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Yes I know the current season hasn't even finish, but I just wanted to give all a heads up cause tickets/accomodation is impossible as the date closes in. Please register your interest. :)

This year fatz and I had a hell of a time and are commited to attending the next one. Ticket prices are as follows:

2004 GP ADVANTAGE TICKET PRICES

(incl GST)

Jones Grandstand $579

Brabham Grandstand $579

Fangio Grandstand $429

Prost Grandstand $429

Moss Grandstand $389

Senna Grandstand $389

Schumacher Grandstand $389

Clark Grandstand $349

Waite Grandstand $349

General admission price for all 4 days are $165, however from experience you are alot better off in the grandstands.

I was thinking of Senna stand as $389 is pretty reasonable however speak up if you think elsewise.

Also, if tickets are purchased before the 31st October 2003 you qualify for GP advantage:

GP Advantage Benefits as follows:

Exclusive access to the GP Advantage Bar

A Walk along Pit Straight t view the F1 Garages

GP Advantage Souvenir ticket

Timed Payment Option (3 instalments – conditions apply)

For more details visit www.grandprix.com.au

or for Accomodation/ticket packages www.grandprixtravel.com.au

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My experience was the opposite re the stands, my dad had a couple of seats and they were shit. It was on the outside of turn 1 with sand trap directly in front of you, it was too high off the ground and too far back from the track. My mate and I got a much better rush from wandering around and standing near the fences watching the cars pass a few feet away (which we spent most of the weekend doing).

Guess it depends on the stand?

I'm keen to head down for another one but too early for me to be planning it, I'll decide closer to the time and just bail down the coast avoiding speeding fines and get general admission. The atmosphere is enough :(

I am interested as just in the last few days a mate of my i was planning on going down to Melb with for the GP has had to pull out already. Would also be good fun id say with some fellow F1/skyline fans.

I have been to the last 2 Indys on the gold coast, General admission in 01' and grandstand in 02'. My experience was it was worth the extra money for the Grandstand because you always have somewhere to just sit and watch, if it undercover it is especially handy in bad weather (as i found out last year at indy). With just the general admission you can find some good little spots but you ussually have to battle with about 150,000 other people to get them. It can also be quite hard to follow a race with general admission if you have no big screen in view.

Does anyone remember Mark Skaife rolling his R32 GTR at the adelaide F1 gp in the very early 90's. those were the days, rolling GTRs and Senna racing F1.

Originally posted by fatz

i must say silver has a deep unknown booxing problem that seems to rear its head when at the gp that everyone must c

WHAT! I don't recall drinking??? :confused: :P

Originally posted by fatz

drive down my arse

fly down and hire a mirage for the rest of the week i can attest to the fact they r as quick on the great ocean road as a gtr

pete

provided you got king kong balls.

I'll be driving down again but I may go down early in the week to visit some friends. Probably Tuesday or Wednesday. View map of the circuit and then pick which one you want

Map

Duncan, turn 1 stands are expensive (Jones and Brabham). I'll wait and in the next few weeks which ever stand has the most nominations will get the nod. I'm pretty much flexable on which ever stand but don't want to force everyone to fork out too much money.

ok, so who paid attention at previous au grands prix? where does the overtaking action happen. or doesn't it?

As for the stands, I'll go with the group, but if you've got 6 months to save, $200 difference shouldnt really break the bank, should it?

I mean, just save $10 per week for 20 weeks, or if we had say 6 or 8 ppl chip in and get a 3-4 room apartment we'd save that much easy

I'm down for an apartment. Just hope people can forgive me for my behaviour when I've sucked too much of grandpa's medicine. But then again, missus will be there next year so I have to be on my best behaviour.

I be interested in comming. I've been before (not this year, the one before - webbers first race :D )

From my (limited) experience there, I had grandstand tickets (Schumacher stand) but I decided I wanted to be at the first turn for the start. I watched the start (BIG crash) and some of the race from the first turn, general admission, and the rest from my seat. I proimmised myself that next time, if I'm going to blow $300 odd on crappy stand tickets, I may as well go the extra $200 and get the best (turn 1 - Jones or Brabham) seats available, I mean, it only comes once a year, and belive me, it's worth every cent.

I'm also defo in for flying down. It's less than $200 return and takes a matter of hours.

Duncan, all the overtaking happens at the first turn, on lap one :P

Richard (F1 nut)

Looking at the map, Brabham is better cause you have a huge monitor in front of you. Jones stand, it's a little to far to see the monitor in front and have to look to the left to see the closest one (and the action is top the right).

I'll make a call sometime next week.




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