On Saturday and after breakfast, those that chose to attend qualifying, our comfortable coaches made the trip to the circuit. Arriving in time for the first GP3 race, a full day of action lay ahead including the latest instalment of a fantastic F2 season and the noise and fun and games of the Porsche Super Cup, before the main event of the day - the F1 qualifying – with the weather always changeable at Spa it did not disappoint this year – a downpour in Q3 mixed up the grid and with the newly owned ‘Racing Point’ Force India taking P3 & P4 behind Lewis Hamilton on pole, once again showing his skill in the wet and his championship rival Sebastian Vettel in the second spot – it seemed as though this race would be as close as the championship. With the option to return after qualifying or at the end of the day all our clients made their way back to the hotels and a bite to eat before the real business of race day! 

As the sun shone, our coaches made the trip back to the track in record time dodging the notorious Francorchamps traffic and the atmosphere did not disappoint – some exciting warm-up racing lead to the wonderful sight of twenty F1 cars lined up on the grid, five lights turning red and then out to signal charge towards Turn 1 (La Source) – as it turned out the most dramatic moments of the race would occur in the first lap with Hulkenberg locking up and spectacularly sending the newly retiring Alonso into the air and on top of Le Clerc, two drivers at the opposite ends of their career both being denied the chance to test their machines against the rest of the field or even one corner of the track but thankfully no one was injured in the crash.  However, before the clean-up operation began Vettel seized his moment with a brilliant pass on Hamilton, then the Ferrari and Mercedes’s managed to hold of the ambitious attentions of the Force India pair down the Kemmel straight towards Les Coombes. Once La Source was clear the race resumed and gave Vettel and Ferrari the chance to flex their impressive engine and dominate the rest of the race before taking the chequered flag ahead of Hamilton and much to the delight of the ever-entertaining Dutch fans, Verstappen – managing his first podium at Spa. The first corner incident is one sure to be repeated on TV for years to come and provides another wonderful ‘I was there’ moment for our clients.