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FF Monaco F1 GP trip
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FF Monaco F1 GP trip
How about Spa?
I haven't read the whole thread so I don't know If it's been mentioned - but barring Silverstone the next-closest is Spa in Belgium - plus it's 9 times out of 10 a great race!
I reckon you can get there in about 2-3 from Calais easy - plus there's plenty of accommodation, cheap apparently if you nip across the border into Holland/Germany...
The tickets for the race aren't as expensive as Monaco either!
I haven't read the whole thread so I don't know If it's been mentioned - but barring Silverstone the next-closest is Spa in Belgium - plus it's 9 times out of 10 a great race!
I reckon you can get there in about 2-3 from Calais easy - plus there's plenty of accommodation, cheap apparently if you nip across the border into Holland/Germany...
The tickets for the race aren't as expensive as Monaco either!
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Re: How about Spa?
But that's not what this thread is aboutcinqmeister said:
Re: How about Spa?
Sorry, I haven't had the time to read the whole thing - is the idea not to meet up at a Grand Prix somewhere???KoArAnG said:But that's not what this thread is about
The plan is to go to the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix as a Fiat forum group, stay in nice (short train ride from monaco city centre) for the entire GP weekend + 2 free days to do what you want. How you get there and back pretty much is up to you, however I am planning on driving, and I am sure some other people may be too, some people may want to fly etc...
But the general idea is all to go there together, (or at least meet up when we're there) have some fun watch some cars buzz around a track, soak up the atmosphere, get a tan, do some drinking, and come home for the better of having been to see an F1 grand prix at the best, most prestigeous, and one of the most historic circuits on the F1 tour.
If you want to come, you're more than welcome, its a long way off yet, so a provisional yes/no is fine since we'll want to confirm numbers closer to next summer. But I warn you its not going to be cheap, hence why we've (KoA) has started this thread early so there is enough for warning for people who have to save, to get the money together (I'm one of those people ), so the experiance can be as hastle free as possible.
Hope that answers your questions, if you want any more info, PM me or KoA, or read through the numerous pages of this thread, there is lots of juicy bits of information in there.
Alex
EDIT: I forgot to mention, not many people get to do this sort of thing too often, and to me its a good excuse to go and do something I normally wouldn't think of doing, or normally afford to do.
But the general idea is all to go there together, (or at least meet up when we're there) have some fun watch some cars buzz around a track, soak up the atmosphere, get a tan, do some drinking, and come home for the better of having been to see an F1 grand prix at the best, most prestigeous, and one of the most historic circuits on the F1 tour.
If you want to come, you're more than welcome, its a long way off yet, so a provisional yes/no is fine since we'll want to confirm numbers closer to next summer. But I warn you its not going to be cheap, hence why we've (KoA) has started this thread early so there is enough for warning for people who have to save, to get the money together (I'm one of those people
), so the experiance can be as hastle free as possible.Hope that answers your questions, if you want any more info, PM me or KoA, or read through the numerous pages of this thread, there is lots of juicy bits of information in there.
Alex
EDIT: I forgot to mention, not many people get to do this sort of thing too often, and to me its a good excuse to go and do something I normally wouldn't think of doing, or normally afford to do.
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Re: How about Spa?
It's no problem mate, it's just that the subject of going to a different GP has come up in the thread before, and like Alex says this about realising a dream, and that's what we want to stick to in this threadcinqmeister said:
Peterborough to Monaco!
Time Mile Instruction For Toward
Summary: 926.6 miles (1 day, 5 hours, 31 minutes)
DAY 1
09:00 0.0 Depart Peterborough on Gloucester Road (West) 0.1 mi
09:01 0.1 Bear RIGHT (West) onto St Johns Road 21 yds
09:01 0.1 Turn RIGHT (North-West) onto Glebe Road 0.3 mi
09:03 0.4 Bear LEFT (South-West) onto A15 [London Road] 1.5 mi
09:06 1.9 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit 21 yds
09:06 1.9 Exit roundabout onto A15 [London Road] 0.3 mi
09:07 2.2 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit 98 yds
09:07 2.3 Exit roundabout onto A15 [London Road] 3.2 mi
09:13 5.4 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit 21 yds
09:13 5.4 Exit roundabout onto Ramp 0.2 mi A1(M) / London / Huntingdon
09:14 5.6 Continue (South) on A1(M) 8.4 mi
09:20 14.0 At A1(M) Exit 14, continue (South) on Ramp 0.2 mi A14 / M11 / London (East) / Huntingdon / Cambridge / Stansted
09:21 14.2 Continue (South-East) on 14 98 yds
09:21 14.3 Continue (South-East) on A1(M) 0.9 mi
09:21 15.2 Continue (South) on A14 15.8 mi
09:45 31.0 Continue (South-East) on M11 42.1 mi M11 / London
10:19 73.1 At M11 Exit 6, continue (South) on Ramp 0.2 mi M25 / M20 / M1 / Dartford Tnl. / Watford
10:19 73.3 Stay on Ramp (South) 0.3 mi M25 / M20 / M23 / Dartford Tnl. / Gatwick Airport
10:20 73.6 Continue (East) on M25 16.0 mi
10:32 89.7 *Toll road* Continue (South) on A282 4.2 mi
10:36 93.9 At A282 Exit 2, continue (South) on M25 3.8 mi M25 / M23 / M20 / Gatwick Airport / Channel Tnl / Dover
10:40 97.7 At M25 Exit 3, bear LEFT (South) onto Ramp 0.1 mi A20 / London SE / Swanley
10:40 97.8 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit 32 yds
10:40 97.9 Exit roundabout onto Ramp 0.3 mi M20 / Maidstone / Channel Tunnel / Dover
10:40 98.1 Bear LEFT (East) onto M20 47.0 mi
11:18 145.1 At M20 Exit 11A, bear LEFT (East) onto Ramp 0.4 mi Channel Tunnel
11:18 145.5 Continue (East) on Local road(s) 0.9 mi
11:20 146.5 *Check timetable* Take Channel Tunnel/Tunnel Sous la Manche (East)
11:42 146.5 Entering France
11:56 146.5 Take Local road(s) (West) 164 yds
11:56 146.6 Turn RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s) 0.7 mi
11:57 147.2 Continue (North) on Avenue de France 0.6 mi
11:58 147.8 Bear RIGHT (North) onto Ramp 0.2 mi A16 / E402 / A26 / E15 / Calais / Lille / Reims Paris / Bruxelles
11:58 148.0 Bear RIGHT (East) onto A16 [E402] 3.5 mi
12:01 151.6 Bear RIGHT (East) onto Ramp 0.5 mi A26 / E15 / St Omer / Lens / Arras / Lille Par Lens / Reims-Paris
12:02 152.1 Continue (South) on A26 [E15] 10.6 mi
12:10 162.6 *Toll road* At A26 Exit 2, stay on A26 [E15] (South-East) 151.9 mi
14:12 314.6 Continue (South) on Ramp 0.9 mi
14:13 315.4 Continue (East) on A4 [E17] 5.8 mi
14:18 321.2 *Toll road* Stay on A4 [E50] (South-East) 15.7 mi
14:30 337.0 Continue (South-East) on Ramp 0.7 mi A26 / E17 / St-Gibrien / Châlons S/M-Rive Gauche / Troyes / Lyon
14:31 337.6 *Toll road* Continue (South) on A26 [E17] 55.5 mi
15:15 393.1 Stay on A26 [E17] (South) 0.8 mi
15:16 393.9 *Toll road* Stay on A26 [E17] (South) 2.9 mi
15:18 396.9 Continue (South) on Ramp 0.8 mi A5 / E17 / Magnant / Chaumont / Mulhouse / Dijon - Lyon
15:20 397.7 *Toll road* Bear RIGHT (East) onto A5 [E17] 50.4 mi
16:00 448.1 Stay on A5 [E17] (South) 0.9 mi
16:01 449.0 *Toll road* Stay on A5 [E17] (South-East) 5.3 mi
16:05 454.3 *Toll road* Stay on A5 [E17] (South) 0.5 mi A31 / E17 / Langres-Sud / Besançon / Dijon / Lyon
16:05 454.8 *Toll road* Continue (South) on A31 [E17] 68.0 mi
17:00 522.8 End of day
DAY 2
09:00 522.8 *Toll road* Stay on A31 [E17] 2.7 mi
09:02 525.5 *Toll road* Continue (South) on A6 [E15] 79.2 mi
10:05 604.7 *Toll road* Stay on A6 [E15] (South-East) 8.9 mi A6 / E15 / Anse / Lyon - Centre
10:12 613.6 Stay on A6 [E15] (South) 3.4 mi
10:15 617.0 At A6 Exit 36, stay on A6 [E15] (South-East) 3.1 mi A6 / Marseille / Lyon - Presqu'ile
10:18 620.1 Continue (South) on A7 [E15] 1.2 mi
10:19 621.2 Stay on A7 [E15] (South) 3.1 mi St Étienne / Marseille / Quai P. Sémard
10:22 624.3 Stay on A7 [E15] (South-East) 11.8 mi St Étienne / Feyzin / Marseille
10:32 636.1 *Toll road* At A7 Exit 9, stay on A7 [E15] (East) 105.8 mi
11:56 741.9 *Toll road* Stay on A7 (South-East) 49.5 mi A7 / Orange / Avignon / Marseille / Nice
12:36 791.4 *Toll road* Continue (South) on A8 [E80] 18.6 mi A8 / E80 / Aix Ouest / Aix en Pce / Toulon / Nice
12:51 810.0 *Toll road* Stay on A8 [E80] (East) 109.9 mi A8 / E80 / St Maximin / Fréjus-St Raphaël / Cannes / Nice
14:18 919.9 At A8 Exit 56, bear RIGHT (South-East) onto Ramp 0.2 mi Monaco / Cap d'Ail / Beausoleil
14:19 920.1 Continue (East) on Local road(s) 0.5 mi
14:19 920.6 Continue (East) on Tunnel de Monaco 1.0 mi
14:21 921.6 Bear LEFT (South-East) onto Local road(s) 0.1 mi
14:21 921.7 Continue (East) on N7 1.8 mi
14:24 923.5 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit 32 yds
14:24 923.6 Exit roundabout onto Boulevard du Jardin Exotique 1.0 mi
14:24 923.7 Entering Monaco
14:26 924.6 Bear LEFT (North-West) onto Boulevard Rainier III 0.4 mi
14:27 925.0 Turn LEFT (East) onto Avenue Prince Pierre 0.1 mi
14:27 925.1 Turn RIGHT (South) onto Rue de la Colle 142 yds
14:27 925.2 Turn LEFT (East) onto N98 [Boulevard Charles III] 54 yds
14:27 925.2 Continue (East) on Local road(s) 0.2 mi
14:28 925.4 Turn RIGHT (East) onto N98 [Avenue du Port] 0.6 mi
14:29 926.0 Bear RIGHT (East) onto Ramp 142 yds
14:29 926.1 Bear RIGHT (East) onto Boulevard du Larvotto 0.3 mi
14:30 926.4 Bear RIGHT (North) onto Ramp 76 yds
14:30 926.4 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit 21 yds
14:30 926.4 Exit roundabout onto Boulevard Louis II 87 yds
14:30 926.5 Turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s) 0.2 mi
14:31 926.6 Arrive Monaco
SUMMARY
Driving distance: 926.6 miles
Trip duration: 1 day, 5 hours, 31 minutes
Driving time: 12 hours, 55 minutes
Cost: £109.91
Time Mile Instruction For Toward
Summary: 926.6 miles (1 day, 5 hours, 31 minutes)
DAY 1
09:00 0.0 Depart Peterborough on Gloucester Road (West) 0.1 mi
09:01 0.1 Bear RIGHT (West) onto St Johns Road 21 yds
09:01 0.1 Turn RIGHT (North-West) onto Glebe Road 0.3 mi
09:03 0.4 Bear LEFT (South-West) onto A15 [London Road] 1.5 mi
09:06 1.9 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit 21 yds
09:06 1.9 Exit roundabout onto A15 [London Road] 0.3 mi
09:07 2.2 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit 98 yds
09:07 2.3 Exit roundabout onto A15 [London Road] 3.2 mi
09:13 5.4 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit 21 yds
09:13 5.4 Exit roundabout onto Ramp 0.2 mi A1(M) / London / Huntingdon
09:14 5.6 Continue (South) on A1(M) 8.4 mi
09:20 14.0 At A1(M) Exit 14, continue (South) on Ramp 0.2 mi A14 / M11 / London (East) / Huntingdon / Cambridge / Stansted
09:21 14.2 Continue (South-East) on 14 98 yds
09:21 14.3 Continue (South-East) on A1(M) 0.9 mi
09:21 15.2 Continue (South) on A14 15.8 mi
09:45 31.0 Continue (South-East) on M11 42.1 mi M11 / London
10:19 73.1 At M11 Exit 6, continue (South) on Ramp 0.2 mi M25 / M20 / M1 / Dartford Tnl. / Watford
10:19 73.3 Stay on Ramp (South) 0.3 mi M25 / M20 / M23 / Dartford Tnl. / Gatwick Airport
10:20 73.6 Continue (East) on M25 16.0 mi
10:32 89.7 *Toll road* Continue (South) on A282 4.2 mi
10:36 93.9 At A282 Exit 2, continue (South) on M25 3.8 mi M25 / M23 / M20 / Gatwick Airport / Channel Tnl / Dover
10:40 97.7 At M25 Exit 3, bear LEFT (South) onto Ramp 0.1 mi A20 / London SE / Swanley
10:40 97.8 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit 32 yds
10:40 97.9 Exit roundabout onto Ramp 0.3 mi M20 / Maidstone / Channel Tunnel / Dover
10:40 98.1 Bear LEFT (East) onto M20 47.0 mi
11:18 145.1 At M20 Exit 11A, bear LEFT (East) onto Ramp 0.4 mi Channel Tunnel
11:18 145.5 Continue (East) on Local road(s) 0.9 mi
11:20 146.5 *Check timetable* Take Channel Tunnel/Tunnel Sous la Manche (East)
11:42 146.5 Entering France
11:56 146.5 Take Local road(s) (West) 164 yds
11:56 146.6 Turn RIGHT (North) onto Local road(s) 0.7 mi
11:57 147.2 Continue (North) on Avenue de France 0.6 mi
11:58 147.8 Bear RIGHT (North) onto Ramp 0.2 mi A16 / E402 / A26 / E15 / Calais / Lille / Reims Paris / Bruxelles
11:58 148.0 Bear RIGHT (East) onto A16 [E402] 3.5 mi
12:01 151.6 Bear RIGHT (East) onto Ramp 0.5 mi A26 / E15 / St Omer / Lens / Arras / Lille Par Lens / Reims-Paris
12:02 152.1 Continue (South) on A26 [E15] 10.6 mi
12:10 162.6 *Toll road* At A26 Exit 2, stay on A26 [E15] (South-East) 151.9 mi
14:12 314.6 Continue (South) on Ramp 0.9 mi
14:13 315.4 Continue (East) on A4 [E17] 5.8 mi
14:18 321.2 *Toll road* Stay on A4 [E50] (South-East) 15.7 mi
14:30 337.0 Continue (South-East) on Ramp 0.7 mi A26 / E17 / St-Gibrien / Châlons S/M-Rive Gauche / Troyes / Lyon
14:31 337.6 *Toll road* Continue (South) on A26 [E17] 55.5 mi
15:15 393.1 Stay on A26 [E17] (South) 0.8 mi
15:16 393.9 *Toll road* Stay on A26 [E17] (South) 2.9 mi
15:18 396.9 Continue (South) on Ramp 0.8 mi A5 / E17 / Magnant / Chaumont / Mulhouse / Dijon - Lyon
15:20 397.7 *Toll road* Bear RIGHT (East) onto A5 [E17] 50.4 mi
16:00 448.1 Stay on A5 [E17] (South) 0.9 mi
16:01 449.0 *Toll road* Stay on A5 [E17] (South-East) 5.3 mi
16:05 454.3 *Toll road* Stay on A5 [E17] (South) 0.5 mi A31 / E17 / Langres-Sud / Besançon / Dijon / Lyon
16:05 454.8 *Toll road* Continue (South) on A31 [E17] 68.0 mi
17:00 522.8 End of day
DAY 2
09:00 522.8 *Toll road* Stay on A31 [E17] 2.7 mi
09:02 525.5 *Toll road* Continue (South) on A6 [E15] 79.2 mi
10:05 604.7 *Toll road* Stay on A6 [E15] (South-East) 8.9 mi A6 / E15 / Anse / Lyon - Centre
10:12 613.6 Stay on A6 [E15] (South) 3.4 mi
10:15 617.0 At A6 Exit 36, stay on A6 [E15] (South-East) 3.1 mi A6 / Marseille / Lyon - Presqu'ile
10:18 620.1 Continue (South) on A7 [E15] 1.2 mi
10:19 621.2 Stay on A7 [E15] (South) 3.1 mi St Étienne / Marseille / Quai P. Sémard
10:22 624.3 Stay on A7 [E15] (South-East) 11.8 mi St Étienne / Feyzin / Marseille
10:32 636.1 *Toll road* At A7 Exit 9, stay on A7 [E15] (East) 105.8 mi
11:56 741.9 *Toll road* Stay on A7 (South-East) 49.5 mi A7 / Orange / Avignon / Marseille / Nice
12:36 791.4 *Toll road* Continue (South) on A8 [E80] 18.6 mi A8 / E80 / Aix Ouest / Aix en Pce / Toulon / Nice
12:51 810.0 *Toll road* Stay on A8 [E80] (East) 109.9 mi A8 / E80 / St Maximin / Fréjus-St Raphaël / Cannes / Nice
14:18 919.9 At A8 Exit 56, bear RIGHT (South-East) onto Ramp 0.2 mi Monaco / Cap d'Ail / Beausoleil
14:19 920.1 Continue (East) on Local road(s) 0.5 mi
14:19 920.6 Continue (East) on Tunnel de Monaco 1.0 mi
14:21 921.6 Bear LEFT (South-East) onto Local road(s) 0.1 mi
14:21 921.7 Continue (East) on N7 1.8 mi
14:24 923.5 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit 32 yds
14:24 923.6 Exit roundabout onto Boulevard du Jardin Exotique 1.0 mi
14:24 923.7 Entering Monaco
14:26 924.6 Bear LEFT (North-West) onto Boulevard Rainier III 0.4 mi
14:27 925.0 Turn LEFT (East) onto Avenue Prince Pierre 0.1 mi
14:27 925.1 Turn RIGHT (South) onto Rue de la Colle 142 yds
14:27 925.2 Turn LEFT (East) onto N98 [Boulevard Charles III] 54 yds
14:27 925.2 Continue (East) on Local road(s) 0.2 mi
14:28 925.4 Turn RIGHT (East) onto N98 [Avenue du Port] 0.6 mi
14:29 926.0 Bear RIGHT (East) onto Ramp 142 yds
14:29 926.1 Bear RIGHT (East) onto Boulevard du Larvotto 0.3 mi
14:30 926.4 Bear RIGHT (North) onto Ramp 76 yds
14:30 926.4 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit 21 yds
14:30 926.4 Exit roundabout onto Boulevard Louis II 87 yds
14:30 926.5 Turn LEFT (East) onto Local road(s) 0.2 mi
14:31 926.6 Arrive Monaco
SUMMARY
Driving distance: 926.6 miles
Trip duration: 1 day, 5 hours, 31 minutes
Driving time: 12 hours, 55 minutes
Cost: £109.91
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Re: Peterborough to Monaco!
But that works out pretty cheap. You up for it then TC ?
:chin: hmmm Don't fancy the tunnel in the current situationtwincamms said:
But that works out pretty cheap. You up for it then TC ?
Hi again
well the tunnel is still going..tho there is going to be job cuts accordin the latest news...will get more of us on the boat
Also when travelling in France u WILL need an Orange triangle and high-vis Jacket for your car, i do recall unlike here. Best to check up on this and i wouldnt bother with those silly things tht make your highlights less blinding to the foriegn drivers...they never do it over here
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well the tunnel is still going..tho there is going to be job cuts accordin the latest news
...will get more of us on the boat Also when travelling in France u WILL need an Orange triangle and high-vis Jacket for your car, i do recall unlike here. Best to check up on this and i wouldnt bother with those silly things tht make your highlights less blinding to the foriegn drivers...they never do it over here
Slc
Slc said:Hi again
well the tunnel is still going..tho there is going to be job cuts accordin the latest news
Also when travelling in France u WILL need an Orange triangle and high-vis Jacket for your car, i do recall unlike here. Best to check up on this and i wouldnt bother with those silly things tht make your highlights less blinding to the foriegn drivers...they never do it over here
Slc
I have a Hi-Vis jacket with my name on it
(don't know why though!) I will be bringing that. and I stole the Toolkit and Warning triangle out of my dads M3 before he sold it 
ALdi are currently doing a kit including warning triangle, high visibility jacket and one other item I forget, about £6.
Err.........................
I doubt it Korang, I've just lost my job!
I doubt it Korang, I've just lost my job!
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Sorry to hear that mate... Damn thats a real bummer TC I know how you feel there
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Sorry to hear that mate... Damn thats a real bummer TC I know how you feel there littleebo356
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hey guys i not checked this forum 4 ages i def up 4 a trip 2 monacco i no i dont no anyone lol but i stuill up 4 it
littleebo356 said:hey guys i not checked this forum 4 ages i def up 4 a trip 2 monacco i no i dont no anyone lol but i stuill up 4 it
Good stuff, I'm sure by the time it comes around you'll have met some of us (I hope that doesn't put you off!)
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Cool, another convoyeelittleebo356 said:hey guys i not checked this forum 4 ages i def up 4 a trip 2 monacco i no i dont no anyone lol but i stuill up 4 it
Right... I've started a web site where you can access all of the information that I have (when I've finally uploaded it all). I'll also keep posting updates on there as and when, as well as on this thread, but since there are some sub conversations starting to emerge here its going to be easier to take the useful stuff off here and put it on the web site, to keep the pertenent (sp) stuff all together... if you get what I mean.
so here is the url, feel free to hit it as many times as you like since its Bens server and he loves the extra traffic!
ok its: http://monaco.revone.co.uk/
also I apologise for my lack of artistic tallent, it seems to have escaped me over the past day or so!
I am going to be uploading stuff this weekend, and tralling through this thread to try and get as much usful stuff as possible ported over... anyway enough waffle, book mark it if you wish, and keep checking back.
so here is the url, feel free to hit it as many times as you like since its Bens server and he loves the extra traffic!
ok its: http://monaco.revone.co.uk/
also I apologise for my lack of artistic tallent, it seems to have escaped me over the past day or so!
I am going to be uploading stuff this weekend, and tralling through this thread to try and get as much usful stuff as possible ported over... anyway enough waffle, book mark it if you wish, and keep checking back.
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Like I said in the PM Alex, thanks mate
That's gonna come in very useful for planning this trip and maybe make people realise how serious we are. I am still thinking of doing the trip in the car. I think it will be more fun TBH. Although I may hire a car so I can really enjoy myself without worrying about my car
Website looks great
That's gonna come in very useful for planning this trip and maybe make people realise how serious we are. I am still thinking of doing the trip in the car. I think it will be more fun TBH. Although I may hire a car so I can really enjoy myself without worrying about my car
Website looks great
