20 years to the day since the 1993 European Grand Prix at Donington
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- 11th April 2013, 13:08 at 1:08 pm #132997paul vinterParticipant
My first Grand Prix.
I remember:Leaving at 5.30am from Nottingham – driven there by my Dad
Sonic the Hedgehog everywhere, even the pit girls
The cold, and constant drizzle
Felt busy at the time, but on reflection nothing compared to modern F1 races I have attended
The late Tom Wheatcroft driving a very old Mercedes (?) as a demonstration and dropping it into the gravel
I seem to recall a round of the BTCC before the race, cannot remember any other support races
Both my Dad and I were very keen photographers but I don’t seem to have any pictures from that event sadly
We were perched at the end of Craner Curves – a lovely view
Spending 2 hours trying to get out due to the muddy car parks – tractors pulling people out with the help of very kind parking volunteers
Brilliant11th April 2013, 13:24 at 1:24 pm #231883wsrgoParticipantWow..how old were you then?
P.S.: No mention of Senna?11th April 2013, 13:30 at 1:30 pm #231884paul vinterParticipantI would have been 20. I was at Nottingham Polytechnic as it was then, and Dad lived in Lincolnshire so the whole F1 circus was really local. I seem to remember tickets being about 30 quid for the race day, but I might be wrong.
Well, everyone knows how well Senna did on the day – it was a great experience all round.
11th April 2013, 13:31 at 1:31 pm #231885Magnificent GeoffreyParticipant@wsrgo Bruno wasn’t racing then, silly. He was way too young.
11th April 2013, 14:16 at 2:16 pm #231886wsrgoParticipant@magnificent-geoffrey :D
@paulyv I’m sure you must have really enjoyed it..I’m not 20 yet and haven’t seen an F1 race live, so I hope to emulate you by catching my national F1 race next year!!11th April 2013, 15:16 at 3:16 pm #231887AnonymousInactiveDoes anyone know what happened to the fake Sonic trophy?
I like to imagine that somewhere deep in McLaren, Ron Dennis has it locked away as the pride of his collection.
11th April 2013, 15:47 at 3:47 pm #231888paul vinterParticipantI had never seen that. Senna appears to be wondering if it was all worth it.
11th April 2013, 21:04 at 9:04 pm #231889Keith CollantineKeymasterAs promised in the round-up:
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