Silverstone Classic Impressions [image heavy]
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What an absolutely fabulous day on Saturday. I've got to admit, I preferred it to Goodwood FoS - proper racing (rather than demonstration runs) and the public car parks were almost an equal to the supercar paddock! To my mind, Silverstone seems a much more natural habitat for such cars, as there is a lot more space and with the fast track they could really be unleashed. The covered grandstand also helped when the heavens opened at 7pm...
A good memory for me was wandering slowly through the owners club displays, getting up close and personal with Dinos, an F40, an Enzo, and countless 355/360/430/575s, various GT40s, an XJ220, a vivid orange Diablo, and Cobras of every species. The Group C display was also awesome, with Silk Cut Jags of all eras, Rothmans, Jaegermeister and Leyton House Porches, and Spice cars.
The absolute highlight was being able to access the pit garages, and get close enough to touch the cars, see their innards and really soak up the atmosphere that just isn't forthcoming when sitting in a grandstand. Mechanics tinkering, barrels of race fuel, stacks of enormous tyres, eardrums screaming and nose streaming as you stood behind a V8 on song. Fantastic. Where else could you see an original GT40 in Gulf livery being worked on next to James Hunt's McLaren?
Anyway, here are 30ish of the 200ish photos I took.
Everywhere you looked there was exotica:
And some real hidden gems:
The Group C display was awe inspiring:
Access to the pit garages made the day:
And the racing wasn't too shabby either:
A good memory for me was wandering slowly through the owners club displays, getting up close and personal with Dinos, an F40, an Enzo, and countless 355/360/430/575s, various GT40s, an XJ220, a vivid orange Diablo, and Cobras of every species. The Group C display was also awesome, with Silk Cut Jags of all eras, Rothmans, Jaegermeister and Leyton House Porches, and Spice cars.
The absolute highlight was being able to access the pit garages, and get close enough to touch the cars, see their innards and really soak up the atmosphere that just isn't forthcoming when sitting in a grandstand. Mechanics tinkering, barrels of race fuel, stacks of enormous tyres, eardrums screaming and nose streaming as you stood behind a V8 on song. Fantastic. Where else could you see an original GT40 in Gulf livery being worked on next to James Hunt's McLaren?
Anyway, here are 30ish of the 200ish photos I took.
Everywhere you looked there was exotica:
And some real hidden gems:
The Group C display was awe inspiring:
Access to the pit garages made the day:
And the racing wasn't too shabby either:
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