Ok Thanks Pete

So is there anything else on offer from the organisers apart from track time?
I may well be happy to pay more if I know what it is.

I could be tempted to go this year, now that I won't be travelling all year. Might have to get my aircon gassed before heading into Europe late summer :-). I would be happy with 175. Thanks Pete

http://www.spa-francorchamps.be/en/calendar-meeting.php

As above its certainly scheduled to run.
Unsure if i can but if any help needed Pete i am happy to assist.

Thanks Reub, the best thing you can do for now is come along and bring your mates too. On the Saturday of the event, help getting passes to everyone will be much appreciated.

Hopefully I am in the final stages of negotiations and should soon be able to let everyone know what is happening.

same for me Pete , if you need ahand with anything just ask

Great news, hoping a few other coupe people will pop along such as my brother.

As above happy to help keep this event alive as long as possible.

1. Petep - £ the best I can get for us all.
2. CC £175.00 (Maybe)
3. Maggoagain £175.
4. Kayjey £150
5. Lego £150
6. Coupedummy and Brother £150
7. Nismo £150
8. MrC £150
9. HoveDan £175. Plus extra sessions when I'm there if the track forget to put my card details through again evil
10. MCMike £175, but 2 sessions is probably enough for my old girl
11. stuart81 £150
12. Mayzon £150
13. Jbt £200 as many sessions as possible
14. Crazylegs £200 as many sessions as possible
15. Sedicivalvole £175 dependant on the amount of sessions
16. Ben20vt £200
17. Insy £150 (although I'd probably only do 2 sessions)

I might be back in a coop soon (weighing it all up), if I decide against, I might taking the Alfa (if I'm welcome to join in!).

Insy ..definitely make the journey either way! Alfa looks lovely aswell.

I'll keep an eye on this. I'll be looking at coupes again around May time. So if I get one and it's not too late to book a place then i'm seriously interested!

I'd only be coming for the weekend and taking as little time of work as possible, as I also have to fit a wedding and honeymoon in this summer.....

Anymore news on Spa Pete?

Looks to be a great year for the coupes.

I'm just waiting on costs for the track damage insurance Reub.

Once I have that I can finalise things; we have agreed a package with the organisers.

thats good news Pete .

Great news. Thanks again pete.

Pete- Will probably go anyway, but do you think there's any way I could do a session at some point in the Clio? I think I remember there was a session or two at the last one with non-Italian cars. But that may be for the locals/track regulars? Do people remember that?

I'll ask Jonny, but I don't know how those non-Italian cars were on the track in 2012.

Previous to then it was only non-Italian support vehicles that were allowed into the display areas.

I'll let you know what they say.

Yes it did seem strange. Track day organisers and the circuits themselves often have a few 'friends' that have access whenever they like. I expect they'll say no, but thanks for asking.

We are now taking bookings for this event here are the details.

so will there be 1hrs parade laps too on the saturday morning ?

Quite probably, but the full programme has yet to be announced by the organisers.

I expect it to be similar to those in previous years which included Grande Parade, Scuderia, rides in track Ferraris and a road rally as well as various static events.

Edit Here is the link to the English version of their website. Not much on it yet, the French version says that the programme will be released soon.

thanks for the info Pete and all your hard work putting this together .

Here here

I'm never one for wishing my life away, but these 8 months can't pass soon enough

A brilliant event, very glad to see it back on the calendar.

Brilliant, well done and thanks Pete! Seeing this has put me one step closer to coupe ownership again!!

Great news.. cant wait! Cheers Pete.

Dan is the lady coming along this year? Do i bring the Mrs???

Lads weekender!

Thanks Pete for all your handwork! Roll on Spa!

How much are we saving on our heavily discounted track sessions Pete?

Just want to gauge how much we'll expect to pay for non discounted extra track time and Parade laps etc. As there is no info on the organisers website yet.

Simon has just told me the price of the ferry from Newcastle for us So need to tot-up figures to see if I can actually afford this trip before I pay the non-refundable deposit.

I don't have all the figures either yet Mark, but weekend admission to the circuit without any track time is 90€, about double what it was in 2012.

Sorry Pete, but you must have had a figure to conclude it was heavily discounted.

So if £175 for 2 sessions is the heavily discounted price - should we expect to pay in excess of £200 for an extra track 2 sessions or parades?. With the increase in costs it is very possible that we will not get 60 cars and only 2 sessions on track, so people will want extra sessions.

We should really have these figures and some published info on the event before being asked to commit a non- refundable deposit on the 14th of Feb.

Mark, I have already told you that we do not have all these figures.

The heavily discounted part is in relation to what we were initially asked to pay, which was something less than the casual participant will have to pay.

That figure is not something that I am prepared to discuss here.

But just working on the figures we know it is not too difficult to see where it is going.

Scuderia in 2012 was £128 per session with £45 admission for the weekend.

The public deal this year already has a weekend admission to the event of 90€ or £76.

Even if the Scuderia did not increase on 2012 prices we are already talking of £203 for weekend admission + 50 minutes on track at public rates.

That is already more than the club has negotiated for weekend entry and a guaranteed 2 track sessions with a possible 3rd.

Scuderia prices will increase. There is no doubt about that: For example the Ferrari experience has increased from 150€ to 200€ per session.

Here is what their website is showing today. It is as yet only in French and does not show Scuderia prices.

Before the deadline for you committing your money - we have already committed ours - the SpaItalia website will be showing the full programme and costs.

That is why we set the deadline to the middle of March.

If all you are interested in is a day going round the track, then you may well be advised to book with a trackday company.

SpaItalia is about more than just going round & round.