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Yes, Andrew, it was a wonderful circuit wasn't it? I was lucky enough to get to the last three Formula 2 meetings and I think my brother and I watched from the last corner each time, with a view from Ramp through the right hander and down to the startline. I remember being particularly impressed by the mellow terracing and coming across the odd dinosaur on the way to the track.
The F2s were great - good battle in 1972 between Scheckter's McLaren and Hailwood's Surtees - and the tight circuit used to even up the RAC saloons. I think people like Chris Craft, Vince Woodman and Dave Brodie in the Escorts used to give Frank Gardner and Brian Muir a real fight. Quite right Rutle, the Philip Parfitt book is excellent - wish I'd seen Ickx in the Ferrari and Rindt in 1964 and Bira and...........
Rob29, Rutle is right about Mallory; it's tremendous and has hardly changed at all. You can't stand at the apex of the hairpin but you can get pretty close at the entry and exit. I watch sometimes at the end of Stebbe straight as they turn into the esses - it's terrifying!
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