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Last weekend I attended the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit
Barcelona De Catalunya. It was the second Spanish Grand Prix that I have
attended having been to last year’s event.
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I travelled to Barcelona last Wednesday and went to the
circuit on Thursday where the pit-lane was open to fans. This gave us all the
opportunity to watch the teams set up the garages and the cars for the weekends
on track action. This is something I would highly recommend fans who attending
Grand Prix to do.
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The pit-lane wasn’t just open to Grandstand ticket holders
but also to fans who had general admission tickets. Thursday was extremely hot
at the circuit but I didn’t mind at all as I was in Spain for the opening race
of the European season.
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The last time I was at the Circuit Barcelona De Catalunya I
was there for winter testing in February which was fantastic BUT would this
time around be able to top the experience of testing? The answer was…YES! The
pit-lane was open for several hours on Thursday and I was standing outside the
Williams Martini Racing Team’s garage which was a hive of activity as the team
carried out practice pit-stops.
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As I looked on, I could see Susie Wolff in the garage
talking to her engineers as she was going to be driving in Free Practice One on
Friday.
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Suddenly she walked out of the garage into the pit-lane and
straight over to where I was standing. I was so excited! I asked her if I could
get my photo taken with her to which she replied absolutely no problem at all
so I took out my phone and took a ‘selfie with Susie.’ That was absolutely
amazing and was the highlight of my weekend.
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Following that I stayed outside the Williams garage and when
Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa came out of the garage just after 5PM where I
managed to meet Valtteri and get his autograph.
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I also got a great photo of Felipe Massa signing autographs
for fans. I also managed to get a great photo of Infiniti Red Bull Racing’s
Daniel Ricciardo. Thursday was an absolutely fantastic day and Friday was
absolutely brilliant seeing Susie Wolff in Valtteri Bottas’ FW37.
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Saturday was great too although I was disappointed to see
that Kimi Raikkonen struggled and was forced to start the race from seventh
place on the grid and went on to finish the race in fifth place just behind
Williams Martini Racing Team’s Valtteri Bottas while his Scuderia Ferrari team
mate Sebastian Vettel finished the race on the podium in third place.
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On race day, Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team’s Nico Rosberg
took his first victory of the season ending the race ahead of team mate and
championship leader Lewis Hamilton.
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When it comes to the atmosphere, the Spanish Grand Prix is
one of the best race events to attend. It is an extremely easy circuit to get
to as it located just a thirty minute walk from the centre of Montmelo where
there is a train connection to the centre of Barcelona.
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Flights to Barcelona are very frequent from around Europe
and prices are reasonable if they are booked at the right time. I stayed in a
town called Mollet which is located just a three minute train journey from
Montmelo. Tickets for the Grand Prix however vary in price depending on where
you want to seat.
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