Spa F1 - where to stay?
Spa F1 - where to stay?
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theoriginalpaul

Original Poster:

199 posts

88 months

Monday 18th July 2022
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Appreciate we’ve left it a bit late, but can anyone recommend accommodation options for Spa?
Ideally locations with public transport / organised transfer options.

Cheers.

Krikkit

27,616 posts

199 months

Monday 18th July 2022
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Not the cheapest, but we've stayed with CampingF1 a few times and they've always been very well organised: https://www.campingf1.com/events/formula-1/belgian...

They do transport to/from the circuit every day.

andygo

7,202 posts

273 months

Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Whatever you do, make the most of it as I read in Autosport that i's being dropped, along with the French GP in favour of another American race and one in South Africa. WTF? Ricard I can understand, but Spa?

Siao

1,199 posts

58 months

Tuesday 19th July 2022
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andygo said:
Whatever you do, make the most of it as I read in Autosport that i's being dropped, along with the French GP in favour of another American race and one in South Africa. WTF? Ricard I can understand, but Spa?
Really???

That is shocking, Spa is possibly the best circuit we got.

PhilAsia

6,528 posts

93 months

Tuesday 19th July 2022
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Siao said:
andygo said:
Whatever you do, make the most of it as I read in Autosport that i's being dropped, along with the French GP in favour of another American race and one in South Africa. WTF? Ricard I can understand, but Spa?
Really???

That is shocking, Spa is possibly the best circuit we got.
Probably Liberty asking which circuit was the least enthused over last year...

paulrockliffe

16,251 posts

245 months

Wednesday 20th July 2022
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We stayed in a B&B right on the edge of Maastrict and drove in for qualifying and the race. It's an hour each way and it's the quietest route into the circuit so no bother with traffic. You could get in closer, but the prices start drifting up that you end up paying a lot to save a bit of time on your day when you're not time pressured anyway.

It was called Wims or something, the room had an extensive porn collection and the breakfast was exceptional.

LittleBigPlanet

1,188 posts

159 months

Wednesday 20th July 2022
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andygo said:
Whatever you do, make the most of it as I read in Autosport that i's being dropped, along with the French GP in favour of another American race and one in South Africa. WTF? Ricard I can understand, but Spa?
Don't suppose you have a link (my Googling isn't doing very well)? I was/am planning to go to Spa next year with my Dad and brother for my 40th!

PhilAsia

6,528 posts

93 months

Thursday 21st July 2022
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paulrockliffe said:
It was called Wims or something, the room had an extensive porn collection and the breakfast was exceptional.
Brilliant! I hope you do reviews for TripAdvisor etc biggrin

2 GKC

2,205 posts

123 months

Thursday 21st July 2022
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Monschau. You’ll need a car but it’s a great little German town about 45 mins away

I wouldn’t do general admission. Total ste when I did it, far far too many people sold GA tickets

Simes205

4,891 posts

246 months

Thursday 21st July 2022
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Liege is the most popular place to stay.
Transfers are available.

generationx

8,614 posts

123 months

Thursday 21st July 2022
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LittleBigPlanet said:
andygo said:
Whatever you do, make the most of it as I read in Autosport that i's being dropped, along with the French GP in favour of another American race and one in South Africa. WTF? Ricard I can understand, but Spa?
Don't suppose you have a link (my Googling isn't doing very well)? I was/am planning to go to Spa next year with my Dad and brother for my 40th!
Discussed in this story frown

https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/verstappen-losin...

God I hope not. Yet more faceless street circuits are ruining F1 further.

WelshChris

1,257 posts

272 months

Thursday 21st July 2022
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The scandalous omissions from the calendar will soon outnumber the actual scheduled races. A lot of core F1 fans will lose interest very quickly if this happens, but then again I'm sure there's plenty of new money to buy those tickets.

patmahe

5,891 posts

222 months

Thursday 21st July 2022
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WelshChris said:
The scandalous omissions from the calendar will soon outnumber the actual scheduled races. A lot of core F1 fans will lose interest very quickly if this happens, but then again I'm sure there's plenty of new money to buy those tickets.
I'll be one, no interest in places like Vegas if it means losing Spa, if F1 becomes a bunch of novelty destination races I'll probably give up on it.

For me, Spa, Monza and Monaco are F1s sacred cows.

To answer the OP, we stayed in Liege and went by train each day, takes a little while but worked well.

BoRED S2upid

20,846 posts

258 months

Thursday 21st July 2022
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Camp. Ok you won’t sleep on Saturday night but there’s nothing like walking in at 7am to find 50,000 fans already in a Forrest having a liquid brekkie smile

Best track of the year IMO.