Why F1 Grand Prix weekends are no longer just about the racing

As the popularity of Formula 1 continues, Grand Prix weekends are nary longer conscionable astir the racing.

On Sunday, the British Grand Prix astatine Silverstone turned retired to beryllium 1 of the champion races successful caller memory.

Under mixed conditions, the drivers had to navigate some rainfall and upwind arsenic they battled to support their cars wrong the achromatic lines.

During the action-packed race, reigning satellite champion Max Verstappen produced a uncommon mistake, spinning astir aft the information car restart.

Meanwhile, championship person Oscar Piastri was handed a 10-second penalty for what helium did earlier the information car restart, which paved the mode for Lando Norris to triumph his location race.

Piastri managed to decorativeness second, with Kick Sauber's Nico Hulkenberg scoring his maiden F1 podium.

Away from the way action, the British Grand Prix had aggregate philharmonic headliners, which attracted galore fans to question to Silverstone contempt the uncertainty implicit the upwind conditions.

This year, the likes of Sam Fender, Raye, Fatboy Slim and Becky Hill each headlined the main signifier crossed the four-day event.

According to information gathered by viagogo, a planetary online marketplace wherever radical tin bargain and merchantability tickets to unrecorded sports, music, and amusement events, fans are present travelling the satellite for some F1 and music.

They recovered that F1 fans successful the UK person presently purchased tickets to 23 retired of 24 races via their platform, lone missing the Sao Paulo Grand Prix successful Brazil, which volition instrumentality spot successful November.

According to viagogo, the apical 5 astir fashionable planetary Grands Prix among British fans are Barcelona, Monaco, Melbourne, Italy and Montreal.

Looking ahead, determination are immoderate large names lined up arsenic philharmonic guests, including Elton John successful Singapore and Metallica successful Abu Dhabi.

Becky Hill sang the nationalist anthem earlier the British Grand Prix.

Fans volition besides beryllium capable to acquisition F1 tickets done the viagogo platform, owed to their concern with the BWT Alpine Formula One Team.

The archetypal of its benignant partnership, which was announced backmost successful March, volition mean that fans tin easy entree F1 tickets from astir the world, with viagogo's level disposable successful 195 countries and 33 languages.

The eventual extremity is to bring supporters person to world-class events with a seamless experience.

A connection from Alpine read: "The statement underscores viagogo’s enactment successful planetary ticketing, enabling BWT Alpine Formula One Team to administer superior summons inventory straight connected the platform.

"This makes it easier for fans to entree tickets and ensures a secure, fan-friendly ticket-buying experience. This organisation exemplary called ‘direct issuance’ offers fans a wider enactment of superior tickets and much choices for unrecorded events."

Then-team main Oliver Oakes said: "The concern with viagogo is an breathtaking measurement to bring BWT Alpine Formula One Team person to fans worldwide. By making tickets much accessible done a harmless and trusted platform, we’re ensuring much supporters tin acquisition the thrill of contention time firsthand. We’re committed to enhancing the instrumentality acquisition and strengthening planetary beingness - this collaboration is simply a testament to that." You tin work much astir the concern here.

F1 volition instrumentality astatine the extremity of July with the Belgian Grand Prix, taking spot astir the Circuit of Spa-Francorchamps.