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I’ll hopefully be making it to this next year and I’d like to book tickets sharpish, I’m just wondering where the best silver seating area is for overtaking spots? All I’m getting is at the end of the main straight at the moment and that’s all gold seating.

I was going to go to this last year as I was organising a stag do but the couple split up and in the end i had to opt for silverstone. But the official hungaroring website has 25% off early bird tickets at moment.

(I presume its the official website)

http://www.hungaroinfo.com/formel1/tickets_all_en.htm?gclid=COyTlpqxzKwCFQkLfAodemc4rw

By the way about 6 weeks before the event the website started offering 2-4-1 tickets on the GOLD 2 grandstand which made it a hell of a bargain. It is late to hold off but you never know.

Hungaria rocks. I’ve been 3 times – 2006, 2007 and 2009 – Button, Hamilton, Hamilton in terms of the winners :-)

Camping there is the way forward, it’s normally hot, and you get loads of Polish, Finish and German / Austrian fans there, who are all really friendly and up for drunken party times after the race.

In terms of places to watch, the great thing about Hungary is that even with GA tickets, you can get loads of good spots around the whole circuit because it’s set in a natural bowl.

We’ve been in the Silver stand before the start / finish straight before (was the Red Bull stand in 2007, but not sure if it’s still branded that way), and it’s a good section as you can see the whole final section, which starts with a good overtaking point at the end of the back straight.

Such a great place to watch a race though, regardless of where you sit. As always, be sure to take advantage of the free reign you get on where to watch the Free Practice sessions on Friday (not the Super Gold down the main straight, but apart from that, anywhere you like)!

I’m toying with Austin this year, but come July will still be tempted to go to Hungary. My first F1 experience, and has a special place for me as a result.

My top tip is to make a holiday of it. Budapest is a cool city, but it’s also really centrally located with Hungary bordering a lot of countries, and lots of cheap-ish international trains and stuff.

In 2006 we had a night in Bratislava before the GP weekend, then 4 nights in Budapest over the GP weekend, before going to Brno in Czech Republic for 2 nights afterwards.

Then in 2007, we camped over the race weekend from Weds to Monday, and then got an overnight train to Krakow, Poland, where we had 3 days.

Then in 2009, we again camped before heading over by train to Llubljana in Slovenia, and having a few days exploring the capital as well as Bled. All great trips, not too pricey and really turns your F1 trip into a proper holiday with F1 thrown in for good measure.

Enjoy yourselves, whatever you do though! :-)

Indeed i have. Its quite busy, particularly around the big teams but you can usually get to see cars etc if you are patient.

Distance wise when I’ve taken taxis to the circuit it takes around 30 mins to an hour dependant on traffic.

Have to confess that i don’t remember which entrance it was. i didn’t go to the pit walk in 2009, so we’re going back to 2007 for my pit walk reminiscences….

@Jack yeh i will go ot the pit walk anyway i went to the belgian one last year and you couldnt move past the big teams so i hope to get abit closer this year

Hi,

Going to be in Budapest for the week of the Hungarian Grand Prix and looking to buy some tickets. Don’t have much money and had a look at the website and the two possible grandstands are Silver1 and Silver8. Anyone been to either of these before? If so, which one is better? By the looks of it you get a better view from Silver1 of the straight after turn 5 and Silver8 seems to just have a view of Turns 6 and 7. I am leaning towards Silver1 but was wondering if anybody had any better advice? (or whether we just ditch the grandstand and go for general admission?)

Any advice would be much appreciated. :)

Cheers

David