Reims GP circuit address

[snapper8v]

Whilst on the way down to San Marino in a few weeks time, we'll be stopping off at Reims to take a look at what's left of the stands / garages etc. Does anyone have an address / postcode for the sat-nav please or even directions from the A26/E17? Thanks.

LAWRENCE

[allen l]

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&amp...

[Bonne Route]

It's on the D27 from Thillois to Gueux.

I can also recommend the restaurant La Garenne for a delightful lunch

http://www.restaurant-garenne.com/en-default.htm

[r129sl]

This is the tyranny of sat nav at work.

Engage brain: it is a disused road circuit not a single point of destination. It does not have an address. It can be identified on a map with ease.

Buy a map: you will enjoy your journey rather than endure it. Buy a map: you will be able to exercise active choice over your route rather than passively suffer the electronic dimwit's directions. Buy a map: your surroundings will mean something to you rather than be off screen mystery.

Michelin makes the best road atlases of France. I cannot imagine any sentient motorist going to France without the latest Michelin 1:200,000 road atlas.

[Bonne Route]

r129sl said:

This is the tyranny of sat nav at work.

Engage brain: it is a disused road circuit not a single point of destination. It does not have an address. It can be identified on a map with ease.

Buy a map: you will enjoy your journey rather than endure it. Buy a map: you will be able to exercise active choice over your route rather than passively suffer the electronic dimwit's directions. Buy a map: your surroundings will mean something to you rather than be off screen mystery.

Michelin makes the best road atlases of France. I cannot imagine any sentient motorist going to France without the latest Michelin 1:200,000 road atlas.

I couldn't agree more!
Michelin maps are definitely the best too.

[Chris71]

r129sl said:

This is the tyranny of sat nav at work.

Engage brain: it is a disused road circuit not a single point of destination. It does not have an address. It can be identified on a map with ease.

Buy a map: you will enjoy your journey rather than endure it. Buy a map: you will be able to exercise active choice over your route rather than passively suffer the electronic dimwit's directions. Buy a map: your surroundings will mean something to you rather than be off screen mystery.

Michelin makes the best road atlases of France. I cannot imagine any sentient motorist going to France without the latest Michelin 1:200,000 road atlas.

Not convinced by that. While I find it quite interesting browsing a real map, there's nothing quantifiable that you can't also do with a sat nav. You can plot out the most intricate route in the world if you wish using programs like TYRE. You can add interesting looking turnings that you otherwise might miss; you can switch to a satelite view while planning your route and check to see if a road looks too built up or too narrow to have fun; you can use it to locate your position if you find yourself on an unknown road and mark it for future knowledge; you can if you want use it as a basic sat nav and not have to scrabble around with a map for functional A-to-B transport; and if you so desire - much like a map - you can turn it off and pretend it's not there.

If you're on your own in the car messing around with a map can be a pain. With the sat nav you can specify exactly where it goes and just wait for it to call out directions.

I'm perfectly adept with a map (I grew up with things like Ten Tors on Dartmoor) and Id id indeed take a 1:200,000 road atlas on my last trip to France, but it didn't get looked at once. Even with road closures and such like I simply set out an itinerary on my TomTom, by placing points on the map screen, then wound my way through the country lanes to and from the circuit.

I agree it's wrong to be dependent on technology with no back up, but I don't see why you'd take pride in shunning a useful tool.

Anyway, in answer to the original question, not sure. Richard Meaden did a book on classic motorsport routes recently which has a lot of info in it, there may be some co-ordinates there. Will take a glance at my copy later...

[DIW35]

I'm with Chris71. My last couple of tours down to Italy may have been pre-planned using both conventional maps, and Autoroute on the PC, but once the route was finalised, it was all downloaded to the sat nav.

The last thing I or my passenger want to be doing when travelling through beautiful countryside on good roads is to have our head stuck inside the car reading a map.

[snapper8v]

Thanks for the information. I have been brought up on maps and do agree that pre-planning the sat nav does help to stop the arguments when "the wife" is navigating

[Allyc85]

I will be down in Reims and the old Gp circuit tommorow afternoon. I just hope the weather forecast is wrong as theres meant to be showers

[blackburn]

snapper8v said:

Whilst on the way down to San Marino in a few weeks time, we'll be stopping off at Reims to take a look at what's left of the stands / garages etc. Does anyone have an address / postcode for the sat-nav please or even directions from the A26/E17? Thanks.

LAWRENCE

Make sure you've time to savour the moment, especially if the weather is fair. You'll love it at Reims.

Enjoy the trip.

Richard.

[snapper8v]

blackburn said:

snapper8v said:

Whilst on the way down to San Marino in a few weeks time, we'll be stopping off at Reims to take a look at what's left of the stands / garages etc. Does anyone have an address / postcode for the sat-nav please or even directions from the A26/E17? Thanks.

LAWRENCE

Make sure you've time to savour the moment, especially if the weather is fair. You'll love it at Reims.

Enjoy the trip.
Richard.

Thanks Richard, we intend to. We'll be overnighting in Reims whilst waiting for some friends to meet up with us before travelling down to Interlaken (some 600Km's away) so there's no real rush. Is there anything else to see in the area?

[r129sl]

There is a "Festival of Speed" type event at Reims next weekend (I think), which is well worth going to. This year must be its third year. To my mind it is a lot like the FoS used to be before the teeming hordes got wind of it. The public car parks are stuffed with exotica generally.

These websites may be useful (the first features a very clear map of the circuit's location and route):

http://www.amis-du-circuit-de-gueux.fr/-Welcome-

http://www.weea-organisation.com/

France has a lot of disused former road circuits, not just Reims. I particularly enjoy those parts of Rouen Les Essarts which are still there (all of the pits and stands have been mercilessly destroyed). http://8w.forix.com/rouen.html. On the road it is easy to see why it was so highly regarded but also so potentially dangerous.

Edited by r129sl on Monday 21st September 09:34

[E38]

IMO, satnav is great, and allows more exploration and enjoyment of the scenery. The fact that you can see something interesting in the distance, drive off there and explore all you want, and only have to turn the nav back on to get you back to where you were meant to be going! No worries!

[Gad-Westy]

Now that you know where you're going, can we have some gratuitous photography? I'll kick us off. August this year.

Edited by Gad-Westy on Wednesday 23 September 22:33

[snapper8v]

Gad-Westy said:

Now that you know where you're going, can we have some gratuitous photography? I'll kick us off. August this year.

Edited by Gad-Westy on Wednesday 23 September 22:33

I can't promise the sunshine, but there will be 1 or 2 photos taken!!!

LAWRENCE

[VTECMatt]

Roof on That will be the wife then!

[Gad-Westy]

VTECMatt said:

Roof on That will be the wife then!

For once, no! 2 factors lead to the roof being on. Firstly, spending all day in the Elise in 35+ degree sunshine begins to become too much after a few days. But the main reason is that the boot was full of wine and there was no longer any space to store the roof.

[Allyc85]

r129sl said:

There is a "Festival of Speed" type event at Reims next weekend(I think), which is well worth going to. This year must be its third year. To my mind it is a lot like the FoS used to be before the teeming hordes got wind of it. The public car parks are stuffed with exotica generally.

These websites may be useful (the first features a very clear map of the circuit's location and route):

http://www.amis-du-circuit-de-gueux.fr/-Welcome-

http://www.weea-organisation.com/

France has a lot of disused former road circuits, not just Reims. I particularly enjoy those parts of Rouen Les Essarts which are still there (all of the pits and stands have been mercilessly destroyed). http://8w.forix.com/rouen.html. On the road it is easy to see why it was so highly regarded but also so potentially dangerous.

Edited by r129sl on Monday 21st September 09:34

We managed to bump into this event on saturday! Was meant to go to the pit garages the sunday before but ran out of time and ended up there on the following saturday to find this brilliant event on. Loads of stunning cars from classics to modern day super cars and some of the classic racing cars just sounded gorgeous. I will stick some pics up in the next couple days

[SimonSays]

Also late august 2009

[A900ss]

Just to bring an old thread alive again, I'm in Reims today but it's bloody raining!!!!

Sat Nav coordinates for those who don't use maps (me) are N49.25439, E3.93336

Hope that helps anyone who needs them in the future.