re: 2022 Formula 1 Season Thread

From what I hear if you just stay for the concert after each days events it's a hell of a lot easier to get out of there. Apparently COTA is a traffic nightmare (public and private).

Great timing for sure. Tongue in cheek, Max should be taking Checo to dinner after he battled Leclerc on the last lap. Solid teammate.

Think it was the 2013 Merc that would qualify amazingly, then watch Seb drove off in the distance. It was a fast quali car, but couldn't do shite during the race.

In 2013 Seb had 9 poles and Lewis and Nico had 8 combined

This year Ferrari has 11 and RB 5. Ferrari has drastically underperformed on Sunday. Whether it's tire deg or incompetence i dunno but their snatching defeat from the jaws of victory has been a constant theme all year. I still think they have a car capable of winning because they are the only other car that has the straight line speed to compete although alpine is certainly in the conversation. Merc is a pig on the straights which makes no sense after they've been so dominate in that area for all of the hybrid era

Like mentioned security was a joke, feel free to bring a backpack with food, drinks, booze, etc. I was surprised/shocked how little they checked people/bags. Since you’re GA I’d say pack a towel or blanket to sit on at a minimum, an umbrella isn’t a terrible idea to provide your own shade either.

Merch at the track is crazy expensive. $60+ for a t shirt or hat, the McLaren Gulf livery hats were $120 last year. The leftover shirts from previous GPs that didn’t sell and were on sale were still like $50. Food and drinks is about what you’d expect and there’s several stations to fill water bottles if you’d like.

Go watch the support series races. There was some good action last year and a way to kill some time.

Like mentioned you may as well go see the concerts afterwards, traffic leaving right after was a nightmare. On Saturday after Billy Joel we were able to get out of there and back to Austin in like 30 minutes. We left right after the podium Sunday and it took about 3 hours to get back.

Thanks for the advice. May very well bring some booze in. But in case they do check, what are the concession stand lines like?

Singapore early sale period for 2023 started, just got an email. Saying it because it was refreshing to see some realistic prices, even though it takes a full day of travel to get there. Done that race once, atmosphere is incredible.