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“Huge”. ok. Currently there is a 14 second gap between F1’s 2018 pole position and Indycar’s fastest test time. That’s about 15% slower. Your estimating that it will probably end up being 10-11 seconds, and perhaps that’s probably fair. So that’s a ~12% slower time.

For comparison, at the 2018 British GP the Formula 2 pole time (01:40.0) was…[Read more]

Hi All,

Attending my first F1 in some years in Melbourne. Haven’t been to an F1 race since the new turbo era started so need some advice on ear protection. Will be sitting in the Brabham Grandstand. Considering they are alot quieter now is ear protection still required and can on track commentary be heard or do I need to bring a headphone to…[Read more]

Sorry but I may have used American slang that is not used in Australia when I said
I am a bit “gun shy”. It basically means I am worried something will go wrong
like getting there and not being able to get a ticket to the race. Because of my
bad experience I plan to buy on line ahead of time just to be sure I don’t have a problem
when I…[Read more]

There are several large merchandise and food and drink areas around the track all accessible to GA ticket holders. At a minimum there is usually food, drink and toilets at most corners.

Melbourne may have healthy spectator numbers compared to many countries but it is not Monza! The grandstand seats may sell out but not GA. The only time I know GA sold out was the final Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide in 1995, where 205,000 GA tickets sold out (I was there!). Melbourne gets about 100,000 on race day.

The queues can be long at…[Read more]

Just as an FYI in the US one of the meanings of concessions is places where vendors
sell food or merchandise. It sounds like it has a different usage in Australia, thus
my confusion.

Tom

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I had a problem in 2016 when I arrived at the gate at Monza
and was told GA was sold out so I am a bit gun shy. Good to know I can wait.

Tom

Buying from the official F1 site tickets.formula1.com is safe as you you don’t know if others are legitimate and can be trusted.

Concession tickets are for people with official concessions, eg children, students, age pensioners etc. Not for most people.

If you are arriving a day or two before the weekend it may be easier to buy your ticket in…[Read more]

Thanks for all the inputs.
I have air tix from US and lodging in St. Kilda.
Now for admission tickets. What are the differences
between GA and GA Concession tickets? Which are recommended?
Do you recommend any websites to purchase them from, should
I use tickets.formula1.com?

Tom

For a number of years I’ve stayed in St.Kilda.
Because of it’s ease of access to St.Kilda Rd. I book the Clark Stand. Canterbury Rd. after the race is too much of a crush for me.

Melbourne provides a significant tram service to shuttle fans directly to and from the track and the city during the race weekend in addition to the normal tram and train services that continue to run throughout the weekend, so transport is easy. You would not want to have a car as parking near the track is impossible.

It would help to study a…[Read more]

Thanks to you that replied to my questions. I cant afford paddock club and it sounds like
this is a great track for GA viewing. Normally when I go to races in the US I buy GA
tickets and wander through and watch from various locations during the weekend and don’t
reserve bleacher seats so I think that should work well at Albert Park.

A…[Read more]

Yeah, it’s a great track to get close to the cars. T5 is great, and also the inside of t13 is good, and loud, but doesn’t have the facilities of other parts of the track.

If you can’t afford a grandstand ticket, there’s some great spots in GA to watch from. Some favourites for me are the mound at T9 and the run to T3. The fast change of…[Read more]

It depends a great deal on what you can afford and what you want to see. I can’t afford paddock club. I’ve done grandstands overlooking the main straight and while seeing something of the pitstops in the refueling era was great, it’s less exciting now.

A 4 day general admission pass which gets you many amazing viewing positions is about AU$175.…[Read more]