Grand Prix Spectating

Withe the Grand Prix season approaching fast many of us dedicated followers are preparing for the exicitment of racing. I have attending the British GP for 5 years - and with ever increasing prices this year i have decided not to save my money up for this event - and stay at home instead. I am a dedicated fan, i never miss a race or qualifying session and always look forward to actually seeing the cars in action, but £300 for a general admission on race day - you must be joking. I can go to the Australian GP for £40 for all 3 days, or even to Monaco for less than half that amount. Although F1 generates large amounts of interests i do not believe that the ...

There is nothing to compare with the thrill of attending a Formula One race live. Television rarely does the circuits, cars, speed and spectacular noise justice. I have been fortunate enough to attend a number of races at circuits ranging from the pitiful to the palatial. In that time I have found out, often the hard way, that there's a certain amount of dedicated planning needed to make your day or weekend at the races as successful as possible. I hope by sharing some of these hints and tips with you it will help you to attend races in some level of organization! Organization is the key to attending Grand Prixs, or indeed any motor race. You ...

I did not think we were going to go to the Grand Prix until I had the tickets in my hand. This was partly due to the fact that I was, to coin a phrase, dead excited and but mostly because we had been waiting for them for about 6 weeks. First of all we tried to get tickets over the internet and this was the main reason we had been waitng so long. Bear in mind that we only received the tickets four days before race day. Our demands were not so great, we only wanted the cheap (I was going to say "cheap seats" but being poor au pairs we could not afford any type of seat at all) AREA tickets. As bog standard as you can get. So I booked tickets through ...