CATALUNYA GP

I booked my tickets last week. I'm taking my dad for his xmas present. The last time he was at a gp Ago was racing. He's as fond of the beer as I am so anyone want to meet up and talk shite all night in some bar on the ramblas?

How are you getting there mate?

CATALUNYA GP

Andrew, easyjet to barca direct from belfast. Got return flights for £58 each all-in. nice.

have you been there before ?

...in 03, Loris got Ducati's first win, Rossi battled up to 2nd, Biaggi binned it, awesome race

ASSEN GP

I am going to Oxford this year to study Law and I am thinking of going to the Assen GP. Is anyone else going?

The Champ Car World Series race, but sadly not the MotoGP race.

ASSEN GP

ofcourse I'm there, motogp AND superbikes

think rgvneil is going too, and maybe Varunica (FrancoFangio)

Yes I'll be trying to get there next year

ASSEN GP

I'll probably be there...
Is there any reason you're asking this other than curiosity?
Maybe we can help answering questions you might have about it...

ASSEN GP

Actually yes, What airport should I fly into and what would be the best way to get from the airport to the track?

ASSEN GP

think it's best if you just fly to Schiphol (amsterdam) and go to the central station there to take the train to assen. From assen central station there are busses to take you to the track. Ask Ben how that went, cause I've never ussed that. I don't think there is an airport closer to assen or an easier way to get to assen (like flying to the airport in Eindhoven or to Weeze (dusseldorf)), but I'll look into it

I assume you're not planning to fly in on race day, right?

right i want to be there for at least qualifying

Hehe, I guess Marijke is the best person to answer all your questions because I travel by car and I don't know anything about travelling by plane and stuff...

I will most likely go to Assen.
Like Marijke said, it's best to go to Schiphol and take a train to Assen.

ASSEN GP

right, here is some general information for all of you who might be interested some might have seen it before, I'm copy and pasting most of it from other topics I replied in smart huh

there's a trainstation in assen. your train takes 2h and 7 min to get from amsterdam to assen, you'll must change trains in hilversum (otherwise you'll end up like ben and matt running after all the other people in motogp-stuff ) If you remind me on time, I'll look up the times+railway you'll need in hilversum, makes your trip much more relaxed. a normal train ticket to assen is €37,40 (return) ( 25,10 pounds) , €24,70( 16,60 pounds) for a single ticket.

camping: get a cab and tell them to take you to the closest camping to the track. you can go there on wednesday night, cliff they open up on wednesday for those who don't want to miss a thing. the closest camping I think is Jan&Berta. it's near the main road and it's just a field full of tents/german people. the campings are very primitive and in the open pastures, but most do have a toilet for the ladies. they cost about €10,-p.n. I think, there not expensive. you do can get a 'normal' camping, but that's further from the circuit. don't expect to get a good night sleep...
what you also can do is to take a bus/cab to the village Witten. it's very close to assen, so it can't cost you that much money. when you get there, you'll see that the whole place is just a camping,also in the pastures of a farmer (also very primitive) so you have lots of places to set up your tents! on a personal note: DON'T GO TO WITTERZOMER, they suck cause they want to bann the motogp cause they are to loud bunch of assholes, they open up their campings for the bikers and make money of us, but at the same time they want to boycot the TT
I am sure there are arrangments if you camp on those fields to get to the city and back to the camping during the night, if you decide to go to Assen during the evenings. there will be a 3 day festival in the city too, like last year. last year was great, lot's of live-music. saw Ilse de Lange (you don't know her, but she's a good peformer) and had a good time.


here is a link if you want to contact a camping. http://www.internetgemeentegids.nl/asp/edi...mp;doc_id=28048 our country number is 0031 telefoon means telephone and contactpersoon=contact-person. who says dutch is difficult?!

ow and bring an umbrella will you, big chance it might rain

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most important stuff: the entree-prices!

passepartout ticket for thursday till saturday: €70 (no tribune cards for race day tho) (£70)
passepartout ticket for thursday and friday: maybe around €40,-(£27)? last year it was 40,- and since it gets more expensive every year so don't be surprised if you've to pay 45...

entree thursday: €20,- (£14)
entree friday: €23,- (£15)

raceday:
normal entree tickets, no tribunes: €40,- (£27)
Stekkenwal tribune: €54,- (<- great place imo) (£36)
Bult tribune: €54,- (£36)
Haarbocht tribune: € 57,- (£38)
Ossebroeken tribune: €59,-(£39/£40)
TT-World tribune : €60,-(£40)
Winterdijk tribune: €69,- (<- can't recommend that one) (£46)

you can order the tickets through www.tt-assen.com. we always do that, it never went wrong. here is a phonenumber for you all 0900-3882488, for information and tickets. it'll be 0031900-3882488 for you foreign people

if there is something I'm forgetting now, ask it ok

Thankyou Mari for your help and I look forward to meeting you this year (I look forward to meeting your Dad too, I hope he speaks a little bit of english!).

VALENCIA GP

Are they on sale yet?

How much are they? normally?

Has anyone on here from britain been before to valencia gp? how did you arrange it, package etc?


Thanks

VALENCIA GP

Has any one been to a valencia gp?? We did the usual donny and cadwell last year, but this year a crowd of us fancy going away!! I'd be interested in anyones experiences if you have been and details of how you travelled, I'm struggling to find cheap flights (direct flights) at the minute