BRITISH FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX

first time to see the f1 best weekend get to camp site as early as you can

It was a fantastic race with Lewis and Fernando lighting up the race track as always!!!!

I go to Silverstone on an annual basis, and have done for many years now, and was looking forward to this year even more so because of the new Wing building.

On the Friday, we tried to get into the Abbey grandstand but we were told it was for Santander guests who would never sit in those seats the whole weekend. Disgraceful. So we headed down to the GA section just below the stand, and it was like we`d travelled back 20 years. It was truly awful, after all the hype I was standing knee deep in muck! No matter, as an F1 enthusiast, I wasn`t bothered, but my father who enjoys his luxuries, wasnt so pleased.

So, to Saturday, we watched FP3 from the Becketts grandstand, it was brilliant, thoroughly recommend it. But for qualifying, it was a completely different story. It really did seem unfair we couldn`t get into our grandstand because people who paid 400 pounds less than we did wanted to sit there, so it looked like we wouldn`t get a spot for qualifying, but by the grace of god, we got 2 exceptional seats in the Club grandstand, another brilliant stand.

Sunday, we sat ourselves down in our booked seats, which just so happened to be directly in front of pole position. Only one problem with the grandstand, couldn`t see the Red Arrows, thanks to that bloody roof! No matter, a sensational race it was, but I`d heard rumours that you could invade the track at the end. It said you couldnt on the screens, then suddenly, you could! I was so frustrated, I wouldve queued to see the podium! No matter, the experience was epic!

Lastly, the facilities have been totally ignored by the looks of it to build the Wing. The general admission ticket holders are getting less bang for their buck, the lack of toilets was ridiculous, and the merchandise stands have been reduced. BUT NO MATTER! Im going next year, and it was still terrific

Brilliant day and very well organised. No long long queues for anything despite the huge numbers of people. Race excellent.

Brilliant day and very well organised. No long long queues for anything despite the huge numbers of people. Race excellent.

Had a brill weekend at silverstone with my 13 year old son. We watyched the race from club corner, although had to be up early to get to the front, so my son could see, (i got up at 5 o'clock and there were people at the gate who had been there all night) still had a great day. the live show after the race was really good and the entertainment on the camp site was fab. we were camping in the liivly end but it was'nt that noisy,no probs sleeping any way. Only down side is long q for showers and ticket prices are on the steep side.

I really enjoyed the weekend, however, I think next time I will be purchasing the general admission tickets because the price of the tickets for copse c were very expensive considering they do not give you that much of a better view than the general admission tickets.

Another comment would be that there would need to be more toilets around the area where the aftershow party was held. That being said, the general condition of the toilets was good.

Generally I had a great day though!

My son and I had a fantastic time at the GP and are already discussing whether to go back to Silverstone or head to another circuit next year. At the moment we're considering Spa. Not because we didn't enjoy Silverstone, but because we're intersected in trying somewhere else. I have no doubt that we'll be returning to Silverstone sometime in the future. The only problem was the lack of toilets, but it'll always be difficult to cater for that many people.

When we booked our tickets with bookf1 we were worried that we might never receive our tickets but they were great from start to finish. Really fast to respond to any questions. Our seats were cospe E, row D, we had a great view of the whole corner and a bit further down the track. The big screen was right infront of us too. The only problem was listening to the commentry, because you can't hear it when the cars go past but the sound of the cars live is amazing so we didnt mind!! plenty to see and do around the track, we only had a sunday ticket so we walked around everything before the race. Thought there would be ques everywhere but there weren't. Definately going to go to another one!!

The camping facillities were sub standard, not enough showers! wc's were never cleaned!

I will not be using the camping again! very disappointed, spoilt my whole experience

Camp site was poorly organised, when we arrived on Saturday there was no space left in the quiet area. After an hour we eventually found a space in the noisy area after going past many badly spaced tents and cars.
There are not enough toilets for the men who had to queue up for around 20-30 minutes - most unusual for us ladies to finish and the men still waiting.
Viewing for racing was excellent.

great cant wait to go again

I'm sure that the weather didn't help, but the campsite was dire! The marshalls organising the fields didn't seem to know or to care what field you had booked, there wasn't enough washing facilities, and don't get me started on the muddy field. As I said before, you can't help the weather, but you need much better draininge!!And, I didn't expect to have to get so 'cosy' with other campers. Some people had hugh amounts of room, having put up their gazebos and dining tables on what was enough room to pitch a couple of tents on-when we came back to our tent on the Friday, someone had pitched between our tent and our car!!This was surely down to the marshalls on the field to police, so that everyone could have a fair amount of room, and pitch on the field that was booked(which we were told we couldn't when we arrived). We have done a lot of camping over the last 30 years, and I most certainly would not come back again.Another point-I would have welcomed a sandwich stall with some salad and fresh fruit, rather than so many hot dog and burger stands. You do get a bit fed up of Hog Roast 4 days on the trot! Go to the Goodwood Festival of Speed, and see the standard of the food stalls there-much better.

A1 organisation throughout and Whittlebury Park was a delight. Very close and a short walk to Becketts. You will need to address the following matter though.
The helpful broadsheet you issued "Whittlebury Park -Grand Prix week routes" showed alternative ways to get to WP. As we were staying near Banbury we used your green route. On Friday and Saturday this was just fine and we were in quickly. On Sunday, the traffic marshals blocked our access on to the Whittlebury Road in Silverstone Village and made us turn right - despite us showing the map you sent us. Somewhat later we were on the A43 heading north ending up near Towcester where there was a 4 mile queue heading south to W. I am puzzled why the marshals denied us access across the roundabouts in Silverstone. Very few people were using the W road and we could have crossed with no disruption.
Other than that - a great and well organised weekend.

I'm a massive F1 fan so will always enjoy this week-end. My only issues are with the the Silverstone Circuit itself.

Some of the changes made to Silverstone are excellent for the teams and for corporate but at the expense of the experience for the fans. It's a bit wrong when corporate get the best seats at the circuit yet they are empty for most of the week-end. Was also quite sad to see that when Jenson pulled over at the end of the pit-lane, 2,000 people suddenly came running out of the hospitality tent next to the pit-lane. 90% of people in their aren't interested in F1 yet get the best seats - there's definitely an inbalance there that needs addressing.

Also, lack of facilities in the new loop section. It's quite a walk from the main drag to the loop section (Village A, Village B, and Farm). 3 stands that hold approx' 10,000 fans, yet they decide to put 1 block of toilets with just 3 toilets in it. It's a bit wrong when you pay all that money yet have to schedule in when to go to the toilet as you know it's going to be at least a half hour wait. I managed to find a half hour window betweeen the drivers parade and the red arrows display.

Finally, I always used to sit on the Pits Straight. It is more expensive but when you factor in the extra entertainment you get (pre-race build up, beginning and end of drivers parade, race start, pit stops, and podium) it was worth it. However, they have obviously moved the Pits Straight but built a grandstand that holds just 25% of what the old grandstand held - and charge more for it. Not only that, but you couldn't see half the pit lane from there because of the design of the complex, and the podium faces away from grandstand (unless you were right at the top end of the pits straight complex, you can't see the podium - Club is the place to sit to see that, but then you miss the start). Not well thought out! I have now decided I would rather sacrifice everything I enjoyed in the past on the Pits Staight in exchange for a better view of the race and seeing more of it.

I must say the new raised grandstands at Becketts and Woodcote A give great views of a large proportion of the lap and I will be sitting in one of them next year.

Enjoyed the day at the circuit very much but was dampened after the race spending a couple of hours trying to get out of Silverstone village. Some of the walkways in the circuit were difficult under foot but i guess these areas are still under construction. The queues for the toilet facilities were ridiculously long.

Firstly we had no idea that the Abbey stand would be split into three to accommodate the Vodafone VIP stand and as such didn't feel we were given the opportunity to get the best seats in the stand which for us would have been further toward the start finish line. You should have advertised this ahead and we may have chosen the International Pit Straight instead.
In addition, we felt that that the position of the new podium at the very end of the straight was I'll positioned for anyone to see even if you did have pit straight tickets.
But our biggest criticism is that the screens were not good for the amount we paid. We were too far along to see the main centre screen and at too acute an angle to see the one on the corner. The circuit must install another screen further towards the first corner to give those a better chance to view the race.
I do still think that although the toilets were increased this year they still weren't enough and the queues were ridiculous.
Apart from that, we thought the face facilities were fantastic and we thoroughly enjoyed the weekend. We will be returning next year. xx

make the most of the weekend and enjoy the racing!

Took ferry with my car from Ireland and camped/pigged out on F1 for the whole weekend.Every thing about the trip was fantastic. Weather a bit iffey but that added to the racing as hadn't experienced F1 in wet before.It gave a different dimension to strategies with tyre choices and varying conditions at different locations arround the circuit.Mechandising only really for the top 3 teams and no official souvenir t.shirts available. Nevertheless brilliant weekend and thanks to bookF1.com and to the all people I met there who were very nice and welcoming.

the above `title` says it all - just about the only aspects which could be improved would be the commentary (could not hear anything and BBC commentary would have been great!) and big screens still did allow one to see track positions / printed data