Comments on: It’s Hungary for me in 2009

By: f1boi

f1boi — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:55:10 +0000

top speeds are actually 300kph

By: Jonatas

Jonatas — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:33:27 +0000

hahaha I have thought of keeping myself home in order to save the races. But I want to see if I can go 3 for 3. Just thank me for not going to the Brazilian Grand Prix (maybe).

By: Pink Peril

Pink Peril — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:55:01 +0000

Jonatas, since you seem to be the kiss of death for F1 races, could you change your mind to go to Valencia instead

By: Keith Collantine

Keith Collantine — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:20:02 +0000

By: Jonatas

Jonatas — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:55:37 +0000

It’s Istanbul for us!
At least we hope so! We went to the USGP in 07 and Canada in 08. This year there won’t be anything around here, so we decided we may as well go overseas and make a vacation out of it. So we chose Turkey because of the favorable exchange rate, historic places to see, things to do and also to see if Felipe Massa can go 4 for 4.

By: Too Good

Too Good — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:32:18 +0000

@Journeyer – Milos is right. The Seats opposite the Podium have restricted view, with paddock complex blocking the S1. The seats on T1 are better as one gets action of highspeed cars at long straight, as well as first set of swooping corners. I have also seen Malaysian GP from back straight, which gives good view of the part S2 and S3. My Grandstand experience was of A1GP and Formula BMW Asia race and as Milos rightly points, one is pretty must limited to the start finish straight.

By: Fernando

Fernando — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:24:47 +0000

I plan on going to Canada for the Canadian Grand Prix. Oh wait a second there’s not gonna be one!!!

By: graham228221

graham228221 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:58:43 +0000

The Hungaroring was the “the only track to hold a world championship F1 race during the Soviet era”? Sounds like a sparse 40 years of F1, lol =P

One day, many years from now, I’m determined to be able to afford a trip to see a Grand Prix! I’d really love to go, but the ticket and the logistics is just too much.

My friend got a job as a chef for the British GP this year, I was thinking about asking him to get me a job this year as it’s the closest I’m going to get!

And he’s not even an F1 fan =(

By: Patrickl

Patrickl — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 11:16:15 +0000

I went to the Hungarian GP in 1999. There was a solar eclipse around the same time so it seemed like a good time to go.

I had no traffic jams on the motorway back then. Although the toll way was a lot better than the free N-road on the other side of the track. On friday I drove to far around the track and was sent onto the N-Road and got stuck in with the regular hungarians on the road. The other days I made sure the nearest exist was the toll way and things went fine.

I did have a hell of a time getting off the parking place though. Took us hours to get out of the spot.

There was a spot near the track where there was some height difference. Even on a sunny day people had a lot of trouble getting out of there. I’d advise not to go down there.

I didn’t have grandstand tickstes so I was standing all day. Quite a nightmare on race day in the blistering heat, the dust and the huge crowd. Most people were there very early I was there at 8′o clock or something and the side of the mount was filled with lawn furniture already.

Saturday and Friday were great. Got to walk around most of the track and see the cars from every vantage point. I think we had a lot more sessions back then.

Budapest is nice too. You can see the drivers if you go past the big hotels. Not sure why, but somehow there is some attraction in seeing an f1 driver get out of a car and walk into a hotel.

Hungary is a nice place for a vacation. It’s a bit like the south of France without the rude people. Back then everything was really cheap too. I got 200 euro (well actually guilders then still) transferred to Hungarian money and I had a hard time getting it al spent in a week. I had to go for the most expensive things on the menu to make a dent.

We had a hungarian woman in the group. This is pretty handy because a lot of people didn’t speak any english.

By: Capo

Capo — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:11:05 +0000

I’ve been to the Hungarian GP quite a few times and my suggestion is to get there early as roads leading up to the track are narrow and tend to get clogged up quickly. Same for the parking spaces: later in the morning you might end up hunting for a free one for ages. More so as Silver 4 is around the busiest area of the venue.
The aqua park is at the top of the track (corners 9-12 area) but I wouldn’t go there on the day of the race for the same reasons said above.