Re: Silverstone classic Parking
Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2012 10:54 pm
Sorry Geoff can't agree with you about the roads, no problem getting in this year or the years before, last year I went from Towcester race course to Silvierstone for the GP in a bus and it took about twenty minutes.grbspeedster wrote:I think Hatton is well attended as free event with attractions for all the family. The Silverstone event is to my mind one of the best in the year BUT it is getting expensive with the early bird offer still costing £80, this along with the captive audience approach to pricing inside (£1.80 for small bottle of water!) makes it an expensive day if you want to take wife and children. The weather has not been good and everyone could see the parking would be difficult. As it happens not too bad Saturday, Friday i parked on PCGB side and car was sinking in to ground after the downpour during the day, parked with the TIPEC guys Saturday (its OK i am member of both clubs). This coupled with the fact that even after this many years Silverstone have still not sorted out entry to circuit, multi lines in condensed to 2 getting through gate puts people off
For me will still be booking for next year
You can't just concrete over fields for car parking if you did the track would be under water 70% of the time as you'd eliminate the soak aways, plus a lot of the fields are owned by farmers an not SCL.
Northants council spent about 45million on local road upgrades, you can get to Silverstone from the A34 East & West, through Silverstone village and from Dadford.
I think it's all down to cost.
The TIPEC pitch was / is one of the best drained landscaped sections far superior to what the PCGB had, just a shame it was undersubscribed.