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The downhill is the premier event of the weekend, and everyone will be up the hill enjoying themselves. We started at Männlichen for the air show.

We skied on deserted pistes around to Scheidegg and headed for the start hut at the top of the Lauberhorn. Hundreds of spectators.

And many thousands more watching at Wengernalp.

Fun facts:

• Cost of the race: CHF 8 million
• Number of staff: 1817 this year
• Number of spectators: 30,000+
• Record spectators: 38,000 (2012)
• Maximum speed on the course: 140+ km/h
• Record maximum speed: 161.9 km/h (100.6 mph) set by Frenchman Johan Clarey in 2013. He didn’t even get in the top 3.