Yes do this at at least once(or 10times) during a practice session!! Well it's your 1st time so you should take the stand option. General admission means you will need to camp in front of the fence early to get a decent view/spot to sit. With a stand you have your spot so you have more time to walk around and look at tents and cars and whatever they have going on. Plus during practice you can walk around the different parts of the circuit if you want but come qualifying/race you will want to have a seat so you can work out what's going on haha. Also hire one of these babies out http://www.fanvision.com/f1 I had the older model in 2010. It was a great device to keep you up to date with what's going on. The large monitors at the track aren't always clear. The battery life was great didn't need to charge it once. Image Unavailable, Please Login
-1: general admission; buy a 'real' seat. +1: bringing a cooler full of frosty ones. -one billion: deciding to walk to the city from the track -vs- taking the metro (read one of my old posts from 2 years ago!) Enjoy it; great time for sure!
+1 My fiance and I wanted to snag one of these last year, but the line was pretty long so we bailed on it. We are in Grandstand 34 so I said don't bother since the Jumbotron was straight ahead, but I gotta say I'm thinking about snagging one this year.
That is if you want to actually follow the race. I'm normally too busy to do that. I go to the GPs for sights and sounds and taking pictures. Watching a race is best done at home in front of the TV.
Point taken and I agree. My reference was only in regards to the image clarity of that hand held 'thingamajig'.
You replied before I finished my edit, "You too fast, Joe! " I would not rent/hire one as it would deter the overall experience ie the sights and sounds.
Two peas in a pie then. Yup, I agree. Following along in a GP while on location is not easy because you can't hear any announcements, the numbers on the tower might be meaningless and the giant TV screen hard to read. Plus you're somewhat busy drinking your beer, cheering on your fav driver, booing your unfavorite driver (cough, cough), taking pictures, get along with the neighbours around you (particularly if they love your unfavorite driver), hold the umbrella and oogle the pit babes. So there is simply no time to watch the race on a 2x2" screen. At least not for me. After a GP I'm normally speechless. Simply because I lost my voice screaming. Loving and hating drivers takes a lot of energy...
Really? You are too busy for the 1.30 of nothing till they come around again??? Plus it helps tell you when your driver is about to come past again to cheer them on
Normally that long time delay only happens in the first 5 laps until the field spreads out. That's usually when I check my foto gear to see that everything is working fine. Not arguing your point. People experience GPs in different ways. Knowing all the details to me is not important while being at the race. I can do that the other 19 times at home.
