Well I live just a few miles from the track and getting in and out is a
nightmare, it's Situated in the county of Northamptonshire about 50 miles
North of London... you go straight up the M1 (Motorway/Freeway) to junction
13 I think. (I go a different way as it's back roads all the way for me).
Parking is a nightmare, and expect to be stuck in traffic for the best part
of the day. Accommodation is a struggle race weekend, most places being
booked well in advance.
The best way to get in and out is by helicopter, if you can club together
with a few others it's by far the best way to experience the day. A group of
us did it a few years back, the cost was about 60 per person for the
helicopter and about 75 for the tickets. It's an expensive day out, and not
one I'd rush to do again in a hurry unless I could get passes to the pits
and back areas. The landing field for the helicopters is a riot though, on
race day, that little airport is the busiest airport in the world, with take
offs and landings every 15 seconds, they literally throw you out of the
helicopter (OK exaggeration) and you have to scoot out of the way sharpish.
But the best race I've been too was the 86 Grand Prix at Brands Hatch, that
was a scream, access all areas because I had a friend who co-owned a
security firm... guess who was doing some of the security that weekend. :o)
Heckler
