Fromula One on a Shoestring

Most F1 fans would agree that smelling the rubber and hearing the deafening sound of an Formula One car is the ultimate experience. Watching the race live, you have to fully understand the sport because you don't have the convenience of graphical data and multi shot frames from the television. However watching it on the circuit is the ultimate experience.

Being the most expensive sport event in the world, it is not cheap to watch it live.
The average cheapest ticket to watch a race is 53 Uk punds, or
70 euro, $ 104 USD, 4,240 Php or RM 341 Malaysian Ringit.

Most of these ticket prices are for one day only and majority of them are for Friday practice session only. Average ticket prices would cost more for Saturday qualifying and
Sunday Race day.

So where do you watch an F1 race on a Shoestring ?

Answer : Malaysia

Consider this:

The Cheapest Three day pass is just 15.55 UK pounds, or
20.80 euro, $30 USD, 1,250 Php or RM 100 Malasyian Ringit.

Yes that is a Three day pass which includes Friday Practice, Saturday Qualifying and
Sunday Race day.

The cheapest way to travel from Kuala Lumpur is by KTM train from KL Sentral to NILAI
and take the shuttle bus to the curcuit.
A Return package is about RM 15 or about 3 euro per day.

You will need about ten euro for food & refreshments at the circuit per day.

During the Grand Prix week, there are a lot of F1 activities in the city like;
F1 car displays were you can take look at the different F1 cars up close and take photos,
Pit Stop contest, Driver appearances etc.

Hotel prices in KL during the week are about 50% higher but most five star hotels in the city are below $100 USD per night.

Air travel around South East Asia are also cheap with the emergence of budget airlines.
From Europe flights to Kuala Lumpur are also the lowest you can find.

The Formula week end is a great excuse to visit Malaysia and the catch the hottest race in the world !

Note:
The 2008 Petronas Malaysian Grand prix will be held on March 21- to 23 2008 at the Sepang International F1 Circuit.