2019 Hungarian Grand Prix - Hungaroring, August 2-4

[TAG]

Yep, I'm from IL myself.

Which brings up the question of how long is long enough to answer the question "where you're from"!

I feel as if I lived in the EU I'd go see at least three GPs a year. Not the most convenient or financially feasible thing for us Americans to do.

[dtro]

Yep, I'm from IL myself.

Which brings up the question of how long is long enough to answer the question "where you're from"!

I feel as if I lived in the EU I'd go see at least three GPs a year. Not the most convenient or financially feasible thing for us Americans to do.

I have to say, having been to Montreal for the GP on weekend and day trips (drove from New England) and watched from trackside- I still prefer watching from the comfort of my couch over sitting in the grandstands. Maybe it's because I love all the extraneous information you get watching from home...

Would absolutely love to go to Austin/Mexico just to avoid travelling overseas and the resultant costs, but haven't managed yet.

[dans79]

I have to say, having been to Montreal for the GP on weekend and day trips (drove from New England) and watched from trackside- I still prefer watching from the comfort of my couch over sitting in the grandstands. Maybe it's because I love all the extraneous information you get watching from home...

Would absolutely love to go to Austin/Mexico just to avoid travelling overseas and the resultant costs, but haven't managed yet.

I've been to Montreal (bleachers inside the hairpin), and its definitely better to stay home and watch from the couch. The track is to flat to see much of anything, no matter where you sit. I've been to Austin twice and will be going again this year, and its a much better track for spectators, thanks to the elevation changes.

[dtro]

I have to say, having been to Montreal for the GP on weekend and day trips (drove from New England) and watched from trackside- I still prefer watching from the comfort of my couch over sitting in the grandstands. Maybe it's because I love all the extraneous information you get watching from home...

Would absolutely love to go to Austin/Mexico just to avoid travelling overseas and the resultant costs, but haven't managed yet.

I've been to Montreal (bleachers inside the hairpin), and its definitely better to stay home and watch from the couch. The track is to flat to see much of anything, no matter where you sit. I've been to Austin twice and will be going again this year, and its a much better track for spectators, thanks to the elevation changes.

I'll definitely keep that in mind next time I'm in a position to go to a GP. My other addictions/hobbies namely go-karting and rock climbing tend to prevent me from going to more than one a year, if that.
Austin seems a lot more spectator friendly for sure but at least Montreal has ease of access going for it. The ability to watch an F1 race and then half an hour to an hour later being able to grab drinks and food in Montreal is pretty cool. Beats selling a kidney for a beer/food at the track.

Edit: Not arguing in favor of the trackside spectator experience of Montreal, just pointing out some minor benefits to going.

[Capharol]

The FIA will impose time penalties for unsafe releases at pitstops from now on, Motorsport.com can reveal, following the controversy over the Charles Leclerc incident at the German Grand Prix.

https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/fia- ... c/4505397/

[iotar__]

BREAKING NEWS, BREAKTHROUGH IN F1's PENALTY SYSTEM. https://www.motorsportweek.com/news/id/23913 "Stewards to impose time penalties for unsafe releases"

Well no s..., water is wet as well. They're pretending as if was some uncertain area that needed their damn reconsideration. Shameless favouritism is swept under the carpet as clarification. Team fine or time penalty, decisions, decisions. Who would have thought it was a time penalty to begin with.

Let's call a spade spade. This is basically open admission to cheating: yes we did it but only once. Only in F1 bizarro world. You want Ferrari to win one race, make 15 s pitstop by "mistake" when they're second, like RB's open gift in Barcelona 201x .

[Pyrone89]

BREAKING NEWS, BREAKTHROUGH IN F1's PENALTY SYSTEM. https://www.motorsportweek.com/news/id/23913 "Stewards to impose time penalties for unsafe releases"

Well no s..., water is wet as well. They're pretending as if was some uncertain area that needed their damn reconsideration. Shameless favouritism is swept under the carpet as clarification. Team fine or time penalty, decisions, decisions. Who would have thought it was a time penalty to begin with.

Let's call a spade spade. This is basically open admission to cheating: yes we did it but only once. Only in F1 bizarro world. You want Ferrari to win one race, make 15 s pitstop by "mistake" when they're second, like RB's open gift in Barcelona 201x .

It was a disgrace, only without consequences because LEC did not finish anyway. Imagine if he had won and this would have been the deciding factor.

[F1Krof]

BREAKING NEWS, BREAKTHROUGH IN F1's PENALTY SYSTEM. https://www.motorsportweek.com/news/id/23913 "Stewards to impose time penalties for unsafe releases"

Well no s..., water is wet as well. They're pretending as if was some uncertain area that needed their damn reconsideration. Shameless favouritism is swept under the carpet as clarification. Team fine or time penalty, decisions, decisions. Who would have thought it was a time penalty to begin with.

Let's call a spade spade. This is basically open admission to cheating: yes we did it but only once. Only in F1 bizarro world. You want Ferrari to win one race, make 15 s pitstop by "mistake" when they're second, like RB's open gift in Barcelona 201x .

It was a disgrace, only without consequences because LEC did not finish anyway. Imagine if he had won and this would have been the deciding factor.

This... and furthermore, not to mention he fakktup Grosjean's pit stop as well.

[holeindalip]

I have to say, having been to Montreal for the GP on weekend and day trips (drove from New England) and watched from trackside- I still prefer watching from the comfort of my couch over sitting in the grandstands. Maybe it's because I love all the extraneous information you get watching from home...

Would absolutely love to go to Austin/Mexico just to avoid travelling overseas and the resultant costs, but haven't managed yet.

I've been to Montreal (bleachers inside the hairpin), and its definitely better to stay home and watch from the couch. The track is to flat to see much of anything, no matter where you sit. I've been to Austin twice and will be going again this year, and its a much better track for spectators, thanks to the elevation changes.

im 12hrs from austin and montreal, just got back from toronto the week after the gp and i would like to visit again to see the gp, but i love the austin track and it seems much cheaper to see that one....

[Just_a_fan]

Yep, I'm from IL myself.

Which brings up the question of how long is long enough to answer the question "where you're from"!

I feel as if I lived in the EU I'd go see at least three GPs a year. Not the most convenient or financially feasible thing for us Americans to do.

You'd still be spending several thousand dollars to do that. Prices go up for event weekends so hotels etc get expensive. Even camping can be expensive.

F1 isn't cheap. You need to be committed to the cause to go to several races.

[santos]

Yep, I'm from IL myself.

Which brings up the question of how long is long enough to answer the question "where you're from"!

I feel as if I lived in the EU I'd go see at least three GPs a year. Not the most convenient or financially feasible thing for us Americans to do.

You'd still be spending several thousand dollars to do that. Prices go up for event weekends so hotels etc get expensive. Even camping can be expensive.

F1 isn't cheap. You need to be committed to the cause to go to several races.

Well, how much is a ticket for a race? Would be interesting if someone did a post of the prices for every race of the season.

[rscsr]

Which brings up the question of how long is long enough to answer the question "where you're from"!

I feel as if I lived in the EU I'd go see at least three GPs a year. Not the most convenient or financially feasible thing for us Americans to do.

You'd still be spending several thousand dollars to do that. Prices go up for event weekends so hotels etc get expensive. Even camping can be expensive.

F1 isn't cheap. You need to be committed to the cause to go to several races.

Well, how much is a ticket for a race? Would be interesting if someone did a post of the prices for every race of the season.

For Austria you pay for a seat at least 150€. 250€ - 410€ for a decent seat. 80€ for a general admission ticket.
For Monza you can add about 20%.

[Just_a_fan]

Silverstone general admission this year was about £180, going up to nearly £500 for the best grandstand...

[TAG]

Silverstone general admission this year was about £180, going up to nearly £500 for the best grandstand...

Which is why GPs like Turke & India when it was on the calendar and current Middle East venues like Bahrain when half the seats are empty are always difficult to process. Whether lack of money from local fans to attend or lack of interest yet there's still a GP there because of the oil money. I mean the only reason I can think as to why there's a Bahrain GP is due to the McLaren ownership.

Anyway back to Hungary... anyone with some nice anecdotal stories of rampant prostitution around this circuit? I've heard stuff but never actually had anyone confirm first hand. I mean just out of curiosity of course.

[Shrieker]

Which is why GPs like Turke .

Sadly, Turkish GP wasn't cheap to attend for locals when it was on the calendar. The cheapest was the final race in 2011, and a general admission ticket was around 70 bucks. That's not cheap anywhere, and even worse for locals .