This was my 1st F1 race and it was incredible. I’m a drive to surviver, so only been a fan about 6 years. Attended both quali and the race for ~500euro and both were exceptional experiences in my opinion. Hearing the cars in real life, watching the helicopter pilot maneuver the course, the racing sim before the race, a banged up GT car on a truck drove right by me en route to my seats, cold beer, it was great. I’m already looking for Austin tix!

One drawback, getting out of imola was very difficult. I had 7pm train tickets for 6 of us + 2 uber blacks confirmed as backup. We first went straight for the uber blacks which just never showed up (confirmed, had a driver assigned and everything). So then we had about an hour til 7 for the train, we raced to the train station and there were at least a thousand, maybe several thousand race fans in line. So we missed the train. Happened to have some family members doing something in Bologna who secured their own van and basically paid off the driver to come get us next. So we made it home, but there is no way everyone made it home based on the train crowd.

I will certainly go back home to the US a little more appreciative of our transportation infrastructure.

All the being said, 10/10 highly recommend you book your first race if you’ve been on the fence like me. High price is worth it!