u/Tigerbear62

I attended the British GP on Friday for the first time since 2021, and left feeling a bit annoyed at how F1/Silverstone handle the crowds and particularly the GA areas. The ticket prices are already ridiculous, not to mention the amount of corners/parts of the circuit that are easily accessible at any other race meeting being blocked off or locked behind expensive ticket add ons for the Grand Prix.

A majority of the trackside viewing spots on the inner track (which costs £70+ for each day on top of a regular ticket) are covered in big black tarps to block the otherwise good views, or have staff there that do not let you stop to watch. I talked to one of these people and she herself said she hates having to tell fans to move and doesn’t understand the decision, but just has to do what she is told.

I have also attended 4 out of the 5 Saudi Arabian GPs, and noticed a shift in how they managed the GA areas from 2024 to 2025. Every GA location I could stand at and view from in 2024 was now manned with staff in 2025 that did not let you watch trackside. Every single spot where you had any sort of view of the track had people now stood there telling you to move and that you are not allowed to watch trackside.

At that point, what is the actual point of attending the Saudi GP with a general admission ticket? For the rides? For the concerts? It must be because you are forbidden from actually watching the cars on track at Jeddah with a general admission ticket. I asked the staff this question as well, and they said if you want to watch the trackside action with your own eyes, to purchase a grandstand ticket, and that you’re only options as a GA ticket holder were to watch the screens in the fan zones and go on the rides.

This was incredibly disappointing to me, and I was even more disappointed to see a more classic circuit like Silverstone moving in this direction. That being said, there are a lot of good GA areas at Silverstone and they get very large crowds, so I can understand it slightly to an extent, at least more than the BS rules at Jeddah.

So to conclude, does anyone feel like F1 is becoming an increasingly worse experience to attend in person for fans? It feels like F1 is trying to make the GA experience as bad as they can to try and incentivise people to purchase more expensive grandstand tickets, certainly so at Jeddah. For me it feels like it has become an experience no where near worth the price it costs, and basically any other racing event is better value for money and treats their fans better, and I hope it changes and that F1 can become a more accessible event. What do you think?

Hello!

I have been to Silverstone countless times over the years for small events. ELMS, British GT, Historic racing etc, and was curious about how the inner track access works after booking a Friday GA ticket.

I have been to multiple different F1 races, but only to the British GP once in 2021, where I had inner track access. This was 5 years ago now so my memory is a bit hazy, but I don't recall anyone checking our tickets when crossing the Wellington Straight bridge and just sort of walking across like I normally would at any other event there. Every other time I've been to Silverstone you can obviously access almost the entire circuit with a GA ticket, and I was wondering how on earth they police people going in and out of the inner track.

Do they have people stationed at the Wellington and Hangar Straight bridges and tunnel by Copse checking tickets? Because I'm not fussed about going to the car park to meet drivers, but there are a lot of really great viewing spots on the inner track I normally like to visit.

Adding on to that, are the GA plus areas only a thing for the Sunday? Because the Copse and Luffield GA plus areas are great spots and I'd like to visit them. Maybe I am just in denial that Silverstone could lock so many basic parts of the circuit behind ridiculously expensive addons when they are accessible to everybody at every single other event the circuit hosts.

Thanks!

I was thinking of going to one of the London dates, but apparently he’s on stage 20 mins late every show and only plays 5 songs??

The first date of that tour in Arizona he played 14 songs, and gradually reduced the setlist throughout the tour until it was just 5. Is he gonna pull this shit on the EU leg? Because that’s actually crazy and I have never heard of an artist caring so little or being that lazy that they are 20 minutes late to their 45 min slot and only play 5 songs.

Not to mention that he performs Timeless, which makes no sense because he’s supporting the Weeknd who plays the same song later that night in his setlist. So dude is basically performing 4 of his songs and leaving.

How can he get away with doing that? If I was the Weeknd or a part of that tour I would feel completely scammed and disrespected to pay someone to open for me just for them to blatantly give the least possible effort they possibly can