F1 Travel Advice

Like Galwayrunner would be interested in any advice.

My 2 Sons want to go to the Dutch grand prix this year and I would be clueless when it comes to how F1 works.

Is a package the way to go?

I see i can buy 2 day tickets for a grandstand on https://tickets.formula1.com/ . ( about €350 per ticket)

For events like this do i assume transport to and from accommodation ( say Amsterdam) shouldn't be a problem and special trains/buses are normally laid on. Should I look for local accommodation. Has anyone ever been?

Would I be better off looking at a different race ? They are of course Verstappen fans so thats why they picked the dutch one.

Thanks.

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I presume that is what you were asking the guy about, I see they are on sale now

Has anyone been to the Monza GP and any recommendations for a good spot and place to stay?

Did you buy tickets for a grandstand? We did but the view from GA is better and we can’t have an umbrella in the stand because it’ll block the view of everyone behind us. Were going to head in about 2 hours before quali and just take whatever spot we can get and then tomorrow we’re going in super early, aiming to be there before 7am to get a good spot, stick it out for the day with plenty of water and hopefully we don’t get heatstroke.

To be honest you’re better off watching it on tv if it’s going to be 35 degrees plus, it’s work being out in that kind of heat all day. Or else you pay thousands for paddock club and get a nice air conditioned viewing box above the pits.

This has to be one of the most poorly organised mainstream events I’ve ever attended. At the track there isn’t half enough toilets or food places. It’s 36 degrees and if you don’t bring your own water and food you’re queuing in the baking sun for 2 and a half hours. Luckily we did but there should be water fountains at the very least and I don’t know why they can’t bring in loads of food trucks like Spanish music festivals do.

Outside out the track there are no police or stewards organising anything so it’s just total chaos. People parking wherever they like blocking roads and entrances to carparks, it can take up to 3 hours or more to get out of the carpark. Yesterday in the bus park none of the busses could move because tens of thousands of people were streaming out of a gate through the bus park blocking them all in. I saw an old woman almost get hit by a car.

It feels like an event catered for the rich and famous and the rest of us are just there to make up the numbers and keep it profitable so the party can continue for the people who can afford to get into corporate boxes and the paddock club. It’ll be the last gp Ill attend, better off watching on tv.

I wouldn’t write them all off just because Barcelona is a bit of a sh!t show. I’d imagine silverstone would be better organised. Spain is a bit chaotic in general. If you’re into F1 and you’ve never done it it’s definitely worth doing once. On the way back to the track now, hopefully race day will be better.

Hopefully it cools down a bit for you, am in Lanzorate at the moment and it seems a few degrees cooler today so fingers crossed it's the same in Barcelona.

Going to Hungary this year, was at Zandvoort last year. Was organised brilliantly, would highly recommended.

Zandvoort was just really well organised. I heard some horror stories from races last year(like Monza) which involved endless queues and it being a nightmare getting to and from the track etc. We were actually told by locals when we got there on Thursday it will be total chaos, as it was the previous year when it had come back as a track. Thankfully they obviously had learned their lesson!

Zandvoort had trains every 4 minutes to and from Amsterdam. 25 minute walk to the track from there but free cold drinks were being given out to everyone on the way.

Food and drink services were well staffed and there were a lot of options, and very little wait time all weekend. Pint of Heineken was €6.50 and the longest wait for one was on race day but that was about 5 minutes. Plenty of water stations to refill water bottles for free.

Yeah it’s an absolute wall of orange but if you don’t mind that and a europop vibe outside of the track I think it’s a great, stress free weekend to go to.

The only stressful part was Schiphol but I can’t blame F1 for that!

Zandvoort sounds a lot better organised than Barcelona last year anyway, that was a mess.

Going to the Hungary GP this year and Ryanair have obviously realised there’s a race that weekend - a whopping €900 per person to fly from Dublin - Budapest from Thursday to Monday, twice the price of the weekend tickets for the GP!

Decided to take an extra couple of days and fly to Vienna and get a train there instead.

Did you look about flying back on the Tues instead? When we went to Monza last year it was actually cheaper to stay an extra night and fly home Tues morn that it was to fly back on the Monday. Obviously it means taking more time off work/school.

Vienna is beautiful. Anybody else looking at going to Hungary could try flying to Bratislava also, easy train journey to Budapest.

Thats a pretty good price actually.