Quote Originally Posted by MrJan View Post
Couple of downsides, primarily that you can’t take food or drink into the circuit, don’t think I’ve ever seen that at another motorsport venue. Also I couldn’t work out how to wander the track as I wanted to watch down by the forest section where general admission can go. In the end spend the whole weekend in grandstand B overlooking the last corner, seemed the best spot on the track IMO. Oh and hated having music playing at the start of the race, the sound of anti-lag provides far more theatre than some crappy electronic music.

Thinking of heading back next year though, Riga old town is very nice and found a great bar that had decent live music (mostly cover bands) every evening.
Very interested to read your thoughts on the circuit (and Riga in general). Of the European rounds this looks like one of the easier ones to attend as everything (i.e. airport and town center) seem to be in very close proximity to the circuit.

I did wonder about the viewing situation as, from the TV coverage, you only see spectators in the grandstands and nowhere else around the track. What was the overview of the whole track like from your grandstand? Did you have to reserve the grandstand seats, or did you just pick the ones you wanted?