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[TOPCAT]

Guys n Gals,

www.silverstone-circuit.co.uk is offering all 3 day pass bronze for 90 quid. I've booked my ticket...

[HBoss]

How much was it last year?
And is a quid a pound?
These names you british people use are confusing at times.

[LB]

for all three days it was £195 last year. The offer ends 1st of March its been going since November.

[fifi]

Originally posted by TOPCAT
Guys n Gals,

www.silverstone-circuit.co.uk is offering all 3 day pass bronze for 90 quid. I've booked my ticket...

mine as well............grandstand seats at Stowe 150 quid

[ensign14]

Originally posted by HBoss

And is a quid a pound?
These names you british people use are confusing at times.

A quid is a pound, but no-one knows why. Perhaps from quid pro quo (something for something)...

Dammit, had you been around before 1971 you'd've been screwed. How much change out of a guinea would you have had if you had spent a tanner, a thruppeny bit, 3 farthings, six bob, 2 florins and half a crown?

[LB]

Originally posted by ensign14
How much change out of a guinea would you have had if you had spent a tanner, a thruppeny bit, 3 farthings, six bob, 2 florins and half a crown?

guinea = 21 shillings right? ( go easy on me I was born the year we changed over)

so you start with £1 1s 0d

tanner = 6d
thrupenny bit =3d
3 fathings = 3/4d
six bob = 6 shillings?
2 florins = 4 shillings
half a crown = 2 shillings 6d

so thats 13 shillings 3 3/4 d

umm leaving us with

7 shillings 8 1/4d


and in 1971 you could probably get in the GP with that

[LB]

Quid is gaelic btw

Cuid means money ( well its actually the word for thing but it can mean money)

[Bart]

Any idea what the difference is between the Farm (silver) stand and the Abbey (gold) stand? From the map Abbey looks further away from the track.

[RTH]

Grandstand seat overlooking the pits £295

[pRy]

4 day ticket to Australian GP costs £68.

[Dudley]

Yup, the british GP in 2001 would have cost you £299 for that ticket.

[Garagiste]

Wow - British GP in value for money shock? It'll never catch on!
Think I may even have to go this year...

[Suzy]

Originally posted by Bart
Any idea what the difference is between the Farm (silver) stand and the Abbey (gold) stand? From the map Abbey looks further away from the track.

To be honest there's not a lot of difference. Farm has the cars going straight past you; at Abbey you do have a chicane so there's potential for overtaking.

This will be my 8th consecutive British GP (I'm a SRC member so I get a grandstand seat in their private stand). Luffield and Woodcote are great to watch from. BUT, if you want the walk and the view then get the Stowe grandstand. I wrote a feature on my Grand Prix trip last year including a walk around the track to view cars. You can see from the exit of Becketts, all the way down Hangar Straight, all through The Vale, Club, Farm and Abbey and right the way up to Bridge! It really is terrific. Like I say it's a hell of a walk but it really is worth it.

[Bart]

Thanks for the tip, Suzy. The friend I was going to go with is facing possible unemployment this summer due to huge staff cuts where he works (in the US) so plans are kind of on hold and I may end up not going.

[LB]

Originally posted by Suzy

BUT, if you want the walk and the view then get the Stowe grandstand. I wrote a feature on my Grand Prix trip last year including a walk around the track to view cars. You can see from the exit of Becketts, all the way down Hangar Straight, all through The Vale, Club, Farm and Abbey and right the way up to Bridge! It really is terrific. Like I say it's a hell of a walk but it really is worth it.

and you get to watch the dancing irishmen too just as a bonus...

[Rob29]

Originally posted by LB


guinea = 21 shillings right? ( go easy on me I was born the year we changed over)

so you start with £1 1s 0d

tanner = 6d
thrupenny bit =3d
3 fathings = 3/4d
six bob = 6 shillings?
2 florins = 4 shillings
half a crown = 2 shillings 6d

so thats 13 shillings 3 3/4 d

umm leaving us with

7 shillings 8 1/4d


and in 1971 you could probably get in the GP with that

Not by '71,but when I first went in 1960 it was six shillings,plus two shillings for programme,14 shillings for coach trip.

[Richard Jenkins]

Originally posted by TOPCAT
Guys n Gals,

www.silverstone-circuit.co.uk is offering all 3 day pass bronze for 90 quid. I've booked my ticket...

Still too much.
I can do TWO Spanish GP's for that amount & that's including car parking & the lot - the above is just the pass. The fact I will be living in Spain helps here, but it's still possible to fly return from Britain, watch the GP & still be cheaper than Silverstone....
Having said that, it is a step in the right direction, so credit where it's due.

[Schuting Star]

Originally posted by Richie Jenkins
Still too much.

damn you're difficult to please, that's a pretty good deal for three days entertainment in my opinion.

[A3]

Spa was also very expensive, but this now looks like a good deal !

[Schuting Star]

Originally posted by A3
Spa was also very expensive, but this now looks like a good deal !

Come and join us!

[AlesiUK]

Originally posted by pRy
4 day ticket to Australian GP costs £68.

now thats value!

[A3]

Originally posted by Schuting Star
Come and join us!

Temptation.......

[CONOSUR]

Originally posted by RTH
Grandstand seat overlooking the pits £295

4-day ticket to Indy with penthouse seating across from the pits £100 ($165).

[Dudley]

I suppose in silverstones defence, they pay the same fees to run the GP as Indy (or close to it) but they can only sell tickets (and associated ****) to 90,000 people, not 200,000.

So to make money it's clear they NEED to gouge more.

[Slick]

£90 for me is way too tempting. I'm booking my tickets towards the end of this month

[philhitchings]

Originally posted by Richie Jenkins


Still too much.
I can do TWO Spanish GP's for that amount & that's including car parking & the lot - the above is just the pass. The fact I will be living in Spain helps here, but it's still possible to fly return from Britain, watch the GP & still be cheaper than Silverstone....
Having said that, it is a step in the right direction, so credit where it's due.

and add France, European, San Marino to that list. Even Hockenheim, and Hungaroring can be done if you cost it carefully.

I costed the USGP for this year and at around £700 with flights hotels car etc, you have to say that silverstone is behind in offering value for money.

I still applaud Silverstone for making the effort though.

[CONOSUR]

Originally posted by Dudley
I suppose in silverstones defence, they pay the same fees to run the GP as Indy (or close to it) but they can only sell tickets (and associated ****) to 90,000 people, not 200,000.

So to make money it's clear they NEED to gouge more.

Understandably so. However, didn't they take a decision to intentionally limit attendance just a couple of years ago?

[Garagiste]

Yeah that was after the mudbath in 2000. Don't know if they have upped the limit since, there's new parking arrangements, apparently...
Although as several have pointed out there are still cheaper European GPs this has to be the first year in ages that the BGP is relatively affordable.
So a big to Silverstone, and as a result you've got my money for the first time (for a GP, anyway).

Whoo-hoo!