Monaco Tickets (Newbie)
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When I looked into it, got suggestions etc, I was forced to conclude that any ticket that got me any kind of view was out of budget sadly. The grandstand is tiny.
That said, I'll still probably go one year. I've worked in Monaco previously and I can imagine just being in town on race day will feel pretty electric - even if you do end up sat in the Irish pub watching the race on their screen
That said, I'll still probably go one year. I've worked in Monaco previously and I can imagine just being in town on race day will feel pretty electric - even if you do end up sat in the Irish pub watching the race on their screen
Why not buy direct from ACM?
Can recommend stand K1 as close to the end as possible and preferably back row so you can turn around and see turn 1.
Also the small stand at Anthony Noghes is good. You can see pitlane entry, the driver's bridge, and the cars exiting the last corner onto the straight (where they often clip the barrier) with the bonus of a big screen right in front of you. It's watching tele but you are actually there.
Edit - just had look on the site. Not much left by the looks of it. And now they have some kind of VIP thing on the back rows of the tribunes. Now you have to pay a premium to stand with the riff raff.
Can recommend stand K1 as close to the end as possible and preferably back row so you can turn around and see turn 1.
Also the small stand at Anthony Noghes is good. You can see pitlane entry, the driver's bridge, and the cars exiting the last corner onto the straight (where they often clip the barrier) with the bonus of a big screen right in front of you. It's watching tele but you are actually there.
Edit - just had look on the site. Not much left by the looks of it. And now they have some kind of VIP thing on the back rows of the tribunes. Now you have to pay a premium to stand with the riff raff.
Edited by Oz83 on Thursday 4th April 19:44
Oz83 said:
Why not buy direct from ACM?
Can recommend stand K1 as close to the end as possible and preferably back row so you can turn around and see turn 1.
Also the small stand at Anthony Noghes is good. You can see pitlane entry, the driver's bridge, and the cars exiting the last corner onto the straight (where they often clip the barrier) with the bonus of a big screen right in front of you. It's watching tele but you are actually there.
Edit - just had look on the site. Not much left by the looks of it. And now they have some kind of VIP thing on the back rows of the tribunes. Now you have to pay a premium to stand with the riff raff.
When did you go? Do you recall how much you paid?Can recommend stand K1 as close to the end as possible and preferably back row so you can turn around and see turn 1.
Also the small stand at Anthony Noghes is good. You can see pitlane entry, the driver's bridge, and the cars exiting the last corner onto the straight (where they often clip the barrier) with the bonus of a big screen right in front of you. It's watching tele but you are actually there.
Edit - just had look on the site. Not much left by the looks of it. And now they have some kind of VIP thing on the back rows of the tribunes. Now you have to pay a premium to stand with the riff raff.
Edited by Oz83 on Thursday 4th April 19:44
This thread has got me thinking about a special surprise trip for me and Mrs Deuce. I suspect the cost might be the biggest surprise for her... I'm thinking next year, last of the current era.
Been a few times, just buy tickets off the F1 website.
As for stands, swimming pool towards the last corner are my favourites as you get to see the cars for a few seconds (as opposed to a couple!) and you see the pitlane.
If money is an issue, use Friday or Saturday for the expensive stands as those days are much cheaper. Eating and drinking out in the principality can be surprisingly cheap-even on GP weekend.
Stay somewhere just along the coast (Ville France Sur Mer is nice) but don't necessarily expect it to be much cheaper!
As for stands, swimming pool towards the last corner are my favourites as you get to see the cars for a few seconds (as opposed to a couple!) and you see the pitlane.
If money is an issue, use Friday or Saturday for the expensive stands as those days are much cheaper. Eating and drinking out in the principality can be surprisingly cheap-even on GP weekend.
Stay somewhere just along the coast (Ville France Sur Mer is nice) but don't necessarily expect it to be much cheaper!
There is no tickets left on Sunday by the looks of it really :-(
I haven't a clue what or where the stands are here for the tickets that are left for Sunday - https://tickets.formula1.com/en/3202-monaco-fom/
Any help or advice on the best of the last few would be greatly appreciated.
I haven't a clue what or where the stands are here for the tickets that are left for Sunday - https://tickets.formula1.com/en/3202-monaco-fom/
Any help or advice on the best of the last few would be greatly appreciated.
Click on the map and it expands to show you the layout with stands.
Honestly, you've got the wherewithal to earn enough money to get yourself to Monaco for the grand prix but can't even google a map layout to find out which stands are where
Only joking, another tip is to put the "Tribunes" or stand numbers into youtube and someone will have posted a little video of what the viewing is like
Honestly, you've got the wherewithal to earn enough money to get yourself to Monaco for the grand prix but can't even google a map layout to find out which stands are where
Only joking, another tip is to put the "Tribunes" or stand numbers into youtube and someone will have posted a little video of what the viewing is like
LaurasOtherHalf said:
Been a few times, just buy tickets off the F1 website.
As for stands, swimming pool towards the last corner are my favourites as you get to see the cars for a few seconds (as opposed to a couple!) and you see the pitlane.
If money is an issue, use Friday or Saturday for the expensive stands as those days are much cheaper. Eating and drinking out in the principality can be surprisingly cheap-even on GP weekend.
Stay somewhere just along the coast (Ville France Sur Mer is nice) but don't necessarily expect it to be much cheaper!
When I've worked there I've stayed in Nice and used the helicopter service to transfer each day, any idea if that runs public services on a race weekend? It's not normally very expensive and probably cheaper than booking a hotel in town.As for stands, swimming pool towards the last corner are my favourites as you get to see the cars for a few seconds (as opposed to a couple!) and you see the pitlane.
If money is an issue, use Friday or Saturday for the expensive stands as those days are much cheaper. Eating and drinking out in the principality can be surprisingly cheap-even on GP weekend.
Stay somewhere just along the coast (Ville France Sur Mer is nice) but don't necessarily expect it to be much cheaper!
LaurasOtherHalf said:
The train service works fine and the town is set up to herd people from the station-very cheap too if they even check the tickets.
Thank you! The first time I took the coach transfer and it took forever... Queueing in a fume filled tunnel isn't fun.I'll start costing it up then...
I think what people can't imagine (especially if they've visited the principality before, is just how much the town changes during the event in it's layout.
I mean, the town pretty much revolves around the harbour and the casino and they are suddenly part of the track! The logistics of the place is fascinating.
Regarding my favourite btw, Tribune T is next to the private walkway from the paddock club so is celeb spotting is your thing, literally every team member will walk past you.
In between races you're so close that you can shout "hello" over the track to everyone in the pit lane. When ad breaks were on we were waving at the commentators, getting a bit of banter going with them and some drivers. Good craic.
We did Casino Square last year for qually, quite over rated for viewing as it happens but nice for popping over to the Cafe de Paris for lunch where there's always someone to ogle, Jackie Stewart walked past our table and said hello.
As a spectacle of the glitz, glamour and energy of the F1 circus there really is no better event. The fact that you can be so close to the cars that it takes your breath away is only more impressive. You can actually hear the cars ripping the air apart you're so close.
I mean, the town pretty much revolves around the harbour and the casino and they are suddenly part of the track! The logistics of the place is fascinating.
Regarding my favourite btw, Tribune T is next to the private walkway from the paddock club so is celeb spotting is your thing, literally every team member will walk past you.
In between races you're so close that you can shout "hello" over the track to everyone in the pit lane. When ad breaks were on we were waving at the commentators, getting a bit of banter going with them and some drivers. Good craic.
We did Casino Square last year for qually, quite over rated for viewing as it happens but nice for popping over to the Cafe de Paris for lunch where there's always someone to ogle, Jackie Stewart walked past our table and said hello.
As a spectacle of the glitz, glamour and energy of the F1 circus there really is no better event. The fact that you can be so close to the cars that it takes your breath away is only more impressive. You can actually hear the cars ripping the air apart you're so close.
LaurasOtherHalf said:
I think what people can't imagine (especially if they've visited the principality before, is just how much the town changes during the event in it's layout.
I mean, the town pretty much revolves around the harbour and the casino and they are suddenly part of the track! The logistics of the place is fascinating.
Regarding my favourite btw, Tribune T is next to the private walkway from the paddock club so is celeb spotting is your thing, literally every team member will walk past you.
In between races you're so close that you can shout "hello" over the track to everyone in the pit lane. When ad breaks were on we were waving at the commentators, getting a bit of banter going with them and some drivers. Good craic.
We did Casino Square last year for qually, quite over rated for viewing as it happens but nice for popping over to the Cafe de Paris for lunch where there's always someone to ogle, Jackie Stewart walked past our table and said hello.
As a spectacle of the glitz, glamour and energy of the F1 circus there really is no better event. The fact that you can be so close to the cars that it takes your breath away is only more impressive. You can actually hear the cars ripping the air apart you're so close.
You've sold it to me I think.I mean, the town pretty much revolves around the harbour and the casino and they are suddenly part of the track! The logistics of the place is fascinating.
Regarding my favourite btw, Tribune T is next to the private walkway from the paddock club so is celeb spotting is your thing, literally every team member will walk past you.
In between races you're so close that you can shout "hello" over the track to everyone in the pit lane. When ad breaks were on we were waving at the commentators, getting a bit of banter going with them and some drivers. Good craic.
We did Casino Square last year for qually, quite over rated for viewing as it happens but nice for popping over to the Cafe de Paris for lunch where there's always someone to ogle, Jackie Stewart walked past our table and said hello.
As a spectacle of the glitz, glamour and energy of the F1 circus there really is no better event. The fact that you can be so close to the cars that it takes your breath away is only more impressive. You can actually hear the cars ripping the air apart you're so close.
I love the insanity of Monaco and can only imagine the fever pitch as race weekend builds. I can well picture how small town becomes when all the central roads become a race track
I have no interest in celeb spotting, I deal with those difficult sods at work. But I can appreciate the closeness to the cars.
It was actually working in Monaco for the first time for the 2008 yacht show that got me seriously into F1, having been just a casual viewer before. Seeing the drop in height at hairpin made me realise just how much of the challenge I hadn't previously appreciated on the TV before. That and the sheer tightness of the layout.
As a separate story, on one trip I was working for a yacht broker at the show, and his PA in a moment of desperation decided the stand needed two large potted plants to cover some rough edges. She gave me her card, pin a driver and one of the brokers range rovers. Each time he pulled up outside a florist he was told off by the police, the third time they arrested him and took the car. I called the PA to explain and apologise, which prompted her to send a fresh car and driver so I could resume my search. I eventually found suitable plants and by the time I had got them back to the stand the brokers people had already contacted the police and somehow arranged the release of the first driver. It turns out that a near zero crime rate is in part due to billionaire powers simply telling the police they were mistaken if they become an inconvenience. I adore the place!
Edited by TheDeuce on Thursday 4th April 22:03
I would consider a trip to the Monaco historic held every two years if you want a feel of the place with some action.
Loads cheaper, busy but not packed to the rafters. I went last year and had a brilliant weekend, the racing was superb and I will never forget the noise the first time I arrived in the grandstand. We did different grandstands each day to cover different angles plus walked the track in the evening for the all important photo opportunities at famous points.
Loads cheaper, busy but not packed to the rafters. I went last year and had a brilliant weekend, the racing was superb and I will never forget the noise the first time I arrived in the grandstand. We did different grandstands each day to cover different angles plus walked the track in the evening for the all important photo opportunities at famous points.
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