Spa and Zandvoort in 1 week

Sunday 31st July – Thursday 4th August 2011

Having missed the Zandvoort race with the Catehams last month due to work commitments, the school holidays started and I got an opportunity to travel to Spa and Zandvoort with book-a-track.com.

Having travelled to East Midlands airport for a BMI baby flight to Amsterdam to find it cancelled I was able to sneak off to watch the F1 Gp and then return to the airport a few hours later for a the later flight. We arrived at Amsterdam airport to find our car rental company closed for the evening, so we had to re-book another one and we sent off for a 3 hour journey towards Spa. We arrived at 1:30 in the morning and had an early get up for the circuit the next day.

2 amazing days at Spa + sun burn! Some great cars out on circuit. Ferrari 250, Porsches, Lotus Exige, Caterhams, more Ferrari’s. Passenger ride with Sarah Reader in an R400 – mega!

Wednesday we travelled back up to Amsterdam and on to Zandvoort and were ready for a track day on the Thursday. Woke up Thursday morning to bright sunshine and another fantastic weather day for a track day.

Having missed the Classic Graduates racing at Zandvoort in July I was lucky to get a passenger ride in a Porsche GT3 around the circuit.

Having left the circuit early to rush to Amsterdam airport for our return flight it was delayed by 2 1/2 hours. So not happy with BMI at the minute. 2 flights in 5 days and over 8 hours of delays – not great!

Anyway home now. Countdown days until Castle Combe. Next week I have a Cadwell evening track day book – fingers crossed its not raining.