Silverstone F1 Testing - June 2nd

[v15ben]

Is anyone heading along to this?
Should be down with a few mates from uni!

[Don]

I'm going on the Friday (3rd?). Nice start to my holiday. Enjoy...

[condor]

I'm probably going Wednesday 1st June - and if there's a good selection of cars there, will try and make Friday as well
Monza has testing for the same dates - so there might not be as many cars there as a previous thread suggested.

[aaandy]

Was there last year for the June testing and was a really good day out.

There was testing at Monza the same day but there was nearly a full compliment of teams and drivers. Most teams had two cars running and the only ones teams who were not present were Sauber and Minardi.

But not sure if this years voluntary restrictions on testing will affect the numbers who turn up. Should still be worth going along.

[White_van_Man]

i will be there on the thursday with a few other people

[BlueStar66]

Do the teams declare in advance which circuit(s) they are going to attend for these tests? With Monza having the same dates (I gather), I am trying to establish what sort of turnout there might be at Silverstone...

[white_van_man]

we found out a few days before on the BRDC website for the last one, the june test is normally the big one for silverstone as most people use it to select their tyres for the GP

[bengt40]

does it cost anything to get in, and also when does it start and is it all day & how many cars?

sorry bout the Q's but this sounds good and its quite far away but sounds really good
cheers

[Nicol@]

The dates for the whole season are usually published near the start of the year.

I will be going on Thursday.

[white_van_man]

bengt40 said:

does it cost anything to get in, and also when does it start and is it all day & how many cars? sorry bout the Q's but this sounds good and its quite far away but sounds really good cheers

its free to get in it runs in two sessions 9-12 and 1-5 cars could vary but if last year is anything to go to most teams were there running 3 cars all day!!!!

[v15ben]

I will be there bright and early(ish) with my PH Tshirt on so hope to see a few of you folks there.

[white_van_man]

i will be there about 10:30 will keep an eye out for you ben

[Nicol@]

I caught a glimpse of the back of a p/h t-shirt yesterday (Le Mans one).

I guess that was Ben.

What a great day, shame it is never warm at Silverstone...lol.

[BlueStar66]

Nicol@ said:

I caught a glimpse of the back of a p/h t-shirt yesterday (Le Mans one). I guess that was Ben. What a great day, shame it is never warm at Silverstone...lol.

The sun did come out...... for about 3 minutes, around 4 o'clock!

It WAS a good day though. I managed to sneak into the back of the Renault garage from the paddock - their security was non existant!!
On my way out, a guy asked me what I was doing in their garage without a pass, to which I replied "just leaving....."

[tvrforever]

Just leaving now to join Renault in the pits with hospitalty and a meet the driver session

[BlueStar66]

I had hospitality in one of the Brooklands suites yesterday - bloody good value it was at £85 +VAT too.

Filled breakfast rolls from 9am, a 2 course lunch, afternoon tea and tea/coffee/juice/water/biscuits all day long.

Paddock parking, pit lane walkabout from 1300-1400 and paddock access from 1400-1700.

You'd have to be very well connected to achieve that on race weekend, so I reckon that made yesterday very good value indeed. I'd highly recommend the package to anyone.

[Nicol@]

Here are just a few of my pics from yesterday.

[white_van_man]

plenty of car pics can be found here
F1

[v15ben]

Nicol@ said:

I caught a glimpse of the back of a p/h t-shirt yesterday (Le Mans one). I guess that was Ben. What a great day, shame it is never warm at Silverstone...lol.

More than likely it was me indeed. I was wandering round all day!