u/Clumsywithcups

Just learned this the hard way. If you’re buying tickets to the US Grand Prix, go directly to the track. In Austin, that’s Circuit of the Americas (cota.com).
Do not buy from https://tickets.formula1.com/en
F1 buys tickets from the track and marks them up before reselling. Same exact section, higher price.
When I pointed this out, the response I got from Formula 1 Experiences was “we don’t work for free.” Fair enough I guess, but I had no idea F1 was just a middleman on tickets. Wish I’d known sooner.
Add-on experiences and hospitality packages through F1 might make sense since they bundle stuff. But for plain grandstand tickets? Buy from the circuit directly and save yourself the markup.