Am I nuts? Anyone want to come play?

[Ian Anderson]

Well last week at the GT40 meeting at Silvermere a few of us were kicking around the idea of doing a "European tour" and putting some miles on our cars.

then there was some debate if we should put the cars on the train for the trip Germany to Italy and back

Well I had a play on Google maps today (work was slow!)

How about a tour of some tracks (past and present) and places in Europe - get onto the tracks if we can - photo oppertunities etc?

All up in the air at present but berhaps time to put on my organising hat again and see what can be sorted

Any way

How about "Le Grand Tour?"

Ferry to Calais

Spa 3h20m 346km

Nurbergring 1h41m 110km

Hockenheim 2h17 214km

Imola 7h55m 832km

Marinello 1h08m 93km

Monaco 4h21 433km

Barcelona 6h29m 683km

Pau 5h24 583km

Fay De Bretagne 6h17m 569km

Le Mans Bugati 2h21m 211km

Magne Curse 3h42 340km

Calais 5h21 562km



Total 50 hours 4976km



Google maps also says Approx fuel Eur 750.53 so About Eur1100 for a GT40

So a tour of about 2 weeks good roads (some of the time) nice hotels over night, good food etc.

And to visualise it below is a possible route map!

Ian

 

[Mark]

Ian, that would be truly epic! If the P4 is finished in time and you didn't mind have such a car in the mix I may be willing to go for that, or something very similar. I would of course, have to omit the Italian leg to avoid the possible destruction of my car (eek) and go straight to Monaco from Basel via Dijon.

 

[Jon Briggs]

Mark, go Geneva - Grenoble - Route Napoleon to Monaco. Its a truly epic drive, and don't forget the wine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_Napoléon

 

[Mark]

Good call Jon!