Formula One Race Or A Family Holiday?

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Grandstands 14 and 15 in Mexico gives you access to very little when you think of how much track is left. You can see maybe 50 meters of action out of 4.3 km.

I was having a look at ticket prices for the Singapore Grand Prix next week. More out of curiosity I might add as I am not planning on going anytime soon. The Formula One site says from 71 Euro's which obviously is just the basic entry fee.

I then looked at various other circuits around the world and was shocked to find Mexico was the most expensive. Russia 79 Euro's ,Japan 18 Euros, America 69 Euros and then Mexico at 264 Euro's. This doesn't make sense and definitely you would feel as though you are in for a weekend for being ripped off in any way possible.

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Monaco ,a cool 1000 euro's will get you a glimpse of the finish line which is just past the Rolex banner.

Various tracks hosting the races have to make a profit and some tracks have negotiated better deals than others it seems. Even if you lived in the city where the race is being held and wanted a good day out you would be looking at between 500 and 600 Euros per person. That is nothing flash as the flashy seats with hospitality are closer to 5000 Euros.

I honestly don't know how anyone can justify paying that sort of money for very little action. Motor racing is different to other sports where you have the entire thing play out in front of you. Think of football or baseball as the action is right there. In Formula One you get a few seconds every other minute and it isn't spectator friendly. You are far better of staying at home and watching it on television.

This is definitely a rich persons sport and if you are going to experience the race properly you would have to dig very deep into your pocket. Imagine explaining to the family that you chose to go to the Grand Prix and the family would have to miss out on a two week holiday somewhere. How can someone justify paying $5000 per ticket and it has to be businesses writing off on their entertainment budgets.

Mexico has raised it's prices by between 10 and 20 percent as the government has been busy doing austerity cuts. The Grand Prix is one of them as they cannot justify the spend. When a large percentage of the population lives under the poverty line then this would make perfect sense. Many countries do subsidize the race as it does attract tourists.It will be interesting to see in the future if the street circuits that are signing up will be any cheaper. I honestly doubt it as there seems to be a benchmark set by what people have been paying already.