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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 14:20:28 GMT
Thoroughly enjoyable day there yesterday - meal then a guided tour (90 mins plus), complete with some inside stories. Guide was very personable and knowledgeable, and the souvenir section was astoundingly inexpensive. Well worth £60 a head. Apologies for some of the pics - I only realised that the flash was off towards the end - d'oh...
Note Rosberg's LMNIS - the circular hole. (Last Minute Nicotine Infusion System...)
The six-wheeler would have been 12s per lap quicker, they think...
The cars all run from time to time, and on vintage tyres. These are removed for x-ray beforehand to ensure they are safe.
Where Schumacher tried to do to Villeneuve what he had previously done to Hill:
The Great Man's initials:
All a further 20% off, so at £40:
Unused, from 2005, at £8:
Used (in some capacity) from 2012, £32:
Well worth your time and money. Apparently, you can pay to go and watch a GP there, and get insight from their people on site and in situ...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 16:06:57 GMT
Interesting stuff.
Got a feeling an old friend works there, but we've not been in touch since I quit Facebook.
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Post by Roadrunner on Mar 17, 2019 18:08:54 GMT
That's just utterly superb. I think I need to take William. I shall probably come back with far too many souvenirs, though.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2019 18:17:24 GMT
At least you know it won't bankrupt you.
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Post by Boxer6 on Mar 17, 2019 19:45:13 GMT
One more reason to take a holiday in England! And the photos are fine, lack of flash isn't readily evident on many of them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2019 8:15:34 GMT
Forgot to mention that the trophies not in cabinets you are actively given permission to hold, including on a podium for pics if you want.
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Post by Martin on Mar 18, 2019 8:26:12 GMT
It’s a great place. I was lucky enough to have to go to a work conference there a few years back and we were allowed to wander round the museum. Just 2 of us when I was in there, most people weren’t interested, the other person was Lindsay and we started dating not long afterwards, it a complete coincidence! Her uncle used to work to Williams back in the 70s/80s/90s, driving one of the transporters and working in the pits over the race weekends. He’s got some great stories.
We keep talking about going back, must actually do it.
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Post by ChrisM on Mar 18, 2019 10:17:51 GMT
We keep talking about going back, must actually do it. What about trying to organise a Forum meet-up there if you do ? |
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Post by Big Blue on Mar 18, 2019 16:35:17 GMT
I watched Brasil 2017 there and did the tour. Fantastic place and your entire childhood of F1 unfolds in front of you.
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Post by Stuntman on Mar 21, 2019 16:06:46 GMT
Dan G did an event there for one of the GPs last year or the year before, think it might have been Mexico.
I'd definitely be on for a Forum meet there sometime. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by Andy C on Mar 22, 2019 18:00:18 GMT
Wow, great pics. Somewhere I really want to go
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Post by Roadsterstu on Mar 22, 2019 21:47:06 GMT
+another who would like to go. Nice pics.
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