Le Mans with AM
Discussion
yeti said:
You're way, way too late 
You need to book around November / December to get the good stuff!
booked everything in october last year but i know last year if you had a peugeot key they let you into thier hospitality bit, ive blagged audi trackside VIP hospitality on the day before now too so just wondered if aston had anything similar You need to book around November / December to get the good stuff!
taylor172 said:
yeti said:
You're way, way too late
You need to book around November / December to get the good stuff!
booked everything in october last year but i know last year if you had a peugeot key they let you into thier hospitality bit, ive blagged audi trackside VIP hospitality on the day before now too so just wondered if aston had anything similar You need to book around November / December to get the good stuff!
this year, there is an option for around 4k for 2 people that includes a lap of the circuit on race day as aprt of a parade
jonby said:
Aston have a facility which is run by aston racing. It costs c. £1,500 per head, which covers VIP parking infield, party with the team friday night, then continuous hopsitality including booze from saturday morning til Sunday late afternoon. It's a very comprehensive package covering everything except accomodation, including pit suite access, loots of food, trips out to corners of the track, going for a pit tour & seeing a pit stop, demos & talks in the suite, race access, aston private grandstand etc and there's no doubt it's not profitable for aston (pit suites alone cost 25k each from ACO and aston rent two) but it's a lot of money
this year, there is an option for around 4k for 2 people that includes a lap of the circuit on race day as aprt of a parade
Gosh you know some stuff jonby.this year, there is an option for around 4k for 2 people that includes a lap of the circuit on race day as aprt of a parade
I so wish I could be there, when I retire I'm doing the lot, in style, wild horses won't stop me.Astondb9man said:
jonby said:
Aston have a facility which is run by aston racing. It costs c. £1,500 per head, which covers VIP parking infield, party with the team friday night, then continuous hopsitality including booze from saturday morning til Sunday late afternoon. It's a very comprehensive package covering everything except accomodation, including pit suite access, loots of food, trips out to corners of the track, going for a pit tour & seeing a pit stop, demos & talks in the suite, race access, aston private grandstand etc and there's no doubt it's not profitable for aston (pit suites alone cost 25k each from ACO and aston rent two) but it's a lot of money
this year, there is an option for around 4k for 2 people that includes a lap of the circuit on race day as aprt of a parade
Gosh you know some stuff jonby.this year, there is an option for around 4k for 2 people that includes a lap of the circuit on race day as aprt of a parade
I so wish I could be there, when I retire I'm doing the lot, in style, wild horses won't stop me.Have done Aston Hospitality a few times now. Also done Audi which is miles better, though less personal. We are back to Aston this year
It's one of those things that is both incredibly expensive (and hard to justify) for the customer but at the same time, not a money making exercise for Aston. In fairness though, until you experience it, it's hard to explain all the little advantages that add up, from charging points for your phone, to clean toilets, wifi, computer access, good safe parking, goodie bags, etc. As I say, small things individually but collectively make for a great experience. We tend to crash out on the sofas in the hospitality on race night so rarely go back to wherever we are basing ourselves for the trip
Still a lot of money .....
yeti said:
jonby said:
Still a lot of money .....
Do you go on your own Jonby? I'd have no objection to paying the money myself but I don't have a pal who would pay for theirs and I'm not stumping up for them, been there and done that before 
We normally rent a house 30-45 minutes away from the circuit and drive over together from folkstone
As you say, most friends can't afford it but GDC is small enough we've all become good mates - incuding alpine tours and such like, I've been away with some of them many times now and it tends to be the same group of core members that do the majority of the trips
This year we've gone all out and hired a chateau as there are 17 of us. About 5 aston owners amongst us so we are doing the parade laps - lifelong ambition to drive the full le mans circuit on raceday...........
jonby said:
Am a member of small club called GDC. We normally end up as 6-10 cars, 10-15 people, for le mans. Same ones I'm doing the evo triangle with tomorrow
We normally rent a house 30-45 minutes away from the circuit and drive over together from folkstone
As you say, most friends can't afford it but GDC is small enough we've all become good mates - incuding alpine tours and such like, I've been away with some of them many times now and it tends to be the same group of core members that do the majority of the trips
This year we've gone all out and hired a chateau as there are 17 of us. About 5 aston owners amongst us so we are doing the parade laps - lifelong ambition to drive the full le mans circuit on raceday...........
This will need to be a discussion point on the Geneva trip as it is something I need to do We normally rent a house 30-45 minutes away from the circuit and drive over together from folkstone
As you say, most friends can't afford it but GDC is small enough we've all become good mates - incuding alpine tours and such like, I've been away with some of them many times now and it tends to be the same group of core members that do the majority of the trips
This year we've gone all out and hired a chateau as there are 17 of us. About 5 aston owners amongst us so we are doing the parade laps - lifelong ambition to drive the full le mans circuit on raceday...........
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