We bought weekend passes for the F1. They were general admission, which meant we could wander round the track, but could not go into any of the grand stands. We decided to drive into town on the Friday afternoon to have a look around. We thought we would drive and see if we could get parked somewhere in town. As it turned out, I dont think anyone was as insane as us and we got parked a 10minute walk from the main entrance!! Totally crazy, Leigh and I spent about an hour in shock about our good fortune. We just could not believe we got parked so close.

We followed the crowds of people towards the entrance and towards the noise. As we arrived the F1 cars were going out for a practice, and my word they are loud. I was so glad we had the ear defenders.



Friday was very pleasant, the weather was lovely and you could easily get close to the fences to see the cars fly past.



We didnt stay too long that evening and used it more to get a feel for the place and work out the best places to stand.

Here are a couple of my fav photos from Friday. As you might imagine I took a few