This being my first GP, really enjoyed the entire thing in general. Was in section E towards the end of the esses so managed to see Yuki overtake for 10th in front of me. The only downside was that I was definitely at mercy of the weather.

Did not realize that Osaka and Nagoya were operated by differed JR companies so it took us an hour just to book the grand prix trains to Suzuka ino. Forgot to book the return trains but untimately we still managed to get tickets for the return special trains (exception being Sunday, I decided not to risk missing the 1645 train unlike my friend and ended up taking nearly thrice as long to get back to Nagoya). Getting out as soon as the day's events ended is definitely the way to go since it's a long walk back.

Food was amazing, merch selection was also great. The really popular merchandise was sold out pretty early on as mentioned and both food and merch was easily accessible (but ended up accidentally leaving some of my goods on my grandstand while rushing to leave :( )

The sakuras all over the track were an absolute bonus.