Thanks Kym. Think you're better off buying a campervan for the European races and driving to those races. Once your done with the van you can flog it off. Would love to see a teams travel budget.... One of the most overlooked expenses the teams have. Wish they had Malaysia on the calendar, that was usually a bargain from an Aussie perspective.

Thanks for the info! I’m extremely excited to sell my all organs and house to visit all GPs in 2023!

That is ridiculous. I used to work on yachts in Fort Lauderdale for quite a few years and it would be nothing for the owner to spend $80,000 on a paint job or $50,000 on new bed sheets for the yacht. I'm going to have to struggle and save for the next 2 years just to go to a single Grand Prix. I have been watching formula once since 1997 and I still haven't gone to a race that is one of the top things on my bucket list... someday it will happen 😁

Thanks Kym, this is absolutely on my bucket list, only I would be traveling from Australia. Still, this is a really great guide, so thank you so much for taking the time to put it together.

This is actually on my bucket list! Cheers Kym and thanks for doing it from London too 👍🏽

I think it would be much more comfortable to attend half the races in a year, its a chaotic sport organization wise. Probably more fun to combine your favorite races with leisurely travel in those countries:)

food and drinks, communication (phone sim cards and internet), country visa and entry fees, currency exchange rates and international banking fees and car fuel all are not included as if things went smooth as butter and according to plan and who tf visits anywhere without actually go out for other activities and a little shopping, i would safely double the estimates on the budget end and maybe add 30% on the top end.

I have attended 3 races (including Monaco & barcelona) plus testing and agree with the cheaper prices. We always go for general admission tickets which allow roaming anywhere around the circuit on the Friday (except Monaco). Take our own picnic for the day to save money and use public transport. Its often cheaper to get flight around the Wednesday before the race and the Wednesday after the race and stay in an air b and b. Love this review Kym as it is our dream when retired to follow each race for a year. Would love to see some reviews of the super expensive paddock club areas.

Cheers @kym. Have to say enjoyed that video and certainly doable spread over a few years 😊

Hi Kym - awesome guide indeed thanks for the break down.

Hi Kim! You are right in Mexico City you can expect to pay the same as any European city in food and accommodation on the higher end of the espectrum. If you want cheaper accommodation stay away from anything on Reforma. Hotels in the southern side of the city cheaper and you can be at the track in 30- 40 min without traffic.

Excellent info Kim, thanks

Very informative vid Kym, thanks!

This was a cool breakdown! Loved it. A friend and I have mused about doing this for years. I can’t imagine we will ever have the $$$$$ to make it happen, but it is nice to dream.

.. what experience you have indeed to guide a F1 season tourist! excellent info Kym

That was really interesting to see the variation in ticket prices. I last went to a GP 6 years ago, in Austin. I thought of going again this year but the tickets sold out fast even though a 3 day ticket was $500. The same ticket 6 years ago was $200, and I got to see Taylor Swift after quali, Usher after the race.

Exceptional Video. Wow! This is so good. Thank You!

This is on my bucket list. Thank YOU Kym for sharing these details. Priceless info this is!!

Thanks for this video Kym, bucket list for me and my father

Solid content as always Kym!

Great video Kym. I've been to Monza, Imola, and Austin. All three have been enjoyable experiences. However, Austin was a nightmare to get out of the track and back into the city (the uber line was around three hours wait). Imola was by far the easiest. We just trained it in from Bologna. But be careful, the trains getting out of Imola after the race were a madhouse. This year at Monza, we just trained it in from Verona, which was less than two hours.

Well, I will join you next year. Thank you for bringing it up. I will strategize it now.

Great video - thank you

I stopped watching after 4 races but thanks for the video Kym. Now I know what I have to do. Thank you so much.

What a great research and info!

Stayed at a place called Levens when I went to Monaco. About 45 mins to the track in the hills. Low key town no one knows about.

Nice vid as always but the cost will defo be way higher as there will be drinks/food bought at the track as well, car park, fuel for hire cars etc

Thank you I was wondering about this yesterday & couldn't get a better answer than that

Great content as usual! Thanks Kym!

Great video! Check the Vegas hotel rates this weekend. With a big fight in town, they'll be high. Add another 10-25% to that, and that'll be about what it'll cost next year during the race. Unfortunately Vegas will be expensive, but fun.

18000 pounds seems very reasonable and I thought it would be more expensive than just 18k to attend all the races

Occasionally they show camping sites at a few races. I would love to see a video about that and how it works. I’ve camped for nascar races and it’s by far cheaper then hotels.

Great video Kym 💛

I’ve just seen Kym on McLaren unboxed 😅this was good information, I’m sure quite a few people would love to follow F1 around the globe and now they know what kind of target to set for themselves 👍🏾

I've been to two Grand Prix, Zandvoort and Brands Hatch, probably never go again as it's all to expensive for me. Did Le Mans three years in a row, but nowadays that seems expensive. That's why I got into GT3 racing, so much cheaper (for my budget).......but thanks Kym, as always a great video

Great video as usual Kym ! Really informative ! ( I spotted the Harp chair by Jorgen Hovelskov, huge fan :) )

Kym this was a great watch. Thanks so much!! Know where l could afford to go to!!

Great video!

I was eagerly waiting for this Video!!!!! Thanks a lot kym

Hi Kym. Thanks for such a wonderful video! Might I suggest flying to Nagoya from Singapore instead of Tokyo as you’ve said earlier, Nagoya is closer to Suzuka. I just looked up and found that there is a direct flight from Singapore to Nagoya direct! Maybe you would like to consider that instead of having to fly up to Tokyo and then heading south to Nagoya. Stay safe and have fun!

I love the topic of this video, as it's a damn sight cheaper, i do this with the Speedway GP championship and it's interesting to see this for f1

Thanks man i love f1 have done for years now but never been to a single race

Hi Kym. Before watching your video I did the exercise because I have some experience traveling to Formula One circuits. So we corresponded in everything except the price of food and car rental. Food gave me 4,000 euros a year and Car rental also gave me 4,000 euros since I prefer the comfort that free movement gives me at any time of the day or night. My total of the year was 26.000 euros. As usual huuuuuge hugs from Colombia

Awesome info. Just monaco killed me 😅

Awesome video 👍 when I win the lottery I'm definitely doing a year of F1

I got grandstand tickets for 130€ in Monza this year so if your are smart or buy the tickets directly when possible you can safe some money too !

Took me a while to work out why if wasn't seeing half the info on KZfaq TV.. and that was coz the live chat was covering the right quarter where half the info was... Nowhere near Kym, but I'm at Malaysia x4, Melbourne, Suzuka, Singapore, Monaco, Shanghai.. As an Aussie in Sydney loved the Malaysian race. Tickets, accommodation and flights were much cheaper than Melbourne. Hope it gets added back - it's a great circuit (even if a long way from the city centre)

Awesome video Kym as soon I I hit those 6 lotto numbers I’m jumping all in on this.👍👏

Thank you Kim. planing to do it for my 50th... 😉

Great video! Im attending all 24 races in 2024 and ill have to do a cost summary for my travel and tickets but from memory my tickets for races alone are going to be $40,000+AUD. Should be a once in a lifetime experience and can you really put a price on that hahaha!

Thank you Kym. Your content is always so entertaining and I really want to go to Las Vegas next year. I live in the US so we currently have 2 Grand Prix in Miami and Austin with Las Vegas next year. I hope I get to go to a race as I am a huge F1 fan!

Perhaps if this old man wins the lottery, I could. Bucket list. Kim, for COTA, you can also fly into San Antonio, and stay in New Braunfels or San Marcos, just a local guy’s opinion.

Great video! I can really imagine it took quite a while to make this video, really a appreciate the effort! Keep it up. It is a lot of money but honestly I thought it would be more expensive than that.

We love you Kym. Your career is grand.

I literally was thinking about following the circus for a full season 3 days ago. Thanks for this!

Wow you did ALL this? Thanks! I once checked out accommodations for Monaco and soon realized my *friends* are ballers, not me, just used to tagging along.

Well done kym very informative probably not man people will be doing this nice to dream though and jet lag would be crazy probably wouldn't know who or where you are at the end of all this

Hope to see you at Singapore

I’d put the scenery in the Ardennes for Spa up against the Austrian scenery any day. The one thing he doesn’t address is physical wear and tear. I was there for the old 16 race seasons and I can tell you, no matter what class you fly or how nice the hotels are, that much time traveling and at race tracks is nothing less than brutal.

I am thinking around the world tickets for 3/4 continents, train/flights in between close cities, take a vacation in between races, Airbnb instead of flying back and forth!

Well done

Excelent video!!! Where did drivers stay in the Miami Gp???

And us Aussies can only dream of those air fare costs. We wish! Just back from Italy with a return fare of A$2200 from Perth. Sad thing is we were in Milan but zero GP tickets to be found even mths out. (Unless you purchase an experience). The Italians grab the tixs in a hurry. We did however do a magnificent tour of Imola. Such a wonderful experience not to be missed if your in the area. If lotto comes good this week ill put your info to good use in '23. Interesting vid, thank you.

Great video . This is my dream to do this .

Ripper video mate I’d love to know how much the mega opulent price would be

Saw you at Monza, but you looked busy so I didn't want to disturb you

Another great video! Any chance you’d be interested in doing the same video for IndyCar?

i am manifesting that i will get the paddock club pass next season in Melbourne 🤞

Gracias Kym

Its 2023 I can expect 25k E for budget and 125k E for top end. However it will more expensive for next year, 2024 will be exciting but expensive. Budget is likely 25-30k E and Top end is 125k-140k E Range.

Really interesting video, i can't imagine the research hours that went into this! Thank you!

Living in the US and going to the USGP used to only cost a couple thousand in total, with flights and grandstand tickets. One year later, with Miami and Vegas being added, I'm guessing attending a US race is no longer going to be a realistic option for a middle class family making 100-200k a year.

My favourite video this year, fingers crossed for a lotto win!

As mental as it sounds it doesn’t sound to bad… 60k ish to have mostly GA tickets some GS at your fav tracks, Non Budget Airline flights (not Business class) and 4/5 star hotels and and restaurant food. If you were to be successful in your career, retiring or taking a sabbatical to do this is certainly achievable, especially if you get some kind of inheritance or redundancy payout etc…

If I won the lottery, this is item 1 on my to do list. Thanks for letting me know how much to budget.

Interesting to learn that one can be so passionate about F 1.

I am from Hong Kong, someday I would like to go to Suzuka or Silverstone for race 9:49 Btw there is Chubu international airport, just the opposite of the prefecture of Suzuka, much closer to Nagoya

Could you attach the Excel sheet that you did this on?

Hiya Kym, does F1 do an all race access ticket option? All access Paddock club cost for the season would be scary 😮

for imola regional trains from bologna are cheap and convenient

Done 4 so far this season with Abu Dhabi to go. And its a lot for thm

I would say, though, you don’t need a car in Miami. Ubers are plentiful and parking is expensive 🙃💸

Very insightful but if I was blind I'd be raging at this video. All the details provided in the voiceover aside from the actual costs!

I loove this

Kim, assuming you use Amex, have you been invited to the centurion card yet on the basis of all of that travel/spend?

I paid $350 for GA in Austin this year.

Time to hit the lottery, baby. I would love to do a Year of F1, but no bouncing back and forth to London. Keeping my eyes, fingers and toes crossed.

With all the budget caps on the teams, I'm still waiting on ticket price caps for the fans :)

Im an old aussie guy, my entire life ive gotten up at ridiculous hours of the night to watch them peddle around. Its taken me along time to work out F1 is a rich mans sport, like yachting or polo. I brainwashed myself that it was a normal sport. Heres the problem, being an old aussie guy im egalitarian. This means i rile at wealth and displays of it. Our western life has been brainwashed with aspirational pyschology. Thats constantly self improving, get more, do more at all costs...every study shows aspirational psychology leads to social isolation, cutting off people who dont lift you up, unhappiness and spending more. Its a corporate strategy that appeared post 50s. The same time all the military guys went back into the workforce bring in army heirarchy and middle management...what im trying to say is - while i love the insight videos like this do - the access and the inside info is why i watch. Not how much hotel rooms are or what first class is like on swanky-air (yes we all get its a good business model to horizontally diversify into a reviewer). i love the access you get. Thats why i watch this channel. Photography captures moments. Thats why it will always be of value, it can freeze in time a feeling or a look that video cant. Thats what i want more of, we see so little of your shots.... Class is never something to worship. It makes for unpalatable viewing. Maybe coz im aussie (we used to be egailitian but we have the UK class structure and US wealth worship here now)... I just want to go back to being that 10 year old kid in love with F1 who would set my alarm at 2am and get up and watch SPA with the volume low... I miss that.

The only race I’ve ever paid to attend was the 1994 Indy 500. And I’ve Shot motor Sports all over the World! Nice to be an Accredited Shooter!! 😱😱

I think the lower end number is very optimistic. In reality you could prob add another 5-10 g to that number. And lets not forget our "walking around money"...another 5-10 g for the whole season. A good baseline assessment though.

wow my dream is to do this one day!!! go to at least 4 races back to back .

Haha trick question... How much would it cost to follow Mr.Kym during the Grand Prix? Do brace yourself for the upcoming GP in Singapore. Even the weather here is all over the place. Humidity is the main problem for most visitors here.

just do the European tour, much cheaper, way more fun and less abuse on the body from jet lag. Plus now there's more with France, Dutch and two in Italy. The Classic F1 feel

WOW That would be my dream to go to every race.

Hey Kym I know you must do fairly well selling your various prints, books and such but I don't imagine that your sales cover all of your F1 expenses, especially since you fly a lot in 1st class and business class, stay in nice locations and rent a lot of cars. Would it be too personal to ask how much YOUR COSTS are for an F1 season? I imagine it's up there, pretty close to the top end figure you mentioned or higher ..... care to let us know?

Real ones watched the first 11 minutes yesterday

Singapore direct into Nagoya would be the best bet, I think it's daily with SIA.

You might wanna go to Osaka. The food there is amazing.

If you going to all the races I would suggest to get slr camera and take pictures and you will get your money back or alternatively become a marshall this will save you a lot of money.