Spa

ozywoodwards · 6 Aug 2000, 18:11 (Ref:28738)

This year I am going to go to my first abroad GP, at Spa. As this is my first time does anyone have any tips for viewing at the circuit. I have bronze admission tickets, and I would like to know where there are TV screens and the best viewing positions, also can you see eau rouge from bronze admission.

Thank you.

jarama · 6 Aug 2000, 18:41 (Ref:28745)

Hi, ozywoodwards,

take a look at http://www.f1ticketshop.com, there you'll can see where are located the giant TV screens.

**Peter Mallett** · 6 Aug 2000, 19:11 (Ref:28748)

Have a great time Ozywoodwards. I'm racing there in September. I know you'll love the place.

Minardi fan · 7 Aug 2000, 00:07 (Ref:28835)

Hi Ozy! I did Spa last year, so here's what I remember:

Bronze admission is also what I had and it was pretty darned good. With that ticket you can stand at the Bus Stop chicane (get there early if you want to!). We were at Pouhon for qualifying because you can see the tv screens from there.
You will only see Eau Rouge with a general admission if you get there very early - people stake out patches of grass right next to La Source.

When you arrive, take a deep breath, and look in awe at what stretches right before your eyes. Yes, Eau Rouge - the most fantastic corner in the world. Magic.

Anymore questions, don't hesitate to ask.

And have a fantastic time!!!!

Schume · 7 Aug 2000, 11:02 (Ref:28913)

Ozy, you could'nt have picked a better track for your first "abroad GP"

Bronze Tickets are great for Spa. Lots of places where you can get a good view of the action.

As MF said Pouhon is good for the TV screen, there's lots space on the banking overlooking the track.
Eau Rouge is more tricky, but it will be one of the first things you see when you get to the track, even if you can't get to watch from there.

Stavelot is good too if you don't mind a long walk to get there.

We watched the race from the Bus Stop last year, great view from the woods above if you can't get there early enough to get on the fence. It's also close to the finish so that you can get down onto the track fairly quickly after the race.
Will probably be up in the woods there this year too, so look out for someone with a 10 Tenths Cap.

Have a look at http://www.spa-francorchamps.be and the Track Section for an overview of the track.

Huge great hot dogs with tons of onions and chips with mayo to go with the beer tooooo...

Minardi fan · 7 Aug 2000, 13:58 (Ref:28940)

Tourist and I passed the Bus Stop en-route round the circuit after the race last year, and my god, it looked like a bomb site...

Schume, how clean is your house???

Schume · 7 Aug 2000, 17:09 (Ref:28971)

MF, my house is quite clean, except on race weekends...

True, the Bus Stop was a bomb site.
There were mountains of beer cans, chip cones etc.

Also had the fire brigade turn up to put out the flames in the trees after some guys set off their fireworks during the race.

All good fun though...

It's not much different to "the trenches" on lots of tracks.

Truckosaurus · 8 Aug 2000, 08:54 (Ref:29079)

Ozy,

I went to Spa a few years ago ('96?), There's plenty of excellent viewing opportunities from the Bronze zones. The thing that really hits you is how steep Eau Rouge really is.

Minardi fan · 8 Aug 2000, 14:00 (Ref:29145)

It certainly does. On tv it looks nothing, but man, if you walk up it...

**Peter Mallett** · 8 Aug 2000, 14:10 (Ref:29147)

Try driving it.

Actually, the original Eau Rouge can still be driven. You drive down past the pits and instead of swinging round to the right, the track takes a sharp left before looping right back at the top of the current configuration. Imagine that in an F1 car of the sixties or earlier.

Schume · 8 Aug 2000, 15:55 (Ref:29168)

Hoping to be able to drive, slowly, on the bits of the track that are public roads on the Monday after the GP.

**Peter Mallett** · 8 Aug 2000, 16:21 (Ref:29171)

You'll be impressed. I can recommend a trip round the old circuit. Head up through Eau Rouge but don't turn off at Les Combes (you can't unless you're on a bike). Follow the road all the way to the Malmedy junction by the motorway. Cross the roundabout and head to Stavelot. Before Stavelot there's a left hand sweep. Take that and you are on the long stretch which then runs past the exit of the new Stavelot and onwards to Blanchiment. You can't take the Bus Stop but you then head straight on to La Source. Turn right at La Source and you're on your way again. BTW. You can't actually go up the current Eau Rouge. You have to take the old road which was the original. Too many people tried to emulate JV etc.

Schume · 9 Aug 2000, 07:26 (Ref:29259)

Thanks for the tour guide Peter, I'll give that route a try.

ozywoodwards · 13 Aug 2000, 17:13 (Ref:30179)

Just to say thanks for all your advice, and to ask one more question.

Is it possible to buy english programmes?

Thanks again.

Schume · 13 Aug 2000, 20:40 (Ref:30214)

Ozy, the programme comes in English and French, both in the same book. So no problem there....

**Peter Mallett** · 16 Aug 2000, 10:18 (Ref:30901)

Just another thought. Why not visit the Motorsport museum in Stavelot? Apart from the history of the circuit and some interesting racing cars, you can gaze longingly (I did) at the Martin brothers' Group 1 (Spice) Capri which finished second in the 24 hours in 1980.

**Peter Mallett** · 29 Aug 2000, 10:31 (Ref:33625)

Well????????????

Liz · 30 Aug 2000, 01:55 (Ref:33825)

I'm going to Spa next year even if it rains. Can you camp in the infield? Can you see the race from the campsites?

Andy H · 30 Aug 2000, 08:11 (Ref:33862)

All these and many more questions will be answered soon when Brilliant Bob (Schume) unveils his Ten Tenths Circuit Guide to Spa.

Schume · 5 Sep 2000, 20:46 (Ref:35177)

We're back from Belgium and The Spa Guide is in production as we speak....

Sorry Liz, you can't camp in the infield or see the race from a campsite, unless you have very powerful binoculars

Other bad news is that the museum at Stavelot is closed until next June while it is rebuilt.

Andy, Brilliant Bob is the tops, unfortunately I can't drive half quickly as him. But I do have a piccy of his car.