Never in my wildest dreams…
Not even in my wildest dreams (and my dreams are a bit nuts) could I have envisaged what happened to me.
Not even in my wildest dreams (and my dreams are a bit nuts) could I have envisaged what happened to me.
It was a seemingly innocuous visit to Silverstone Circuit’s museum, a visit not dissimilar to one conducted by thousands of tourists each year. But oh how different it was.
In walking around the spare track as a result of changes to the F1 track near Luffield corner I noticed someone setting up a pretty serious looking camera. This - quite obviously - signalled to me that something of interest was afoot but what actually happened is seriously cool.
After half an hour of sitting on a bit of concrete a big red bus came clattering around the track. Not as exciting as I’m making this out to be I know but it’s who’s driving not what’s driving that matters.
Piloting this large red bus was a certain Sir Lewis Hamilton and the passenger onboard is the fabulous (in my heavily biased opinion) George Russell! Yep, the two Mercedes F1 drivers bombing around Silverstone in a London bus, doesn’t get cooler than this, does it?
Well it does. After the bus more vehicles emerged (not revealing any more as it was Sky’s filming and I don’t want to ruin it or annoy Sky) and towards the end the finest thing happened. George Russell waving at the crowd (all 15 of us) in a vehicle (still not giving it away). Best moment ever.
And if the ultimate F1 day out couldn’t get any better, in the distance was the RB18 testing and I have a recording of the sweet sound of an F1 engine. And all this for free (as a result of the Silverstone Museum annual pass).
Do comment your thoughts below. Can you top my ‘ultimate’ day out?