We got to the camping place Wednesday around 13. If you want to stay at the Camping-am-ring place you should get to the place before 18 on Wednesday otherwise the number of places you can choose from is quite limited, but you can squeeze in to some place.

When we got to the place it was rainy, so we had to avoid the muddiest places. We found a spot at the top of places to choose from, and decided to pick a spot at the top. We therefore had to go shorter to the track and the Event center at night. The spot was also reasonably dry at the ground.

Our tent

We always go camping when going to a F1 race. It is much closer to the track, but most importantly it is more social and fun. The camping is much more fun compared to sitting in a hotel somewhere. We do not prefer the packaged tours, they are too basic. We just buy the ticket online by the track website. There seems to be greater innovations for people, how have not bought a packaged trip, because they can pack everything they need into their cars.

The Nürburgring track has been building a great new complex for events. This was not done on Wednesday, so the where working firmly on getting the last parts done to Thursday when the official program started. It seems like they managed to get mostly things done. There was still a couple of days work, but it was just the finishing.

There was still some parts of the sign missing

We had tickets to the T4 tribune section E. It was probably the best tickets that I have tried. We have had gold tickets at Spa-Francorchamps and at Hockenheim. But the view from the grandstand was great. It was possible to see the first corner and the whole Mercedes Arena. It was not possible to see all the way down the start and finish line. I think a better place would be at the Mercedes Tribune, where also a part of the start can been seen.

The view from the tribute T4 Section E

There was a lot of action at the corner and the arena in all the races. There was many fights of positions. I think the new regulations for F1 have meant more overtaking but the turn also seemed ideal.

The most fun part about the trip was the night life.

On the camping place event center was there a lot of music at night. The bands played cover numbers and did a really great job. They played for many hours and most members of the bands were singing. It looked really authentic and not like playback. Most importantly they got the whole tent ( a really large one) dancing and singing way.

The other interesting aspect was the way other campers had created their camps. It was nice to see groups bringing large truck to the campgrounds. They all had huge generators to power their sound and light shows. We both like watching what people have found they want to bring and show off. Unfortantly the night pictures was not very good because fo the light conditions and the camera. And then it was just to hang around and see what happened.

Now it is just to wait for the Belgium Grandprix.

But we would like to have packed much more, if the car allowed it.

Det var heller ikke så dyrt at være med til. Billetprisen var 200 kr, hvilket jo ikke er meget for en hel dags underholdning. Så kunne man købe opgraderinger til tribuner, men vi vurderede at det ikke gav så meget bedre oplevelse.

Der var en hel del løb i forskellige klasser. Der var en masse god race med overhalinger og placeringskampe.

Det som nok var mest impornerende i forhold til formel 1, var at der var løb på banen hele tiden. Der blev skiftet serier meget hurtigt. Det gjorde at der hele tiden skete noget på banen.

Der blev kørt rimeligt tæt til mange af løbene. Det gjorde at det var sjovt at se og at man ventede at der var overhaleninger hel tiden.

Noget som også gjorde løbet sjovt var at man kunne komme ned til alle bliverne. I stedet for F1 pitwalk, var der et grid show hvor man kunne komme helt ned til alle bilerne. Det betød at man kunne få et god indblik i hvordan bilerne så ud.

Til næste gang jeg skal af sted vil jeg nok gøre følgende anderledes.

• Medbringe snacks og mad, så man kan spise andet end de pølser der bliver solgt
• Medbringe stole, så man kan sidde lidt mere behaligt
• Undlade at købe billet på forhold, men købe den ved indgangen og få FDM rabat.

Komme til så det passer med det første DTC løb, så man kan se alle løbene.