Was just looking at going to the Vegas GP, its only a 16hour drive for me.

2200$ standing tickets for Saturday wow just wow. That’s not travel, lodging, or food costs.

I checked for Sakura GP, we could fly to Tokyo, Hotel, and GP tickets. Plus stay for a week with $2k travel costs. Not including food and other fun expenses.

I’ll take my foreign vacation with a dash of F1 please. Also maybe they have a Yukon grandstand. Go Yuki!

  • Fluffysquash@lemmy.mlEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    Gotta love that there are now races in America so us Americans can keep flying to Europe to watch races

    • bobbo@midwest.socialEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Or Canada, which is what I’m doing lol. ~$450 for a grandstand seat at the hairpin all weekend. But I think Zandvoort might be in the cards next year, I’ve heard that’s a pretty reasonable race to attend as well.

        • CarbonOtter@lemmy.oneEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          Zandvoort has the benefit of being in a small, densely populated country with decent public transport. So you can stay at a hotel in some less touristy or obvious city and still get to the track in maybe 2 hours and see some Dutch landscapes from the train (it’s a bit boring to me, but it’s always nice to see another country). You can then visit a city like Amsterdam (for museums and the tourist traps), Dordrecht or Leiden (both more authentic and beautiful cities. Also less tourists, so I should tell you this and change that) in the days after the GP when the hotel prices there are back to normal.

  • xoniqEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    Hmm always wanted to go to Japan, sounds like a extra reason to go

    • frankEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I’ve been in 2016 for the GP and got tickets for this year too. Our tickets are fantastic seats, just down Turn 1/2 for the same price as COTA GA this year. Can’t wait. It’s a great country to tourist in, the track is fantastic.

      We got pretty annoyed by COTA in 2021, it was better pre-covid (less people, less lines, way less expensive, and the shuttles were an absolute disaster) and went to Mexico last year. Great experience, similar door-to-door cost to sit in Foro Sol (stadium) Norte as GA in COTA (flight was more, tickets were a little more, but hotel and food were way cheaper). Highly recommend.

      Vegas… Same sentiments (and I have family there), you can do better for the same cost!

      • Speex@sh.itjust.worksOPMEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        We have been wanting to go for the last few years. It’s in the cards but timing has been an issue. Glad to hear it was a good time. Watching the fans during the races makes it looks like Sakura would be a fun race to attend

  • Stone4D@beehaw.orgEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    Vegas and Miami aren’t races for us common folk, they’re for the socialites.

  • Billy_Gnosis@beehaw.orgEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    Yeah I was excited with the Vegas news since I’m only 4hrs away, but then when I saw the prices I couldn’t believe it. I’m close enough to drive there but not close enough for a turn around. When you factor in hotel/event costs and traffic, I could only imagine the nightmare it would be to try and make a weekend out of it.

  • tartan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    I lived in Austin for 5 years. I refused to fork out $400 for a partially obscured view of the track. $2200 is just absolutely bonkers.