Monza which ticket to choose

This is my first time going to Monza as well and I chose 6b. Can't beat Turn 1 for some good action.

 

Monza is a great place no matter where you are ... but there are Tons of people about.

Variante Ascari is good... and parabolica is good.. the main straight you dont see a lot but cars flying past...

if you want a cool experience stay up in como area and helicopter in... there are a lot of folks that do that from Bellagio or Como... cost was -$300 E but worth it on race day... easy in - easy out. Trains and traffic are nutz!

 

I sat at Variante as well and would recomend it. It is indeed a magical place for F1 fans.

 

I was walking near the pit entrance and there was, for lack of a better term, a dsturbance in the force, people running around and becoming agitated in a good way... MS was being driven from Mercedes hospitality to the pits and people were running next to the car yelling "Schumi,Schumi". Was pretty cool.

 

This year will be my third Monza GP.

Seating is important as there are bad seats, more than at other tracks:

Avoid the grandstands opposite the pitlane.

Instead pick either variante Ascari or the swimming pool (piscine) chicane at the end of the s/f straight. And if you have a choice the higher up the better.

Let me know if you have other questions (transportation, hotels, etc).

 

Yes variante 8 is the piscine chicane. I got great shots from there. Get a seat high up if possible. You are also close enough to the infield etc for food/toilets etc

Btw: you can also buy a 1 day pass at the track for little money to get a different seat for eg Saturday, I did that last time (photographers like different viewing angles)

 

Nice one.

 

It's not that I like Monza that much, but it is logistically relatively easy to do. It sounds strange but the Italians actually got that very well organized.

 

except for the long walk to the bus at the end...

 

Not true: you can walk to the main exit and take the city bus right from there to the train station. You don't need to go all the way back to the bus parking

 

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They keep your ticket at their booth at the entrance

 

Well that's nice to hear, one could have imagined having never been, it could get quite manic.

However the cuisine and wines would sure make up for it, I would probably end up missing the racing because of that, but you have made it all sound pretty easy.

I usually go to the Spanish GP and stay in Barcelona, for the shopping food sunshine ect, and get a coach (seems to get priority) to the track, all easy peasy...just a pity it's a boring track, but great in the aspect you can walk all round it.

 

There really is only one hotel of relevance: Hotel Fossati

It's the place where the drivers used to stay and full of memorabilia.

However I recommend you stay in Milan near the Central train station from where they have fast special trains to Monza where the buses take you to the track. Many great places to chose from. We stayed at Hotel Mediolanum

 

Monza, Barcelona, Austin and Budapest are all equally easy to do. Only Montreal and Monaco are even less difficult.

On the other side of the spectrum is Spa, which I still would like to do one day but so far have cancelled every time I made plans for it. Just so painful logistically.
Silverstone and Interlagos are also painful and places I will never go again.

 

What's your first choice? Which as Ascari section is best? I see they have a due(13) and a (16). I am only going once so I want to do it right.

 

It's Monza there is no bad experience. I went in the late 90's we bought race tix from scalpers and still it's the Best GP I have ever been too

I was sitting on the main straight and it's like watching tennis so I wouldn't recommend it BUT Schumie did win the race that day so it made up for it running on the track/podium to celebrate

We stayed in Milano and the express race day trains were delayed for some reason (there were no issues on the sat) so I'd recommend leaving at the crack of dawn

 

13, hands down

Ascari 13 and 15 are the best stands at Monza. 16 is less interesting as you see them only go by from left to right.

 

Yes and no. We debated this before.

Monza is easy to do because of its logistics. The Italians got this organized like they are Germans.

Milan is superb, the train/bus combo easy, the park beautiful and the track has plenty of food and toilet stands. All good. Plus the history and the tifosi.

The bad part is the track itself: Totally boring layout. Unless you sit in a chicane you see the cars just fly by (as you pointed out). Monza simply lacks the hills and turns. Tracks like Barcelona or even Hungary are a lot more interesting for the local audience to watch.

I have done Monza three times because it is easy to do. This year I'm going to Spa and I expect a tremendous track but I'm already shaking in my boots about the logistics nightmare this trip will be. Probably a once only experience.

 

Thanks for your help! Just purchased. I can't wait to go, I might just stay and not come back.