don't feel sorry for them when they charge £7 for a burgur that costs them about 60p.
Things need to change. Big screens, lower entry prices, better choice of food, some cover areas for when it rains. We paid a total of £50 for five pasties and five coffees and we were there for three days.
I don't think any of these criticisms are fair.Things need to change. Big screens, lower entry prices, better choice of food, some cover areas for when it rains. We paid a total of £50 for five pasties and five coffees and we were there for three days.
Agree food isn't cheap (seemed worse this year - since when did £7 become the basic price?!?) but there IS a good choice of food at the SSC, certainly compared to most events where it's burger, hot-dog, bacon roll or dry baguette.
Entry prices are pretty damn good given the sheer quantity/variety of racing to see and the pits/paddocks/car clubs to walk around. Compare to pretty much any other race meet and the SSC is still good VFM.
Big screens? If you want to watch racing on TV, stay at home...it's a racing circuit FFS! The whole point is you watch/hear/feel them blatting past you yards away...
Covered areas? Aside from a few purpose-designed big-budget F1 circuits globally, how many circuits have even as many covered grandstands as Silverstone?!?
Reading the thread it's interesting...there are a number of regulars who feel this year was a definite step-backwards in terms of spectacle/cohesion of the event, and for whom the regular issues (traffic esp.) aren't getting fixed. But what else (FoS, LM Classic and maybe the burgeoning Spa Classic) can you properly say is as good/varied/accessible?
Some of the shows, are changing kids under 16 free is a big help for a family.
Edited by SEE YA on Tuesday 28th July 19:08
Some pics from Saturday here
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My pics here
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/fan6s/sets/721576540...
My pics here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/90582394@N02/sets/72...
SEE YA said:
Entry fee for one maybe fine with you, but for a family that has to travel hotel, fuel, food it all adds up.
Some of the shows, are changing kids under 16 free is a big help for a family.
I'm sure it does...and I agree that free/discounted kids tickets is a very good idea...but I thought SSC did cheap tickets anyway for under-16s??? Weren't they much cheaper than adult tickets (can't check now - webpage gone)Some of the shows, are changing kids under 16 free is a big help for a family.
Out of interest, how much would a family day plus hotel/food/fuel cost at one of the following:-
- Legoland Windsor
- Alton Towers
- Chessington
...because it'll probably be more. Not saying it's right...but taking families out in the UK costs a lot of money wherever you go. Look at the joke that is CentreParcs pricing, for example...
(BTW, I've a young child myself)
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