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Thanks for the reply's, I will remember these places, unfortunately cant make it this year due to A level exams,but 2004 should be a good year for going with the new regulations!
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9 May 2003, 19:32
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did anyone see the large pull out advert for marque park in autosport this week? its the arena near the start of the mulsanne straight.
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Yes, I saw that looks very expensive, but might be worth a look, when I have more money 
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9 May 2003, 19:35
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We had a meal at the restaurant last year - bleedin' loud but also quite surreal to see cars whistling past at 200mph plus !!
The spectator area at Mulsanne Corner is great too - wander down alongside the track in the direction of Indianapolis and the cars are accelerating hard all the way down there. I think this is now the quickest bit of the circuit following the introduction of the chicanes.
Secondly, don't forget to make the trip down to Arnage / Indianapolis at night. It's actually one of the slowest bits of the circuit but the view as the cars brake for Arnage and then nail it down the straight to the Porsche curves is brilliant - glowing brake discs, flaming exhausts, pops, bangs, drivers hanging the back end out !! Top stuff !!
But all of the other spots mentioned above have their advantages - you need to get out and about and savour the sights and sounds.
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9 May 2003, 20:19
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Absolutely right Nick - and welcome to the forum! 
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9 May 2003, 20:34
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Thanks
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9 May 2003, 21:21
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If you can find a good place, and with good lens for your camera (my 300 mm worked superb last year there), Arnage is one of the best photographic points. You can picture the cars while accelerating out of the corner...
Discs glow red at dusk as they brake on the approach to tetre rouge as well. I specially remember the pescarolo courages in 2001 with the front discs "on fire"....
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10 May 2003, 08:09
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True, but the fencing is still a damned nuisance to the photographer there. (Like pretty well everywhere else).
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10 May 2003, 08:50
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Fencing.
I ignore it. I take it as being a sad fact of racing that i can't do anything about.
I don't really mind if there's catch fencing in my photos.
I suppose that's because although i've finally got my own camera, it's nothing like anything a professional would have, or even anything Ayse or Javi would have. Still, it's a vast improvement on a disposable.
Funny also you say 300mm javi. I don't know enough about cameras to know whether what it says on my camera in mm, is the same as what you refer to, but mine says 38-76mm... I think really everything's so damn small on my camera that catch fencing doesn't really show up anyway 
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10 May 2003, 10:08
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Last year I used to shoot through the fence sometimes, but I guess there´s a place at Arnage where you can shoot over it. I placed myself on the very left of the viewing area, beside a tree, where the terrain is a little bit higher than tha fence, and managed to shoot over it.
To Pirenzo: Your camera probably is small not to catch the fences, but I promise you than it be more comfortable (will weigh much much less) than my old Canon Ftb (Year 75) with to "oh so heavy" 300 mm lens. I usually have to rest the lens somewhere to shoot because is difficult to keep in the hands!!. anyway I love it... (I must be mad not to change for a newer camera, but...)
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10 May 2003, 10:20
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I will get a better camera one day, but at the moment i have to look completely happy with what i've got or my parents will be disappointed. I only got it this Christmas... Actually it does the job well enough.
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10 May 2003, 12:15
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I've been using the same camera since 1992 - Canon EOS 100 - don't make it any more but I think it's a beaut.
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10 May 2003, 13:11
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i know its not easy...but you can make a feature of debris fencing. sometimes you have no option.
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10 May 2003, 13:39
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wonderful picture!!!!
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10 May 2003, 14:48
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sorry its the wrong branch of motorsport...but you get the drift.
btw...fabs pictures on ayses site are very good. i think we might have been standing next to one another without realising!
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12 May 2003, 14:19
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