OT - European motorsport must sees?

Theres a chance I may be moving (from Australia) to the UK to live/work for 12-24 months from this December 2001 onwards, and being an avid motorsport fan there are a number of events which I dont want to miss when I'm there! For example my short list so far would be: Rally of Monte Carlo (or Corsica or San Remo ie a tarmac round) Rally of Finland F1 GP Silverstone F1 GP Monza Le Mans 24hr Goodwood Festival of Speed Who knows what my schedule will be but I sure would like to see as much as I can whilst there, as I probably wont get the chance again. Are there any must see's which anyone recommends I should include on the list and not miss?

Get the truck race at nurburgring in the middle of july... "Matt" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message news: D7C%6.173846$[email hidden]... > Theres a chance I may be moving (from Australia) to the UK to live/workfor

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> 12-24 months from this > December 2001 onwards, and being an avid motorsport fan there are a number > of events which I dont want to miss when I'm there! For example my short > list so far would be: > > Rally of Monte Carlo (or Corsica or San Remo ie a tarmac round) > Rally of Finland > F1 GP Silverstone > F1 GP Monza > Le Mans 24hr > Goodwood Festival of Speed > > Who knows what my schedule will be but I sure would like to see as much as

I > can whilst there, as I probably wont get the chance again. Are there any > must see's which anyone recommends I should include on the list and not > miss? > >

MUST SEES... (in order of preference - have done all of these) Le Mans Goodwood Festival of Speed British Grand Prix Rally of Great Britain. Would LOVE to go to Monza DOug "Matt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:D7C%6.173846$[email hidden]... > Theres a chance I may be moving (from Australia) to the UK to live/workfor

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> 12-24 months from this > December 2001 onwards, and being an avid motorsport fan there are a number > of events which I dont want to miss when I'm there! For example my short > list so far would be: > > Rally of Monte Carlo (or Corsica or San Remo ie a tarmac round) > Rally of Finland > F1 GP Silverstone > F1 GP Monza > Le Mans 24hr > Goodwood Festival of Speed > > Who knows what my schedule will be but I sure would like to see as much as

I > can whilst there, as I probably wont get the chance again. Are there any > must see's which anyone recommends I should include on the list and not > miss? > >

Matt <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:D7C%6.173846$[email hidden]... > Theres a chance I may be moving (from Australia) to the UK to live/workfor

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> 12-24 months from this > December 2001 onwards, and being an avid motorsport fan there are a number > of events which I dont want to miss when I'm there! For example my short > list so far would be: > > Rally of Monte Carlo (or Corsica or San Remo ie a tarmac round) > Rally of Finland > F1 GP Silverstone > F1 GP Monza > Le Mans 24hr > Goodwood Festival of Speed > > Who knows what my schedule will be but I sure would like to see as much as

I > can whilst there, as I probably wont get the chance again. Are there any > must see's which anyone recommends I should include on the list and not > miss? > >I can certainly recommend the Monaco GP as an experience . The racing is obviously processional but the experience of being there is not one you'll forget easily . I did it back in '95 using Page & Moy who cover all the GPs and also Le Mans . Andrew

I wouldn't bother with the Rally GB, or the rally of Cardiff as it should properly be called. There are much better rallies in the rest of europe than that waste of time. cheers John

Matt wrote: > For example my short list so far would be: > > Rally of Monte Carlo (or Corsica or San Remo ie a tarmac round) > Rally of Finland Great choices, but while you're almost there anyway - why not thow in the RAC rally aswell? > F1 GP Silverstone > F1 GP Monza Advice; drop both those events and go watch F1 at Spa - which is a good track to watch at. Silversont is a bore [track that is] - and Monza will only do if you cheer for a certain Herrrrrrr in a red car. I would also suggest you only attend 1 F1 race - they're a big rip-off and will cost you plenty of cash! $400 AUS for the raceday alone I reckon. And then you might want a grandstand seat aswell - whilch cost aswell. Bernie didnt get his millions - ops! sorry - I mean *billions*, just out of the blue sky!! I suggest a CART event instead. Both Rockingham and Lautizrng look real good. The fact that they're both oval mean you get to see something new aswell :-) > Le Mans 24hrA must! - But be there for the entire weekend (meaning Thursday to Sunday and stay at the campsites!) > Goodwood Festival of SpeedGood choice!! But having seen both evets - I'd opt for the Goodwood Revival meeting instead (thats what I'm doing this year..) - it's such a fantastic event with a setting you wont find anywhere on earth! If i were to add something to the list: ALMS/ELMS race somewhere - Donington would be great of they ever go there. Also: attend as many club races as you can - as there's bags of great racing and race-cars to be seen! (If I were living in the UK - I would spend many weekends at home: i'd be around watching all the great club events!) Well, there's my advices... all thats left to do now is say 'have a nice trip' :-) ed_

Rally of Monte Carlo (or Corsica or San Remo ie a tarmac round) >Rally of Finland >F1 GP Silverstone >F1 GP Monza >Le Mans 24hr >Goodwood Festival of Speed I would substitute F1 GP Spa for Silverstone. Much more spectacular views, because Spa is hilly, whereas Silverstone is built on an airfield and is very flat. F1 GP Monaco.. you gotta do that one!! Isle of Man TT race From Lol SpeedFreek

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> > Matt wrote: > > > For example my short list so far would be: > > > > Rally of Monte Carlo (or Corsica or San Remo ie a tarmac round) > > Rally of Finland > > Great choices, but while you're almost there anyway - why not thow in the > RAC rally aswell?

Because there's no such thing. That's a fairly good reason. The Current Rally of Tescos in Cardiff is NOTHING like the good old RAC which would actually take place over more variety of stages than five square miles of south wales. No killer kielder, no dalby forest etc etc. cheers John

"Matt" <[email hidden]> wrote ... > Theres a chance I may be moving (from Australia) to the UK to live/workfor

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> 12-24 months from this > December 2001 onwards, and being an avid motorsport fan there are a number > of events which I dont want to miss when I'm there! For example my short > list so far would be: > > Rally of Monte Carlo (or Corsica or San Remo ie a tarmac round) > Rally of Finland > F1 GP Silverstone > F1 GP Monza > Le Mans 24hr > Goodwood Festival of Speed > > Who knows what my schedule will be but I sure would like to see as much as

I > can whilst there, as I probably wont get the chance again. Are there any > must see's which anyone recommends I should include on the list and not > miss? >No one's mentioned the Silverstone Historic Festival, a must for GPL (and SOS'37 ;-) fans and anyone who's interested in racing history. MUCH cheaper than the GP ($28, or �55 for all three days) and you can wander round the paddock. If I'd had the "bottle" I could have asked for a sit in an Eagle last year... -- Tony Whitley GPLRank -0.54 "On some laps I'd get as many as fifteen corners really right, but Moss, he gets them all right on every lap" - Von Trips after the 1961 German Grand Prix.

The Isle of Man TT (Bike ) races just have to be seen to be believed. The only problem is it is likely to clash with the Le Mans 24hr. It is a race on a particularily attractvie island and if you have a bike you can enjoy the track on Mad Sunday when the roads are made one way with no speed limits (Ouside town).

>> F1 GP Silverstone >> F1 GP Monza >> Le Mans 24hr >> Goodwood Festival of Speed Forget all of those. Expensive, a waste of money, and the racing will be non-existant. Go to every British F3 round, at all the circuits. Go to a Caterham Race at Brands Hatch indy. BTCC at somewhere interesting like Donington or Brands. Avoid Silverstone, it's a dump, and the spectating is dire. Don't waste your money on going to GP's. The spectating is crowded, and with only 2 or 3 races on race day, they're mainly boring waiting. Z. -- Please remove my_pants when replying by email.