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Old 1 May 2013, 09:12 (Ref:3241273)   #1
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Grand Prix de Pau Historique May 11/12th

As if May wasn't busy enough, have volunteered my services to help a fellow tenther and 'Famous International Racing Driver' take and run some open wheelers at Pau.

It would appear that Peter Auto websites are not working at the moment, so bit short of info. However, from stories told by others who have made the trip am expecting loads of atmosphere, perhaps some chaos and definitely lack of facilities. Sounds like fun. Anyone else venturing forth?

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Only marshalling the moderne & not arriving in Pau till Monday after the historics. It is a tight little circuit with it's own charming way of doing things.

Here's your timetable.
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Old 1 May 2013, 17:07 (Ref:3241398)   #3
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Thanks, Alasdair, that was useful. The website sprung into life later so have now worked out where circuit is and sorted accommodation!

Looking forward to it!

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Map of circuit can be found here - so you can go round it in Streetview

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Mike I will be taking my Kieft climax V8 in the pre 61 class for my first race in it......will be with CPE at the red truck so come and say high if you have time
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Map of circuit can be found here - so you can go round it in Streetview

http://www.marshalsguide.com/index.php/Pau
Cool, and safer than in real life! Had a look at the entries and some familiar names, although a bit lacking in GBR suffixes.......

Would be good, Nigel. We should be there thurs eve. Will look out for the Kieft.
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I'll be there Mike, with 2 other Brits in the Mini race, although the grid is tiny this year, after 2 startline shunts last year put the fear through the drivers, which is a real shame, as I'm told 26 Mini's into the first corner last year was quite a sight!

You need to arrive in Pau town centre Thursday am, and they escort you down to the paddock next to the Gare. Type in Rue du Maquis du Béarn, and pull up in the car park adjacent. Beware the overhanging trees on the way down!

It was actually one of the highlights, as the bloke who drives the 'escort car', some Citroen family shopping car, wears full nomex, puts his flashing orange lights on, and hares off into the distance, no doubt left foot braking into the turns, leaving you so far behind that you have no idea where to go! Classic stuff.

The one paddock toilet is less classic, but maybe they've looked into that. As it were...
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I'll be there Mike, with 2 other Brits in the Mini race, although the grid is tiny this year, after 2 startline shunts last year put the fear through the drivers, which is a real shame, as I'm told 26 Mini's into the first corner last year was quite a sight!

You need to arrive in Pau town centre Thursday am, and they escort you down to the paddock next to the Gare. Type in Rue du Maquis du Béarn, and pull up in the car park adjacent. Beware the overhanging trees on the way down!

It was actually one of the highlights, as the bloke who drives the 'escort car', some Citroen family shopping car, wears full nomex, puts his flashing orange lights on, and hares off into the distance, no doubt left foot braking into the turns, leaving you so far behind that you have no idea where to go! Classic stuff.

The one paddock toilet is less classic, but maybe they've looked into that. As it were...
Saw you on the small Mini entry list! Perhaps 10 (or however many eventually) into first corner is safer.......

Iain's in charge, I'm riding shotgun for this one. Haven't calculated when we are likely to be there, but Thursday sounds good!

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Not doing any of that namby pamby parking up and escort stuff. This is DELTA MOTOR SPORT.!!!. We are trucking straight through too the start line.
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Not doing any of that namby pamby parking up and escort stuff. This is DELTA MOTOR SPORT.!!!. We are trucking straight through too the start line.

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Just back from a week's walking in the region. P****d down every day. Webbed feet would have been more useful than boots! Hope you chaps have better luck
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Walking? What sort of sport is that! Bad luck Colin, hopefully there isn't much left up in the sky........ The WSR boys were at Motorland Aragon in Spain last weekend and had to contend with cold, rain and snow on the hills!

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Part of my race fitness regime, I now have massive thighs and weedy arms! Got that wrong then....

On the one occasion the rain stopped the snow that replaced it was quite spectacular, blowing straight up off the side of the mountain. Surreal.

We stayed in an old mill in a remote village...a garage over the road had an Alvis sign above the door but I never got the opportunity to investigate further.
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Not doing any of that namby pamby parking up and escort stuff. This is DELTA MOTOR SPORT.!!!. We are trucking straight through too the start line.
If you could just drop my car off on the front row of the grid, please Iain, that would be great ... well, anywhere ahead of yours ... after last time! Thanks for helping out Mike.
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Not doing any of that namby pamby parking up and escort stuff. This is DELTA MOTOR SPORT.!!!. We are trucking straight through too the start line.
As I recall Iain we went through all that escort stuff a couple of years ago and parked up only to see a darned great artic inching under the pedestrian bridge on the start/finish straight - the only thing that the devious partly signed diversions are setting out to avoid.

Mike, what's all this about "accomodation"? There's nowt wrong with the truck paddock atmosphere ... although the showers are, er, simple.

I thought the toilet facilities were fine .... well, once they agreed to open them .... day 3 I think it was.
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Post 7 made me quite sad. What a lovely post. Mike - I will be at Pau and look forward to meeting up with you and Ian for a drink or meal in one of the medieval squares - we should have a drink to CD's memory and hope that we are not subject to the same rotten luck as he was we pursue our dangerous but intoxicating hobby and privilege.
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Post 7 made me quite sad. What a lovely post. Mike - I will be at Pau and look forward to meeting up with you and Ian for a drink or meal in one of the medieval squares - we should have a drink to CD's memory
Absolutely, Peter. It will have to be done!
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Absolutely, Peter. It will have to be done!
Would it inappropriate or too mawkish to post a related pic or two?
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We will play it by ear, Grant. BTW you mentioned the fact that I had booked the luxury of accommodation. In fact have bought wifi but get a room free with it, if that makes it sound better.....

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We will play it by ear, Grant. BTW you mentioned the fact that I had booked the luxury of accommodation. In fact have bought wifi but get a room free with it, if that makes it sound better.....

Ah. Rooming charges to avoid Roaming charges.

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Great pics Grant, but at the moment if you tried to take any at Pau all you would see is rain and murk!

The weather slowly deteriorated all the way from Caen to Pau. By the time got close it was persisting it down and bleeding cold to boot. "Things can only get better" by D:Ream is on my playlist, funnily enough....... Some uncouth Brit in a RangeRover with shuttle on back overtook us this morning blasting his car horn. Not sure, but might be that Horsman bloke.

Gave up on trying to get to paddock as would have been soaked getting from there to hotel, so Delta Racing truck is parked right outside the window, and we are snug. Just had 'all you can eat' Asian buffet 5 minutes walk away. We did, and so are set up for the weekend. All Pau needs now is a chippy and an Indian and will be happy.

Hopefully weather WILL improve, you lot back in UK can have what S of France has endured today. Will be getting unloaded first thing after getting to 'circuit', then Iain can start preparing his car........
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Great pics Grant, but at the moment if you tried to take any at Pau all you would see is rain and murk!

All Pau needs now is a chippy and an Indian and will be happy.
never found a chippy, but there is an Indian.

The Visnu, one street back from the prom, in the "old" bit

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Restaur...Aquitaine.html

The forecast is for better - honest.
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