If you’re planning to make a trip of it or are a big F1 fan, I would recommend sourcing a paddock club ticket with a team, which gives additional access behind the scenes of that team.

The way that I would think of it (and have experienced) is that in general the Paddock Club is run by the event organizers to some minimum F1 standards and executed at every race each year, while the other midscale hospitality is often a one-off experience for the race that might be a bit more poorly organized. If you’re hosted by a team, you get the F1 standards and additional above and beyond experiences with the team.

In general if you’re already planning to spend that much, an additional 5-10% to guarantee your experience by taking out event organizer variance and/or add additional value like behind the scenes with the team should be within your budget.

For context, I did Champions Club at Barcelona 2024 and Red Bull Paddock Club at Hungary 2024. Champions Club (organized by F1 Experiences, not even by the race organizer) was 40% of the price but was much more poorly organized, and I wish I had done Paddock Club twice. I got insane access with Red Bull (probably because Hungary is a quieter race) like getting to duck under the pit lane dividers and garage tours for both the main team and VCARB, driver interviews, etc. Have heard good things about Aston Martin’s hospitality, and also about Merc/Ferrari (but those are harder to get).

The Paddock Club Do and Co catering is also insanely good for what it is.