vetfever

Hi Crew

Starting a trip to Italy (Covid permitting) with the Monza race this September. We already have accommodations in Milan, so just looking for info on things like:

- How to buy tickets - I am on the sign up list on the F1 website as it appears ticket sales haven't started yet, but are there other sources?
- Prices from previous years
- Best place - grandstand to sit
- How to get to the track
- Etc....

Thanks!

Matt Lane

Epic track and trip. Here are some random thoughts (I was there in 2018).

- Get train tickets from Milan Centrale station, they have 3-day passes that include the local bus transfer from Monza train station to the track.
- Check the departure times, and allow enough time for frustration, be prepared for a bit of pushing and shoving to get a spot on the trains, esp. heading back to Milan.
- You definitely want seats, not GA.
- I really enjoyed the the stands on the inside of the of the first RH corner Alta Velocità B N°6.
- Had a screen to follow telemetry, and it's the major braking zone with a fair bit of passing (and missed corners). There are a few websites that explain the views from the various seats.
- Be sure to buy from the the actual track promoters (not re-sellers), at the time was www.monzanet.it
- Be prepared to walk - it's not so much the distance to the entrance of the circuit as the long lineups compounded by the local 'traffic control expertise' LOL. Lots of shuffling, imagine the most inefficient crowd control you could ever conjure up. Tutto Bene!

Have fun.

I'll be back soon enough. Milan is great too... also an easy train ride to Venice for the day if you're interested.

Cheers

Matt

Vise

Awesome, Monza is on my short list as well... this year is likely a stretch but was hoping to do the back to back Spa + Monza weekends before they changed the schedule to add the Dutch GP. We've previously done Monaco (2016) and Japan (2019) plus Montreal of course and have plans to hit the Mexico GP this year. Same as you waiting for tickets to go on sale but already have an Airbnb booked for a week. Should be fun.

On your questions take a look at F1 Destinations, they have a bunch of articles on each race with travel + ticket info, where to sit, etc etc. Lots of other content out there as well.

LZRD GRN

My recommendation is to take a car direct to the track, the hotel should be able to recommend a driver.., prices are reasonable...

Public transport (train) was a mess the one time I used it....

I like Parabolica...

Make sure you walk the track after the race!

The atmosphere is unbelievable!!!

Enjoy!!

vetfever

Great info

Thanks everyone

Speed2k

Ooh, nice, The Temple of Speed! Please post up your findings, take lots pictures and most importantly, have fun!

PatriziaCanada

Does anyone know which site is best for resale tickets for Monza? And does Italy have scalpers at the track?

vetfever

Have you tried the F1 site? The day I bought our tickets their site had links to third party sellers.

I was able to purchase our two tickets directly from the Monza site, but just barely. I bought literally the last two tickets. They are singles, in the same row, 3 seats apart. I’m hoping we are sitting next to some people who don’t mind shuffling so me bc and my wife can sit together. I speak the language, so hoping they take pity on a couple of Canadian tourists

Gregster

You will likely have to buy from ViaGoGo or similar. F1 is popular now and speculators buy up a ton of tickets for resale. People were paying stupid money for Montreal

Parabolica1

This has to be a bucket list item for me. Enjoy and let us know how it was.

theiceman

damn drive to survive fanboys who run around talking about "quali" like they are Martin Brundle certified

PatriziaCanada

Thank you. Ok, I will keep an eye on the F1 ticket site and viagogo. I saw some for sale on Stub hub. Very over-priced. I will see what happens in the next week or two, and may buy those. grrrr

vetfever

So we are heading to Italy September 8th and Monza will be our weekend activity.

Ny wife has come to appreciate F1 - thanks Drive to Survive lol - and is asking about commentary while watching the race.

She likes the Sky Sports broadcast, so I was going to look into how to tap into it by perhaps streaming it.

Wondering though of any other options??

thanks

Gregster

You need a VPN to get F1 TV Pro working in Italy.

vetfever

Did the race at Monza today. I have been to quite a few races F1, IMSA, and other series including the Indy 500 this past May.

The experience at Monza this weekend was the worst by far, of any I’ve seen anywhere.

Transportation infrastructure is quite bad in n that they added no extra trains on Saturday, so thousands of people were scrambling to get back to Milan late into the evening.

But the worst is how they handled people flow getting into the park and then moving around once inside. You had to scan out using your ticket if you left your grandstand to go to the bathroom, and then after waiting in line 30 minutes to use the bathroom you had to wait in line again to have your ticket scanned to get back into your grandstand. Incredibly frustrating.

Food sales were done using tokens you had to purchase at booths that were few and far between with huge line up’s. Seems They only had a finite number of tokens in circulation, so the token booths quickly ran out of them, and they didn’t have enough people running around collecting the redeemed tokens from the food and drink vendors and running them back in buckets so they could be sold again.

A **** show doesn’t even come close to describing how poorly organized the weekend was. Many other idiotic rules such as the park gate keepers removing the caps from bottled water you were bringing in lest they be hurled at someone or on to the track, and yet you could purchase bottled water once you were inside the park. lol

If you’re an F1 fan looking to do a race in Europe, choose another track.