BELGIAN FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX

Good Stuff first- Booking tickets, their dispatch and quality of tickets great. Racing brilliant and a great win for Lewis.
The facilities for those camping/motor homes were very poor. We stoped at Les Combes, there were 7 chemical toilets for over 5000+ campers which was awful esp with no hand washing facilities. Tip- Go very early in the morning.
Inside the circuit you could use the occasional flushing loo but cost .60 euro a go- what a rip off (only beaten by having to pay 1 euro for sauce on your chips).
There are no facilities for less abled visitors, we helped one couple pushing a wheel chair down a very steep, gravel/shale path (not good in the dry, but worse in the wet), no toilet facilities for disabled visitors- not a surprise considering the facilities for able bodied!

Take your own food, choice in most areas is limited and over priced.
Spa, in most areas away from the pit complex, are not suitable for the infirm or disabled.
Arrive early, to get a good view if you are not in a Grandstand.
Be prepared for a long delay when leaving the circuit, it took our coach three hours to travel the seven miles back to our campsite.
Despite all that, it is a fantastic circuit and any negatives were outweighed by the positives.

Brilliant race. Chaotic parking facilities. Poor food and drink and toilet facilities. TV Screen at Les Combes positioned too low so it was partially obsured by fence and it was too small.

Very poorly organised. Toilet facilities disgusting. Very poor choice in catering facilities. Racing fantastic.

Thoroughy enjoyed race weekend, circuit was great, the timetable of events was good. Pit walk was a great experience.
Your service was fantastic but wanted to make you aware of one major negative thing for us.
Our weekend was spoiled by the campsite- 40 euros per night to be crammed onto a field seemed a bit steep. An extra 2 euros for a shower too. Also it is probably not a good idea for families. Raucous singing, loud music and fireworks until 1am each night was all part of the fun but we did not bank on lots of men urinating just anywhere they fancied as we walked by with 14 and 16 year olds. People were making open fires to cook on- with all the tents so packed together we were concerned about the safety on site. Also on the saturday night lots of tents were broken into and people had money and tickets stolen. That was very worrying- they had left us alone in our caravan, thankfully. And finally on the Sunday evening some crazy drunks decided to set fire to a couch they had been using, then were pulling rubbish out of the skip to build a bigger bonfire less than 10 metres away from our caravan- unfortunately this resulted in small explosions and toxic fumes. As the fire brigade came to put put the big fire, other people started more fires which were ignored. It seemed to be a huge joke to some. Needless to say we were not prepared to stay put and our children were getting scared and wanted to leave. We ended up leaving Spa at 8.45pm and heading for the tunnel. It really put a downer on the weekend for us. We paid 40 euros per night - we were booked in for 4 nights and obviously only stayed 3 because of the fires etc. Also we had to pay extra to get the earlier train back to the UK. Loads of police and stewards about all day but no-one to keep any order at night. Think carefully before you book the campsite!!

TICKETS and ADMISSION -
The Bronze is good for getting access to the circuit and there are some great places to get a view. Get there early on race day to get the best position. People tend to put chairs up and tarpaulin over them which can stop any others viewing behind. One good place is next to the Vodaphone bridge at Coombes.

FACILITIES -
For then men there are plenty of tree's in the woods and the rivers of urine can be seen for miles. You can even have a game of Poo sticks between races. DONT use the porta-cabins unless you are armed with a big stick to push down the last 50 users deposits. You can pay-to-poo at 0.60 Eur which is well worth the money. I would recommend trying to store up as much as you can to get your monies worth. However with the option of tepid Hotdog or burger for diner that may not be possible as you may become 'regular'. (A great cure for constipation). 6 Euro's will buy you one of these delicacies. They serve a small coffee but no tea.

CAMPSITE
We stayed at a campsite at Coombes. It was very close to the entrance which was Ideal. However, find a nice quiet area, but away from the edges.
It was extremely noisy from all angles so get earplugs and ear defenders and soundproof your tent. It did stop in the early hours but I was able to sleep though it, unlike my friends. There is nothing that the campers wont burn. A charred Sofa was found in the morning and you could see black smoke bellowing around. Fireworks, banger's and canon's (yes canon's) were set off throughout the evening and it was extremely dangerous. I wouldn't want to take youngsters here, it really isn't appropriate. There were 4 full porta loos for a full campsite. So the edges were used mostly.
NO organisation for parking in the campsite so you could take up as much room as you liked, which some took full advantage of. No organisation for getting out. We left at 4pm and couldnt get out of the site. We got to Calais at 11pm!!!
Not much food or non alcoholic drink facilities at the campsite. Here is a list of items to consider.
1. Earplugs for race and campsite
2. Toilet roll
3. Rain mac, waterproof bottoms and umbrella
4. Coffee/tea - Water
5. Gas heater
6. Airbed - Warm sleeping bag
7. Extra clothing in case of wetting
8. Food - Disposable BBQ
9. Undercover seating area (gazebo) or tent with area for seating when at the campsite.
10. Torch
11. binoculars to watch cars or to see TV screen.
12. Radio or some commentary device as you cannot hear PA systems and it is not English. After the day you will hear 'Safety Carrrrr' several times and this is the only thing you will understand.
13. Kangaroo TV is available but 50 Euros per day.
14. There are several slopes so take chairs to sit down either with adjustable legs or take a small shovel to level out an area(or make bore holes for the back legs). It worked a treat to level out the chair on a steep slope.
If you can afford it, get a hotel and get a helicopter in and out of the circuit.
Otherwise be prepared that it is not a proper campsite with the usual facilities.
The circuit organisers have spared no expense with the facilities at the track. SO MAKE SURE YOU ARE PREPARED!!!!!!!

The Spa - Belgian Grand Prix typically provides excellent viewing experience, and it did not disappoint. There was heart-stopping action with alternating sunshine and rain. Gold 9 Pole Position provided excellent view of the pit straight, guaranteeing at least one exciting moment taking place right in front of you: everyone jousting for space at the first corner. Excellent weekend, memories will last a lifetime.

We stayed on campsite at entry to les coombes, the facilites were poor, toilets terrible no shop to buy anything, extremely loud all night and terrible weather. The race track itself is amazing and the view was great. If i went here again i would stay in a b&b or hotel.

I lost my tickets prior to travelling and although I contacted you with plenty of time, unfortunately the circuit refused to reprint/reissue tickets. So it wasn't a great experience - I have to purchase new tickets at twice the price

The view was excellent, the race fantastic, but finding the track was really bad, found one entrance pretty easy but is was on the other side of the curcuit, there was no sign posting for the track or the event what so ever until about a mile form the parking area, the sat nav does not know the curcuit exists, nor do the Belgain highways people/council etc, for a world class event and world class curcuit sign posting needs to be around for miles (ie:Silverstone which is sign posted for some 30 miles or so away) all this is down to the Belgain organisation which was rubbish to say the least, 60 euro cent to go to toilet is bad enough and then they couldnt be bothered to sell programs in the Steel zone, I did see some program sellers very briefly but then they disappeared!! never to be seen again!
The only compaint I have with bookF1.com is that I was not told that parking was a couple of miles away from the curcuit and then a shuttle bus was taken in for the final part, and the traffic was so bad coming out everybody was ordered of the bus and I had to walk the final mile in the rain!! but overall a good race but hard to get to and from, its about 15-20 years behind Silverstone in that respect.

There were no indictions of how to get to the next town or in which direction you are heading. 2 friends got lost because they coudn't find the way to the car, that was waiting in a near town. The car on Sunday, wasn't allowed to get to go the paking lot.

Overall a great weekend racing. I didn't use the free bus as the times were too early but got the train instead which was a great alternative. That said, which BookF1 gave me details of the busses should be, when I went there nobody could tell me which is thebos that I should taking. I asked various stewards at different entraces and nobody could tell me. Luckily a friend of mine was at the race and I got a lift back. However, that didn't detract from the enjoyment of the weekend which I will go to again.

Great weekend and circuit- but general admission viewing facilities were poor and extremely uncomfortable.

There are plenty of hillside locations to sit and watch the race if you're there on Bronze admission. Take walking books though as some of the slopes are very steep and not that easy to sit on (let alone walk on!). The advantage is though that you get a really good view of the track, no matter how many people are sat in front of you.

The rain in SPA gave us an exciting experience spec. on sunday. It is our 3. visit on Spa, which is great, but after visiting Nürnburg and Barcelona something is missing..... we miss walking around the whole area on fridays, better toilets, some plateau seatings on grandstand area.

This is the first time i had booked with BookF1 and the service was excellent the tickets arrived well in advance of the GP, which was a great relief. The event itself, well the journey to Spa was long but well worth the effort. What a fantastic setting, not the best sign posted event by far but so long as you head for Liege, and then down towards Luxemberg eventually you see the signs for Stavolot. The weather was a bit of mix but that justs adds to the excitement of the race. We first started up at Coombes and then made our waty round to Blanchemont, where we got a great view of the cars going up the straight, although not that visible, we then picked them up coming down into Stavolot befor coming past us. The only down side was there was no big TV screen where we were but if you go up towards the Bus Stop there is a screen there but exceptionally busy there, 5 or 6 deep, not that good for photographs. Overall an excellent day, will definitely do it again. Many thanks to Book F1 who made the experience special by the ease of their service. The only downside was the Car Parking, i felt that was a bit bad for cost as you dont park in the circuit rather on the road leading into the circuit, maybe that should be stressed when people book for parking to. Be aware it takes a good 2 hours or more to get away from the circuit, but it is all part of the day, enjoy it. Highly recommended.

Really good weekend, though if you can afford it get the gold tickets for the best views and comfortability. also the buses from verviers to the track are packed like a can of sardines so if there are 4 of you then get the taxi 4 50 euros trust me you`ll want to.

great weekend, booked last minute so only General admission but the views were great, get there early for a great spot trackside. Food was ok but don't expect to lose any weight

All good except above comments. Arrangement of tickets was great.

Camping/parking last year (yellow 4) now just parking, which means that the track had listened to complaints and made it just parking - much better! Had a great time and enjoyed the pit walk thursday afternoon. Got close to the drivers and some autographs. Gold 9 great for viewing and easy to get to from yellow 4 parking, only took about 10 mins walk.