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Another of our shared interests is in Formula 1, BTCC & most forms of motor racing. We enjoy watching throughout the season on television as we find that with some of our other interests taking up both Sarah's limited time off & our finances we try to spread the events we go to. Whilst we are still having withdrawal symptoms from not watching any racing, we book our tickets, in advance, for "AUTOSPORTS". This show which is held at the "N.E.C." in Birmingham in January is our lifeline till March when it all starts again. At the show there is a varied selection of motorsports for all other fans that like bikes, Karts & rally. You stand a chance of meeting the F1 stars & getting autographs. We also visit the "Live action arena" to see various cars in action & get our top up of the smell of "burning rubber". In 2000 Sarah had a chat with Johnny Herbert's mother on the subject of whether aromatherapy could be used to help drivers as it meant no drugs being used to treat ailments & it looked like it was not banned by the F.I.A. Sarah applied to various F1 teams, but failed to get anywhere. Maybe it's time the teams looked at it again. In 2001, we managed to get Louise Goodman's signature.  In 2004 Sarah was in the queue to get Jenson Button's but failed, so she contacted B.A.R. direct & her wish was granted & got a picture back signed by hand from Jenson. In 2006 we managed at last to get David Coulthard's & also Alan McNish's to the list In 2007 we got Anthony Davidson's & also got in a charity auction a mounted picture which every 2006 DTM driver had signed when at Brands Hatch.

In 2008 & with a lot of waiting & not being pushed by security Sarah again got to meet Jenson Button This year (2009) we managed again to get David Coulthard's & also David Brabham's. As Sarah is a huge fan of Alain Prost, from when he was a driver, & was a team owner Sarah has found & keeps in touch with other "Prost" team fans around the world via the "Prost Web Forum". She regularly sends E-Mails to people about F1 & has gained another friend, who is as much a "Prost" fan as she is. Her highlight of 2001 was to see the AP04 "Prost G.P." car driven by H.H.Frentzen. We used to visit our local F1 shop based in Chester "F1 & more", but this closed in January 2005 & when we make our trips to London for retail therapy, we visit "Pole Position". When we went to Edinburgh we found another motorsport shop called "The Motorsport Store" & it is worth a visit if you are round those parts. All of these shops are an excellent source of memorabilia & official clothing for race fans. Sarah managed to get from Chester an Alesi "Prost" cap signed by both Luciano Burti & Jean himself. She brought it 7 days before Jean went to Jordan, so there is no way Sarah is letting it go. From her second home when we went to London "Alex Reade" which used to be based in Carnaby Street I brought her for Christmas 2001 a signed picture of the 1999 "Prost" car signed by Olivier Panis & Alain Prost. We also visit the "Donington Motor Museum" every now & again to see what new exhibits they have had delivered. There is a seperate hall for "McLaren", including one of Senna's cars & a varied selection of "Williams" cars from the times of Alan Jones up to Ralf Schumacher's. With having a better camera we hope to get more pics from car races & we will put them on our site.

Please click on the menu links on the left to see more of the photo's taken at previous "Autosports" shows, photo's of cars based at "Donington" & photo's of various F1 teams' cars or just click on the samples below for a general view.