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My trip to the Canadian Grand Prix

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My trip to the Canadian Grand Prix

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I am going to this years grand prix with my g.f for a weekend trip to montreal.

I was wondering which grandstand would be the best one to watch the race from? Also is anybody else going to the Canadian Grand Prix?

http://www.grandprix.ca/index_en.html

Click on Tickets and give me your advice on which grandstand number I should choose.
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Canadian GP seats

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We sat off the end of the hairpin last year and it was very good. I spoke to people who sat by the pits and they think the hair pin would have been better. I also checked out the seats into and out of the hairpin during support races and they would not be as good in my opinion.

The hair pin seats are farther away from the track than you think though becasue of the run off area. Get seats half way up. They allow you to see over the fence structure but are as close to the track as possible.

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I'd say it depends on what you want to get out of the weekend and what you'll be happiest seeing.

I'm not going to Canada, but am off to the British GP again...I'll be at Luffield this summer, but due to the ticket I've got it means I've got a roaming seat on the Fri and Sat - which means I can sit basically where I like.

I don't know how Canada compares and whether they do something similar.

I know the first year I went to the British GP I had a similar dilemma to you, I weighed up between sitting in the pit straight grandstand or sitting somewhere else, so for the first two years I went to Woodcote as I got to see all the action on the last few turns. Plus the two years I've attended the BGP its been insanely hot and sitting at woodcote meant sitting in the shade as its a covered stand. When I walked over to the post race party afterwards I saw people that had been sat in the pit straight grandstand suffering from really.. and I mean really really bad sunburn.

I know its not much help, but that would be my advice - think about what you want to see and what would make the weekend for you.
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Senna corner or the hairpin
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Tom
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I would go to the pit straight (with a nice veiw of the final chicane and champions wall) but then again it was critcised earlier so maybe its no the place to be, the advantage of Canada is its all good and your bound to see action where ever you go.
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Tom wrote:I would go to the pit straight (with a nice veiw of the final chicane and champions wall) but then again it was critcised earlier so maybe its no the place to be, the advantage of Canada is its all good and your bound to see action where ever you go.

I wouldn't! Not worth the money. You will not get a chance to see the wall of champions (unless you're holding the paddock club passes), and the cars zoom by too fast.

It is, however, amazing just before the race, or in-between the events!
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