I won a place at the FOTA fans forum, which the best thing I can describe is that it's like Comic Con but for F1 instead of TV and movies. It was worth the 4 hour drive. The place is really impressive - difficult to believe that it's a factory for building cars, everything was spotless. I got to sit in an MP4-12C! The panel gave interesting although at times generic answers. The drivers (Hamilton and Kobayashi) came across really well. Hamilton buggered off immediately though, while Kobayashi stayed behind for autographs and things, which was good of him.

We weren't allowed to take photos inside, so the only photos I managed are of the exterior of the building. I'd love to work there. They gave us a book as we were leaving too - it's £40 on their site!

There are videos of the event here:

Session 1: Martin Whitmash [McLaren], Ross Brawn [Mercedes], Graeme Lowden [Virgin Racing] and Bob Fearnley [Force India]


Session 2: Paddy Lowe [McLaren], James Allison [Renault], Paul Monaghan [Red Bull]


Session 3: Lewis Hamilton and Kamui Kobayashi


And photos here:
http://gallery.me.com/latphoto#100330

Was a good day out - I'd recommend it to any F1 fans if you get the chance to go to one!