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May 2019
9:07am, 17 May 2019
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larkim
Funny you should mention Jim Clark - post race we made a point of visiting his memorial at Hockenheim
Post race they opened the gates to the track so we could get up close and personal with the cars after they'd finished, including picking up some of the "marbles" which I still have on my desk at home.
On the way back we also stopped off at the Reims GP circuit which was held on public roads - amazingly the stands and pits are still in place
It was a great trip, lots of excellent memories for him and me!
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May 2019
9:23am, 17 May 2019
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minardi
Brilliant photos and what fab memories to have made.
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May 2019
11:10am, 17 May 2019
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HappyG(rrr)
That looks really cool Larks, thanks for posting the pics too. We may still do a trip. However, we don't do camping so it will be flights and hotels, hence cost. We'll see.  G
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May 2019
11:34am, 17 May 2019
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larkim
Driving the Reims course was fun too of course
Rouen is another I've visited on a family holiday where you can drive the roads which made up the 1960s course. No stands etc there though.
I'm not normally a camper, but to be honest it really made the experience (though the absence of sleep was a worry when there was long drives either side of the weekend's fun - and I didn't have an option of my 12 year old doing some driving !)
I'd definitely look into the added "stuff" that goes on at individual venues as whilst watching all the support races, practice, quali etc is good but there's a lot of time to fill around that. Having said that HH is in a nice part of the world and we got out to the local towns in the evening and saw parts of Germany I wouldn't normally have visited.
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May 2019
11:38am, 17 May 2019
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swittle
Interesting account, larks.
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May 2019
9:45pm, 19 May 2019
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minardi
If you’ve got Netflix, can I recommend Drive To Survive. It’s behind the scenes of the 2018 season. We’ve watched 3 episodes so far - it’s so much better than the Channel 4 coverage!
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May 2019
7:30am, 20 May 2019
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SarahWoo
Oo thanks, Minardi
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May 2019
8:18am, 20 May 2019
31,416 posts
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HappyG(rrr)
There was a programme on C4 last night call F1 Monaco GP qualifying, that my box recorded. I'm very confused as to what that could be?! G
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May 2019
9:12am, 20 May 2019
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minardi
That's a bit of an odd ball :-)G - do watch and let us know if it's worth doing a catch-up on it!
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May 2019
6:24am, 21 May 2019
7,552 posts
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larkim
RIP Niki Lauda
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