F1

Not only did I make the mistake of going but I compounded it by taking 6 year old F1 fan, SS7 Junior.

We ended up in Lower Regest street near the F1 compound/ghetto.

The whole thing was a shambles; the only people who saw anything were in the offices and roofs around. It was more than an hour late in starting, and the crowds were huge, so by the time the first F1 car started we'd been pretty uncomfortable for more than 2 hours.

To crown it all, some of the vehicles that took part in the parade were then parked in front of us, including a Hummer; about as big a road block as you could get. The crowd became understandably pretty restless, and more than insults were thrown.. I had to take a rather shaken 6 year old home after 3 cars had gone past.

I think its pretty indicative of how F1 treats its enthusiasts, and probably a good illustration of why the Olympic bid will fail.

Why wasn't it held in the Mall or Hyde Park where there was more space?

SS7

lancelotII wrote: I went too. Personally, thought it was a shambles. Two tube stations closed, couldn't see anything, didn't wait for it to start as was pi**ed off after 50 minutes of the only action being 4 roadsweepers going by.......(Why they waited until 6:15 to decide to clean the road, is beyond me...)

They were purposeful, to clean the road as close to the F1 cars running as possible, as when the show cars and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang went up, and all the event organisers and crowd's litter would cause debry on the road!  don't fancy a stone or something getting flicked up off those tyres at 13,000 RPM into my face also heard that City of Westminster were a sponsor of the event so it was a bit of advertising for the Council to show their presence!!