Originally Posted by Dvb0415 (Post 422220)

COTA is awesome. What a great track. As said before the drivers are complaining about lack of grip. But they are putting down some good times. Vettel qualified first with a 1:35. Hamilton was close behind.

Turn 1 is one of the best turns I have ever seen on a track. Significant uphill from start and a very tight left hand 180 hairpin then downhill to right hander. The start of the F1 race will be very interesting. The esses are very fast. Our seats are at T12 at the end of the long straight. There should be good passing opportunities in T12 - T16. These turns will be interesting to watch. Our seats are in the T12 The grandstand seats offer a good view of the esses and of course T12 - T16. The braking and accelleration of the F1 cars has to seen to be believed.

Watched a Ferrari Challenge Race. A ten lapper. Some of those drivers weren't very good. I think our CR and DE drivers are better than some of the Ferrari drivers. Lots of fun to watch. GT Cup qualifying was good. Much better drivers than the Ferraris.

My last comment is about parking. Our house is in Leander, about 45 minutes. We arrived late at the track both days and had absolutely no problems parking. The shuttles are another thing. While they run regularly, there are long lines at the track to get on and long lines at the terminals to get out of the parking lots. Hope this holds true for race day. But we plan on leaving earlier.