Glad it was an enjoyable first experience at a grand prix. I was torn between Hungary and Belgium this year, but eventually went for the Hungaroring (I later learned that an ex-colleague of mine went to Spa! So I can pass this on to him). It was my first GP since 2014 (Monza) and it did feel like going to a race, for a fan, is a bit like a festival, or even a pilgrimage. As I wrote: “But my main conclusion is that attending the race did, to this F1 fan, feel – in some tangible sense – special. And it should, in my view, be forever thus.” Interesting to see that both races (Hungary and Belgium) came out well in the official attendance figures that the F1 Group published today too.

Didn’t know that Spa has a good museum but of course there is also the Michael Schumacher Museum just over the border (and the Ardennes forest) in Kerpen now! Admittedly it is probably a bit of a trek still but could end up being part of an F1 trail for Spa visitors in future.

P.S. Thanks for quoting me in an earlier piece on Vettel & Ferrari. Glad that it was a useful segue into the article.