Spielberg Austria
Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2023 2:22 pm
Jenny and I are just back from a four wheel road trip to Spielberg, main objective being the Austria MotoGP.
Along the way we visited Heidelberg - home of Princess Elisabeth Stuart, Stuttgart - for the Porsche Museum, Neuschwanstein Castle a memory from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Innsbruck, Kitzbuhel, and Schloss Waldeck overlooking the Eder Dam - "Bomb's away skipper".
Red Bull have taken over the Spielberg circuit and have made it a super modern venue. It was Osterrichring, and A1 ring in the past, the new shortened circuit has some of the best facilities we have seen anywhere. Access and viewing are excellent, amongst the best. It really surprised me as to how much up and down it is, pretty steep.
We had access to Gresini hospitality as usual for the weekend, watching the Sprint race from their garage. For the Sunday event we were between turn 2a/2b chicane and turn 5 where we could see half of the lap.
At the end of the Sunday, Neil / Gav / Michael / Sylvain joined us to finish off Greisin's beer supply. It was a hoot, they were all so chatty. Jenny and Sylvain shared stories about people carriers and school runs, Sylvain's wife has seven children to deal with including her husband
.
Some photos:
Moto3:
DSC_2611 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
DSC_2608 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
DSC_2567 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
Moto2:
DSC_2652 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
fullsizeoutput_3667 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
DSC_2496 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
Moto2 winner, Celestino Vietti
iJkrUMDcREmcYUw42kb1Vg by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
IMG_2043 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
IMG_2029 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
IMG_2016 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
IMG_2024 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
DSC_2844 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
DSC_2805 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
DSC_2775 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
DSC_2787 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
DSC_3007 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
DSC_3011 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
IMG_2513 by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
fq3zW44oTwCbDesiQPpSnw by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
fbakduaKSoCeHr24+DUMlw by gawaine appleby, on Flickr
more photos in this album:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjASyKk
Along the way we visited Heidelberg - home of Princess Elisabeth Stuart, Stuttgart - for the Porsche Museum, Neuschwanstein Castle a memory from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Innsbruck, Kitzbuhel, and Schloss Waldeck overlooking the Eder Dam - "Bomb's away skipper".
Red Bull have taken over the Spielberg circuit and have made it a super modern venue. It was Osterrichring, and A1 ring in the past, the new shortened circuit has some of the best facilities we have seen anywhere. Access and viewing are excellent, amongst the best. It really surprised me as to how much up and down it is, pretty steep.
We had access to Gresini hospitality as usual for the weekend, watching the Sprint race from their garage. For the Sunday event we were between turn 2a/2b chicane and turn 5 where we could see half of the lap.
At the end of the Sunday, Neil / Gav / Michael / Sylvain joined us to finish off Greisin's beer supply. It was a hoot, they were all so chatty. Jenny and Sylvain shared stories about people carriers and school runs, Sylvain's wife has seven children to deal with including her husband
.Some photos:
Moto3:
DSC_2611 by gawaine appleby, on FlickrDSC_2608 by gawaine appleby, on FlickrDSC_2567 by gawaine appleby, on FlickrMoto2:
DSC_2652 by gawaine appleby, on Flickrfullsizeoutput_3667 by gawaine appleby, on FlickrDSC_2496 by gawaine appleby, on FlickrMoto2 winner, Celestino Vietti
iJkrUMDcREmcYUw42kb1Vg by gawaine appleby, on FlickrIMG_2043 by gawaine appleby, on FlickrIMG_2029 by gawaine appleby, on FlickrIMG_2016 by gawaine appleby, on FlickrIMG_2024 by gawaine appleby, on FlickrDSC_2844 by gawaine appleby, on FlickrDSC_2805 by gawaine appleby, on FlickrDSC_2775 by gawaine appleby, on FlickrDSC_2787 by gawaine appleby, on FlickrDSC_3007 by gawaine appleby, on FlickrDSC_3011 by gawaine appleby, on FlickrIMG_2513 by gawaine appleby, on Flickrfq3zW44oTwCbDesiQPpSnw by gawaine appleby, on FlickrfbakduaKSoCeHr24+DUMlw by gawaine appleby, on Flickrmore photos in this album:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjASyKk
