Day 85... old and new

If Lewis wins a race he has to go and speak to Vodafone. If I won a race I'd chase the girls -  Sir Stirling Moss reveals why racing was much more fun back in his day

Over the years a lot of things have changed not just chasing girls...

one of the things I love about the F1 weekend is seeing cars, the new cars on the track and older cars in displays....

The new cars...  Lotus moves on to turn two while the Sauber comes around turn one... then some older cars

Sir Jack Brabham, Australia's first Formula 1 World Champion, 1960 Cooper

An old Buick Hearse, which is still in operation... a stylish way to make your final journey

One of the older teams in Formula 1, Williams

Then in the skies....

This helicopter looked like he had the clouds closing in on him



Day 84... on track

Today the F1 cars hit the track and I was sitting in the Jones stand at turn one to see all the action...

 The Sauber

 Team Lotus

 Red Bull - Sebastian Vettel (Current World Champion)

 Seven times World Champion, Michael Schumacher in the Mercedes... I love how you can see his helmet in the reflection of his mirror

 Force India

 Williams

The rubber laid on the track after the boys have played...

Day 83... in the pits

I have two passions... photography and Formula 1 Grand Prix

The season started this year with the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix... Melbourne, Australia and I was there. The F1 cars don't hit the track until Friday but they are there in the pits and I was lucky enough to walk along and see the cars in the garages.

This Toro Rosso was being pushed back to the garage after scrutineering

The front wings of the Sauber team

The top cover of the Williams car

Red Bull's Pirelli tyres

Time to get out of town....

Friday...

An early start this morning...

meeting point... Embankment tube station
meeting time... 7 am
destination... Silverstone

So a tube ride and then onto a bus and we were away... a small group of ten on the tour plus our guide, Jodie, an Aussie girl who is over here for two years working. The group seems to be good fun, two other Aussies, a father and son combo, three Irish guys and four English guys.

I would love to tell you all about the countryside between London and Silverstone but I am unable to tell you anything as I slept the whole way. I think the trip is catching up with me and I have been tired the whole day.

We made our way to our campsite, to drop out our gear. The tents were all set up when we arrived and our little section of the campsite is good, with all our tents lined up next to our "breakfast" tent.

Nice enough tents but small, I am glad I had paid the extra to have the tent to myself because it would had been very cosy in there with a friend but a stranger would had been awful.

There are three fields of campsite and then a fourth with a fairground and a bar/disco and there are some amazing camp set ups, there is one group of Scots (the giant Scottish flags lets everyone know that they are Scots) have leather couches, a soccer table and full camp kitchen as well as satellite TV.

After a bacon roll for breakfast at camp with the group it was time to hit the track.

My seat is in Luffield C stand and what a view... I can see the cars come out of the straight from the new section of the track, around Brooklands, a quicker corner, before going into the slower Luffield corner and then into the last turn, Woodcote... a great view!!

My boys appeared in their racing machines and it took a minute for me to believe that I was sitting in the stands for the second time this season....

My view... brilliant

My man... Michael Schumacher

Robert Kubica in the Renault

The beautiful red cars...

Nico in the Williams