Interlagos

I've been there like 15 years ago before they upgraded the track. Back then it was a miserable experience. Today your best seats are at the very first turn.

While the track got better, life in Sao Paulo remained the same. Expect traffic jams and crime. Make sure you have a dedicated driver from the hotel to take you there and to pick you up after the race. Get his cell phone # and don't leave the track until you see the white in his eyes.

Nothing to do surrounding the track as it is built into the slums.

Sao Paulo itself however has a lot to offer: Great hotels, great restaurants, cool art museums and Murumbi cemetery with Senna's grave on top of the hill. Take a cab there for a true F1 trip down memory lane.

As for the race/track: I will never go back there. Ever. Was by far the worst F1 experience I ever had.

 

I went there last year there is a metro/subway line from downtown to the track area, a few blocks from the station at interlagos to the track easy way in/out

 

The sector "A" was known to be the best because it's the highest and thus allowed you to see many points of the track: the beginning of the main straight, the pit entrance, the end of the opposite straight, the "lago" curve and the "bico de pato" curve. However, due to the paddock renovations, I am not sure whether it will still be possible.

Sector "D" and "E" offer the view to the "S do Senna" curve where most of the overtakes will happen and many crashes had happened too.

Some side events will happen but very far from to the track. I am not familiar with them though.

Sao Paulo is not a touristic city but has very good restaurants, hotels, museums and a great nightlife (for all ages).

Hahaha, please don't exaggerate. Looks like the OP won't go there after your post.

 

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Interlagos is one of the best tracks to watch a race because it is a natural amphitheatre. There are many points where you can sit and see more than one corner/straight. S do senna is a nice place to sit. As flavio said, Sector A in general is pretty good, but the renovations may change that. I didn't like the designs and think it's a shame what they are doing there for Bernie's sake, but this isn't the place to discuss that.