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It's getting to be a bit like a dance lesson.... 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2....
 

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Looking forward to Silverstone next weekend, also booked tickets for the Bond in Motion exhibition in the F1 Fanzone, may have to post some pics

Staying on Silverstone Woodlands in Lively Area
 

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Wombledon finals and British GP same weekend - thankfully have 2 decent TV's both with BTTV recording boxes, otherwise there could be a big fight over which to watch live!
 

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Looking forward to Silverstone next weekend, also booked tickets for the Bond in Motion exhibition in the F1 Fanzone, may have to post some pics

Staying on Silverstone Woodlands in Lively Area
Hope you have a great time, one year I will go. How much are the tickets this years, and do you got the long weekend including practice?
 

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Hope you have a great time, one year I will go. How much are the tickets this years, and do you got the long weekend including practice?

Tickets were:

F1 Weekend "General Access" £185
Silverstone Woodlands Camping £85 (https://www.silverstonewoodlands.co.uk/) it is like a festival
"Live In" Plot £30 (7x8m camp area) you can go in the tent area but they cram you in like battery hens

We are going up on Thurs AM and come back on Monday mid morning
 

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A really good race (if you ignore Mercedes). I do wonder what Vettel was thinking. Is he past his sell by perhaps?
 

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A really good race (if you ignore Mercedes). I do wonder what Vettel was thinking. Is he past his sell by perhaps?

I think he’s been flattered by the red bull in the past. He’s not a great wheel to wheel racer and 4 seasons at the front in clean air I think made his ability seem better than it was.

Don’t get me wrong he is a great driver when he’s got a massive advantage or in clean air. But as we have seen time and again when racing other cars/drivers of similar/better ability he makes rookie mistakes.

LeClerc appears to have far better race craft and I think Ferrari have to make a decision soon as to him being the no.1 over Vettel.
 

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A really good race (if you ignore Mercedes). I do wonder what Vettel was thinking. Is he past his sell by perhaps?
He's got that issues with "red mist", does this type of stuff now and again. that move was never going to work.
 

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Still a good race if you don't ignore Mercedes (this is after all a Mercedes Forum and we have all bought into the brand for good reason, their engineering is capable of out shining all competition). Lewis brought a good fight to Bottas in an identical car, it is not their fault that the likes of Ferrari et all have become "also rans". If Mercedes up their game with road going designs perhaps people will stop buying Ferrari and McClaren road cars as inferior products

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