Belgian F1 Advice please.
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Hi Ph'ers.
Looking to buy my general admission (Bronze) tickets for the weekend to Spa. Never been to Spa before so hoping someone can help me out, during the ticket purchasing screen, The weekend ticket is the easy part its just one ticket all weekend, then you have 3 choices of parking ticket.. friday sat sunday, all 15 quid each, I find it strange there is no discounted weekend parking ticket, or do you really have to add all 3 days individually to the basket??
Im booking Via this site. It seems to have the best price ticket as theres a promotion on.
http://www.belgium-grand-prix.com/2680-belgium/
Thanks in advance, and any veteran Spa goer's tips are welcome'd
Looking to buy my general admission (Bronze) tickets for the weekend to Spa. Never been to Spa before so hoping someone can help me out, during the ticket purchasing screen, The weekend ticket is the easy part its just one ticket all weekend, then you have 3 choices of parking ticket.. friday sat sunday, all 15 quid each, I find it strange there is no discounted weekend parking ticket, or do you really have to add all 3 days individually to the basket??
Im booking Via this site. It seems to have the best price ticket as theres a promotion on.
http://www.belgium-grand-prix.com/2680-belgium/
Thanks in advance, and any veteran Spa goer's tips are welcome'd
Great circuit to visit, so much more atmosphere than Silverstone.
I cant remember much about the parking other than it seemed like a short walk to the circuit and was fairly relaxed compared to visiting F1 at silverstone.
We had silver tickets and were in a grandstand by Eau Rouge, but only the gold tickets had sight of a big screen so after the first set of pit stops we had not much idea what was going on (as the circuit commentary was in foreign!).
Getting out of the circuit and back on the motorway was quick as well. Must go back sometime was a good weekend.
I cant remember much about the parking other than it seemed like a short walk to the circuit and was fairly relaxed compared to visiting F1 at silverstone.
We had silver tickets and were in a grandstand by Eau Rouge, but only the gold tickets had sight of a big screen so after the first set of pit stops we had not much idea what was going on (as the circuit commentary was in foreign!).
Getting out of the circuit and back on the motorway was quick as well. Must go back sometime was a good weekend.
I would strongly recommend you buy your tickets instead with these guys
http://www.spagrandprix.com/
They are the REAL official site (it is the circuit direct ) & they offer the same 5% discount until end of May.
I say this as I have in the past been let down at the last minute by a bunch of shysters from Holland who went bust in a high profile fashion last year. The circuit themselves took it on the chin last year & re-issued tickets to those who had receipts with the failed mob, but I would be very careful now about using anyone other than the official promoter.
Parking is a standard price decided by the local council ( as most of it is on private land) to try & stop those close to the circuit capitalising on their location. Advice ? . . . whatever the weather, even if forecast is great, take wet weather gear.
http://www.spagrandprix.com/
They are the REAL official site (it is the circuit direct ) & they offer the same 5% discount until end of May.
I say this as I have in the past been let down at the last minute by a bunch of shysters from Holland who went bust in a high profile fashion last year. The circuit themselves took it on the chin last year & re-issued tickets to those who had receipts with the failed mob, but I would be very careful now about using anyone other than the official promoter.
Parking is a standard price decided by the local council ( as most of it is on private land) to try & stop those close to the circuit capitalising on their location. Advice ? . . . whatever the weather, even if forecast is great, take wet weather gear.
Edited by the other me on Tuesday 9th April 10:08
There's a new Spa thread every week at the moment and it's hard not to approve as it's a wonderful GP to attend. I've only been twice but I did a fairly comprehensive report here: http://www.motorcardiaries.co.uk/2012/boys-big-dri...
I'm naturally conservative (small 'c') by nature so I'd try not to expose myself to too much risk in terms of ticket booking. There was a bit of a fraught couple of weeks for folk who'd booked Spa tickets last year so I'd keep it as official as possible.
The first time I went I booked the whole trip through an agency. Because of their discounts on ferries it worked out cheaper than booking elementally and meant they carried liability for the ticket booking. It's worth considering. Oh and pack your earplugs as the campsites are noisy...
I'm naturally conservative (small 'c') by nature so I'd try not to expose myself to too much risk in terms of ticket booking. There was a bit of a fraught couple of weeks for folk who'd booked Spa tickets last year so I'd keep it as official as possible.
The first time I went I booked the whole trip through an agency. Because of their discounts on ferries it worked out cheaper than booking elementally and meant they carried liability for the ticket booking. It's worth considering. Oh and pack your earplugs as the campsites are noisy...
Thanks all for you're replies. All interesting to hear, but I did go ahead and book my tickets with www.bookf1.com but from what I could read about these guys is that they are some of the good guys, and I added protection to the purchase, so I would get a full refund.
Never been to the GP before, but have bought my tickets from here http://www.belgium-grand-prix.com/2680-belgium/
and camping from here http://www.spagrandprix.com/en/pages/camping-zone-...
As long as all the tickets turn up
, it should be a laugh!
and camping from here http://www.spagrandprix.com/en/pages/camping-zone-...
As long as all the tickets turn up
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