I want to get on the grid before the race in 2024 or 2025
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Big birthday late next year. I am planning on treating myself to a no expense spared F1 experience as a present to myself. May not be able to line up for next year so if not it will be 2025. I want the full VIP nonsense, grid access the works. How does one go about this? I have been going through the F1 and Silverstone websites but I cant seem to find it. Possible I am being blind and or stupid. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Paddock Club is probably the closest you can get to that, but I'm not sure it gets you on the grid
https://tickets.formula1.com/en/pc-paddock-club
https://tickets.formula1.com/en/pc-paddock-club
I don't think you can buy your way onto the track for sane amounts of money. Literally 1000's of people would be doing it every race. I'd expect an unknown would need to donate millions and even then it seems unlikely.
Just wear an orange t shirt and pick your moment carefully.
As an aside why would you want to be anywhere near the sorts of people that inhabit that space, would rather head into my local town centre for a chat with the spice zombies.
Just wear an orange t shirt and pick your moment carefully.
As an aside why would you want to be anywhere near the sorts of people that inhabit that space, would rather head into my local town centre for a chat with the spice zombies.
I would think this would be an insane amount of money to get on the grid, if it's even possible without the right contacts.
Does it have to be F1 though? I went to the Daytona 24 hours this year, a $70 dollar ticket gave me full access for the weekend including access to the track before the race and had all the drivers presented in the pit lane on a stage. There is rumoured to be a high profile F1 driver there next year also
Does it have to be F1 though? I went to the Daytona 24 hours this year, a $70 dollar ticket gave me full access for the weekend including access to the track before the race and had all the drivers presented in the pit lane on a stage. There is rumoured to be a high profile F1 driver there next year also
CocoUK said:
On the grid?
If you retrained as a bodyguard and got a gig with some ignorant a$$hole then you might, just might, have the opportunity in Miami to tell Brundle to ‘Foxtrot Oscar, VIP yar no’
One of my best mates does close protection and was on the grid this year keeping an eye on a HNWI - I don't know who it was for (discretion/risk management is a large part of his job) but he was essentially 'access all areas' with his pass.If you retrained as a bodyguard and got a gig with some ignorant a$$hole then you might, just might, have the opportunity in Miami to tell Brundle to ‘Foxtrot Oscar, VIP yar no’
https://hospitality.silverstone.co.uk/en/f1/buy-pa...
That's VIP access for Silverstone but you'd need to be a guest of a team to getting grid access. I know a millionaire who got VIP access with Hilton last year, they got to meet everyone and get on the pit lane but they didn't get grid access.
That's VIP access for Silverstone but you'd need to be a guest of a team to getting grid access. I know a millionaire who got VIP access with Hilton last year, they got to meet everyone and get on the pit lane but they didn't get grid access.
F1 Experiences https://f1experiences.com/ are the official VVIP promotor, they have things like an extra pit garage at certain venues, so you can almost reach out and touch the cars as they box. They also book the Hot Laps and Paddock Club hospitality suites.
The one thing you can’t buy is the F1 grid walk. For that, you’ll need to be willing to sponsor a team, or glad-hand F1/Liberty with millions of social media followers.
Edit: Here’s their top package for Austin. It includes the usual Paddock Club track tours, pit walks, talks by former drivers etc - plus a seat in the ‘extra’ garage, pit lane pass, podium access, and grid walk for the support races but not F1. a snip at $32,475. No, that’s not a typo. 32 bags of sand. Hot Laps are extra, from memory a couple of grand a lap.
https://f1experiences.com/2023-united-states-grand...
The one thing you can’t buy is the F1 grid walk. For that, you’ll need to be willing to sponsor a team, or glad-hand F1/Liberty with millions of social media followers.
Edit: Here’s their top package for Austin. It includes the usual Paddock Club track tours, pit walks, talks by former drivers etc - plus a seat in the ‘extra’ garage, pit lane pass, podium access, and grid walk for the support races but not F1. a snip at $32,475. No, that’s not a typo. 32 bags of sand. Hot Laps are extra, from memory a couple of grand a lap.
https://f1experiences.com/2023-united-states-grand...
Edited by Sandpit Steve on Thursday 21st September 14:42
geeks said:
Big birthday late next year. I am planning on treating myself to a no expense spared F1 experience as a present to myself.
How much expense are you willing and able not to spare?As mentioned above, Paddock Club gets you the closest with a pit lane walk and the ability to roam about at the back of the garages - but do check out the prices because some of them are rather eye-watering. For example, a three day F1 Garage experience (where you get the full beans hospitality plus be able to watch the race from a team's garage during the race) will set you back £26,217.00. The plus side is that this does come with a grid walk - but only for the support races.
Grid walks are preserved for teams, team's guests, sponsors, officials, journalists and the odd celeb. Unless you are one of these or a master blagger a grid walk will not be part of of your birthday celebrations, I'm afraid. Plus, I believe there are moves to reduce the number of people allowed on the grid anyway.
Invent some sort of energy drink. No need to actually make it. Just get a few posters and tee shirts made. Sponsor some duffus team like Haas or williams that will believe anything. Wander round the grid as part of the crew doing interviews and stuff with brundle and co.
Dont pay promised money and get chucked out after about 20 races or so.
Dont pay promised money and get chucked out after about 20 races or so.
Very difficult-I had Paddock Club access from a sponsor for years which have me plenty of access to the drivers etc.
The sponsors have a very llimited set of returnable passes where you have a very brief access after the cars are lined up,just before the Parade lap. When I did it had only a few minutes before they cleared the grid but on the brief time I was able to walk among the cars.
The sponsors have a very llimited set of returnable passes where you have a very brief access after the cars are lined up,just before the Parade lap. When I did it had only a few minutes before they cleared the grid but on the brief time I was able to walk among the cars.
Formula 1 Paddock Club at Silverstone for a couple of years for me, the second time with access to the McLaren pits. When the pits walkabout took place, I was on the other side of the barrier. It felt great. I was not overwhelmed by the greeting I got from Ron Dennis, but Steve, an Aussie, was very helpful, with a tour of Senna's car. One thing that I noted was the low level of knowledge of most of those I was sitting with. I was a bit of a nerd, but even making allowances, they were there for the boast. One had been to the Henley Regatta as a VIP guest and was openly critical of it as it concentrated on the racing.
It was great being in the McL pits, but I doubt I would have considered it worthwhile if I'd had to pay for it. The food was great, as was being waved through by those on traffic duty. I'm told the wine choice was exceptional but I'm tee-total.
I was on the grid at Le Mans and had a press pass. With hours and hours at my disposal, it was great, including being banned from the Ferrari pits. If it was my money, I'd pick Le Mans every time.
It was great being in the McL pits, but I doubt I would have considered it worthwhile if I'd had to pay for it. The food was great, as was being waved through by those on traffic duty. I'm told the wine choice was exceptional but I'm tee-total.
I was on the grid at Le Mans and had a press pass. With hours and hours at my disposal, it was great, including being banned from the Ferrari pits. If it was my money, I'd pick Le Mans every time.
Fundoreen said:
Invent some sort of energy drink. No need to actually make it. Just get a few posters and tee shirts made. Sponsor some duffus team like Haas or williams that will believe anything. Wander round the grid as part of the crew doing interviews and stuff with brundle and co.
Dont pay promised money and get chucked out after about 20 races or so.
Dont pay promised money and get chucked out after about 20 races or so.
- grow dirty beard
ChocolateFrog said:
As an aside why would you want to be anywhere near the sorts of people that inhabit that space, would rather head into my local town centre for a chat with the spice zombies.
Honestly it's something I have wanted to be able to do since I was kid, I grew up in the sounds of Silverstone in the late 80's from my back garden.CocoUK said:
Fundoreen said:
Invent some sort of energy drink. No need to actually make it. Just get a few posters and tee shirts made. Sponsor some duffus team like Haas or williams that will believe anything. Wander round the grid as part of the crew doing interviews and stuff with brundle and co.
Dont pay promised money and get chucked out after about 20 races or so.
Dont pay promised money and get chucked out after about 20 races or so.
- grow dirty beard
Thanks all, having thought about you're all of course correct not achievable not sure why I assumed it would be lol. Ah well, Club Silverstone will have to do.
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