Aliensurfer Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) Much to my frustration, I'd never been to Silverstone* in any capacity despite a few attempts in the past. On Sunday a mate and me had one of the official tours of the circuit, the BRDC club house and other various elements of the track. Apart from the early start, I'd certainly recommend it. The tour in total was just over 2 hours and was very informative with the tour guides all current racers (Ours was a Porsche advanced driving instructor) and very knowledgeable on all things Silverstone / Racing. It wasn't expensive either, being about £30 in total through Red Letter Days. There was also an open Track Day going on around the full F1 circuit so got to walk around the pits and chat to a few of the guys, which was really good. I saw two 350's (Silver and GM) and a black 370 but didn't get chance to see if they belonged to anyone on here. We did see one guy write-off his S3 at Copse, he looked devastated as his GF was stomping around the car park pointing at the recovery truck! What made it all the more amusing, once we realised he was wasn't seriously injured, is we'd seen him lose it at the same corner the lap before and only just manage to get it back, seems he didn't learn his lesson. Some really nice cars on the track day, with Aston Martin, Porsche, RS8 and a few dedicated track BMW's in attendance too. The biggest cheer went to a guy in an A2 though, I admired his courage! I've got a few pictures and will put them up a little later in the week when I get home. I also had my first proper scary moment in the Zed on the way home, coming off a roundabout and lost the back end on the slippery road. Thankfully, managed to get away with nothing more than a couple of seriously curbed alloys and a car full of expletives, but if there had been anybody next to me on the dual carriage-way it could have been a different story. *Despite my girlfriend being a relative of a current F1 driver... Edited March 13, 2013 by Aliensurfer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 You got taken on a tour of the BRDC Club House..?? As a Member welcome to Silverstone., did you also go to the Farm Club House, New pits are impressive, try the Porsche experience. Well worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliensurfer Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) Yep, the collection of toy cars was also very impressive. The lady giving us the tour was rather attractive... so I'm rather tempted with that Porsche experience! Edited March 11, 2013 by Aliensurfer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4RE Leather Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 What year is your Zed Whacko? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 The lady giving us the tour was rather attractive... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Sorry to hear about the wobble on the way home, glad it was only a couple of curbed alloys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 What year is your Zed Whacko? 2006 -Black pre-facelift UK GT..Was owned by Builder46 on here known as Miss Marmite. nice car. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted March 12, 2013 Share Posted March 12, 2013 Yep, the collection of toy cars was also very impressive. The lady giving us the tour was rather attractive... so I'm rather tempted with that Porsche experience! Yes very impressive, they were collected by a Member and when he died his widow gave them to the Club. Nice collection of silver ware as well. I dont go to Silverstone as often as I used to, only for the GP and maybe a few other meetings, they have cut down our GP passes from 4 to 2 each year. Usually go to Brands now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aliensurfer Posted March 13, 2013 Author Share Posted March 13, 2013 Pictures! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gudzy Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 (edited) Nice pics, I've seen the 370z and gtr on GT academy recently but where are the pictures of the attractive lady giving the tour? Edited March 13, 2013 by Gudzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhackyWill Posted March 13, 2013 Share Posted March 13, 2013 Good pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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