Had another great day watching the racing up at Ascari Race Resort this weekend, with Experience Box Spain, who offer a range of great driving experiences up at the circuit.
Motoring fans visiting, or living in the Marbella area really should try and make their way up to the Ascari Race
Resort, because it’s a stunning facility, especially for those with petrol running through
their veins.
Walking around the marina at Puerto Banus you would think there were plenty of speed freaks in the
area – or are these machines simply for posing in the port?
How to get to the Ascari race Resort
Before going up ensure you make an appointment – it’s not an
arrive and drive in for a look around type of place!
Back to Ascari, the circuit is based about 5-10km north of
Ronda, on the road to Campillos. Two
other greats reason for motoring fans to visit Ascari:
(1) the drive from Marbella to Ronda is amazing. Great fun and ever popular with driving enthusiasts, motoring journalists and fast motorcyclists alike. Great scenery, loads of curves and in the main not too much traffic. And don’t drive up and back the same route – that’s boring. The back way from Ronda to the coast, through
El Burgo (a nice place to stop for a bite to eat and a drink), La Alozaina, Coin, etc is just as much fun, if not more so as it attracts less traffic.
(2) There is a great karting circuit at Campillos too, so try a two centre visit and make a day of it!
Sorry back to Ascari again!
The circuit is built in the open countryside, with cork trees and mountains in the background. At the
heart of the facility is the circuit itself, some 5.435km of undulating track
with 26 corners and incredible cambers and slopes. It’s length of 5.425m makes
it the longest circuit in Spain!
And the
facilities match the circuit with great pits, a great restaurant with pool and
bar at trackside, a garage full of exotic toys from old classic cars to ex F1
equipment and of course the Ascari road cars.
A pet project of the owner Klaas Zwart, a man with a passion for
motorsport.
Try and get someone from
the circuit to give you a tour!
There are numerous opportunities to enjoy high adrenalin fun
up at Ascari. 'Arrive and Drive' and 'Ascari Events' are held regularly.
Opportunities to get out on the circuit include occasional track days, race days and passenger laps
and driving days on the circuit.
Various
programs offer visitors the opportunity to drive, or be driven in anything from
a Lotus Elise right the way up to an ex F1 racing car. In between you have BMW M cars, Radical track
cars, F3, buggies and karts. A great
selection.
Get your helmet out and driving shoes on!