1st time at the British Grand Prix
 

I'm going to Silverstone for the 1st time for the Grand Prix weekend. It's a 50th birthday present from my better half.

I'll have to come up with something special for hers in a couple of years time now but like any normal bloke I'll think about that just before it happens lol

My question is does anyone have any suggestions of what I should or shouldn't do while I'm there ?

Get there as Early as possible ! Its nightmare Getting in and Out !! But thats all ! Enjoy ! I went to spanish grad prix this year ! Fantastic .

We expect to be parking up at 8 am on race day, would that be ok ?

Well we Got their for about 5 ! I think the Gates Open at 6 ! , i think it dependa Where you are sitting ? If you Got a set seat your ok but we were on the grass , so we wanted a Good view

Where you parking too on the si te etc ! We had too park ten miles away then catch there special bus That till you striaght in !

Allocated parking on site about 20 to 30 mins from main entrance :D

We have reserved seats :thumb:

Sound mate Have a Good time !!, come on Lewis !!!

I'd be going as early as poss because reserved seats don't reserve places on the road and it's the approach that's the killer, in my experience :(

Somebody mentioned 5am and that's the kind of time that avoids the majority of the road tragedy that surrounds Silverstone for most of that day. I did Le Mans a couple if weeks ago and went for a more leisurely 8am on account of it being a more leisurely 3 o'clock kickoff and I sat in traffic within earshot of the cars on track for 2 hours trying to get to my reserved parking and in the end I parked in a restaurant car park for an additional 30 euros. And that's the same kind of memories I have of Silverstone. Spa and Monza have no parking and traffic problems however - I know that doesn't really help - soz...

There's plenty of atmosphere amongst the early arriving crowd so the day is already getting going then :)

Have an ace time!!

Cheers early it is then :)

Really looking forward to it :thumb:

Enjoy!

My advice would be to take a radio and headphones and tune in to Silverstone FM. If you are not lucky enough to have the view of a big screen, without a radio you'll be largely clueless about what's happening in the race! Watching the cars is great, but knowing what's happening in the race makes it much better.