Excellent - please let me know if you have any questions! Hope it is not too wet this year!

Thanks Josephine. Which one is he going to? I am sure he will have a cracking time.

Japan, or Australia 👌

I am hoping to do those two for the first time this year - say hi if you go.

Great stuff! I'm glad you are enjoying them

Thanks mate - glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you!!

Pouhon is a great corner to watch from. Turn 12. It is a large bank with lots of areas to watch from. It's a good option for Qualifying. For the race, I would suggest the Kemmel straight, as close to turn 7 as you can. I'm also a big fan of Turn 10. It is often very quite around there.

I hope it's useful!

Thank you so much!!!

Thank you so much!

I'm so glad you liked it.

Thank you Donna! I'm glad you like it. I'll be in NY later this year - any advice?

@@MichaelPottsF1 I live in upstate NY near Hudson. So, mostly where I live is country country lol. Been to the city couple of times. ( about 2 1/2 hours south of me) not really a city girl, but you definitely need to go to any play on broadway, well worth it.

It must be very beautiful up there! Hopefully on my next trip I can explore the state more.

I don't know if I am brave enough to camp

I do think Monaco is the cheapest because you can technically watch for free - but a vlog on which race to do on a budget would be good one. I suspect it is Budapest in Europe. That is usually one of the best for first timers, it is close to a great city and the General Admission gives you lots of great views. I was astounded by some of the costs of tickets - all F1 races tickets appear to have gone up dramatically in the last 5 years. Your 3 are all cracking races! Which one will you do first?

@@MichaelPottsF1 realistically it would be Austin. I am waiting on an inheritance to fix up my house and then sell it. One of my college professors lives in Mexico and he and his wife have invited me for a visit. From there I want to go to France and volunteer at the Chateau. Tour around Europe/Egypt ticking things off my Bucket List. The video I saw commented on the steep increase in cost of F1 tickets and how it really started after Drive to Survive premiered.

Those are all lovely places to ticket off. Get in contact with Nati about Lalande :) I am not sure if the price hike is completely drive to survive, or if some are getting money back from not having fans at some of the covid races. There is a lot of demand from DTS so I guess they feel they can - but it not good for fans. They should sell the Friday tickets separately for a low price and encourage families and schools.

@@MichaelPottsF1 your idea about Fridays is really good. That could be a good introduction to the sport. I know I would have loved that. Although I live on the other side of Canada from Montreal. There should be more accessiblity. Hamilton and others complain that F1 isn't very accessible for drivers without rich families. It is the same for fans. 🙂

Spa is great for the WEC race - you get amazing access to the cars as a regular ticket holder. This year particularly with all the new cars, it is going to be a great race. If you are using local busses, check the times of the last bus - it can be close to the chequered flat. Are you going to Lemans this year?

Generally admission at Spa is brilliant. It is a vast area, and you can go to lots of places so try and explore as much as you can on Friday, then you will know where you want to be for qualifying and the race. I really enjoyed watching the cars go up the hill from Eau Rouge, the Brussels corner and the bus stop chicane from GA, but there are many more places to explore. I hope you have a great time. I'll be there too!

I’ve just checked the forecast and it looks very damp. Even if it is going to rain as much as it did in 2021 F1 should react to it better than it did then.

Inside the paddock is remarkably similar wherever we go. I do find it amazing that they can moved it around to so many different countries and it works perfectly each time, the races start on time and everything works. It is incredible. It would be nicer if they reflected the host country more than it currently does. Often we don't get much time to enjoy the host country as the weekends are so intense.

Right, that's the bit of information I was looking for. Thank you.

Hi, IMO, glorious video. Michael is right for once you get in the paddock. In our limited experience - we have been to Barcelona, Baku and Austin. By far, our entire experience as a whole was really dependent on the culture and situation. Although from Seattle, Austin was terribly disorganized, as it was hard to find anyone to help answer questions (culture?). I LITERALLY could not find help with anything. Location - three hours commute each way to track (normally 30 minutes), on a two lane road farmland. Baku was our best in that we stayed within the old city, 5 min to subway, and one stop and 15 min walk to the main grandstand. Culture - 100's of volunteers, multi-lingual university students, bean bag chairs everywhere, and when we wanted to change seats due to lack of visibility, no problem, the seating manager spent an hour making it happen. Barcelona, you are around Spanish fans, and that alone is a cultural experience; plus, I was able to run out from turn 1, pass by Aramark, pick up paella outside the fence and bring it back in. By the end of the 3 days we were "family". Ancillary activities are dependent on proximity of track to culture. For Baku and Barcelona they were intertwined, as would be a street race track. Curious about Mexico City too as that looks embedded.

There are few that I hope to do for the first time (apart from Las Vegas). Monaco is always up there, Austria, Imola and Texas are probably the top of my list.

Sorry for the late reply. Yes, that is a good corner, but just check that your seats are not too low down in stands as you might be stuck looking through a double fence.

Hello Mario - I don't know too much about the camping options. Let me know what you find out, I would love to hear about your experience

We have a little vacation house in the region , but booked in september already

I did the Brussels -> Spa some years ago and it is possible. You should aim for the earliest train you can. It is the Belgium railways, you can purchase a ticket to a town called Verviers. I believe there are free busses from there, if not free you can purchase your ticket on board. If you have general admission tickets do try and get there early as it does fill up a lot. I like the area around Brussels corner which not many people go to, but walk around and explore the track as there are so many different corners. If you see me, say hi :)

Yes there is, it is at the Eau Rouge corner on the outside of the track. Last year there were some brilliant food stalls there. Take some time to explore your options.

I did try that one year, I stayed in Brussells and took the train. It was possible, it was lower cost... but it was hard, very early mornings and very time consuming. Has it gotten better?

I was looking into tickets for this years race. I saw that they have city shuttles to and from the track to 6-7 different cities including some German ones for about 55euro round trip. All the hotels near the track are sold out and leige hotels are sort of pricey. So I might stay in Brussels or Antwerp and take the f1 designated city shuttle bus. It leaves early like 630am and leaves the track at 7 I think

If you do, please let me know how it goes. I did do it one year, and it is possible from Bussells. It just takes a long time.

@@MichaelPottsF1 when you took the train, did you take the city bus to the circuit from Verviers station? And if so where did the bus drop you off, was it right at the circuit or somewhere else a bit further away? How far was the walk to the track from the bus stop

@@J11s1 It is not far from the track: www.google.co.uk/maps/place/FRANCORCHAMPS+Maison+Godefroid/@50.4528022,5.9543853,16z/data=!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x47c07b5c0460f737:0x78105e8819c35c0e!2sCircuit+of+Spa-Francorchamps!8m2!3d50.4445221!4d5.9653931!16zL20vMDNzajVz!3m5!1s0x47c07cb2ac2fbb39:0xcfa34ba628b464e2!8m2!3d50.45522!4d5.95245!16s%2Fg%2F11c0wlg_jx?entry=ttu

You do get more laps for your buck in Austria, and they put on an amazing show. It is worth a visit - but you are right about all those points!

Parking is never free

@@Karincl7 - I wasn't talking about parking. This obviously costs money. I was talking about the extra fee to be pulled out of your spot by a tractor after (heavy) rain.

Bc i want to suprise my bf for his birthday with tickets but there are so many sites that i’m afraid to be scammed

F1.com is probably the safest. Check out the F1 experiences section as you can often get a lot more experience but not that much more money. I think the race organiser is www.spagrandprix.com/

Thanks Sally :)