Trackside at the Hungaroring – 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix

Tips and advice about the trackside experience at the Hungaroring for F1 fans attending the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix

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The 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix will be held on August 1-3

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Hungaroring: Access & Orientation

How to Get to the Hungaroring: Getting There & Around

Entry Gates: Gate opening times TBC for 2025. The circuit gates normally open at 07:30 on Friday, Saturday & Sunday at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Six gates provide access to the circuit.

Hungaroring Parking: Free spaces are offered to fans at three large car parks outside of the circuit. If you are driving, you’ll need to be patient at peak times (especially on race day), as the roads near the circuit get easily congested. Paid parking is also available behind the Super Gold grandstand.

Allowed Items: You are allowed to bring in a maximum of 0.5 litres of water/liquid per person in a plastic or metal container (including alcohol), as well as food for personal consumption (equivalent to three sandwiches). Refill stations for drinking water are located around the circuit. You are also allowed to bring in baby strollers/prams. Small umbrellas are also allowed, but cannot be used in the grandstands (take a rain poncho or rain jacket instead)

Prohibited Items: You cannot bring any glass into the circuit. Camping/folding chairs are not allowed. Other prohibited items include drones, bicycles, cooler bags, backpack exceeding 20kgs, non-collapsible umbrellas or parasols. Check points 9 & 10 under Terms and Conditions.

Thursday Pit Lane Walk & High Speed Test

Tickets for the Thursday Pit Lane Walk & High Speed Test at the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prx are now on sale. Tickets are priced at €40 and will sell out quickly. Due to high demand and limited supply, we recommend buying your tickets as soon as they go on sale.

The pit lane walk, which used to be open and free to all 3-day ticket holders, requires the purchase of a separate ticket. It is only open to fans who already hold a valid 3-day race ticket. Tickets also need to be purchased for children. No discounts are offered on Thursday tickets. (Both the Thursday and 3-day tickets are required to be shown on the day to access the circuit.)

Fans are able to enter the circuit from 14:00 to watch the high speed test of the medical and safety cars from the Super Gold grandstand. The pit lane walk will follow afterwards. The pit lane walk itself runs from around 16:15-18:00.

To attend Thursday’s high-speed test and pit lane walk, you will need to present your Thursday ticket together with your weekend tickets in the parking area next to the Main Gate at the Hungaroring. You will receive a wristband and then be able to enter the circuit via Gate 8. Check the map.

2025 Hungarian Grand Prix Timetable

On-Track Schedule: The complete on-track timetable will not be published by F1 until around six weeks before race weekend. Session times for Formula 1 are confirmed for 2025 and listed below. (Check the 2024 schedule here)

F1 Sprint: The Hungaroring is not one of six circuits that will hold the F1 Sprint format in 2025

Support Categories:  Formula 2, Formula 3 & Porsche Supercup are the confirmed support categories confirmed at the 2025 Hungarian GP

Post-Race Track Invasion: It’s normally possible to enter the track for the podium ceremony at the conclusion of the race. Gates are opened near the pit exit on the outside of the track, as well as near the final corner. It’s only possible to walk on the main straight; the rest of the circuit is off limits.

Friday, August 1

13:30-14:30: Formula 1 – Free Practice Session 1 (FP1)

17:00-18:00: Formula 1 – Free Practice Session 2 (FP2)

Saturday, August 2

12:30-13:30: Formula 1 – Free Practice Session 3 (FP3)

16:00-17:00: Formula 1 – Qualifying

Sunday, August 3

15:00-17:00: Formula 1 Hungarian Grand Prix 2025 (70 laps or 2 hours)

Hungaroring Fan Zone

The original fan zone at the Hungaroring is located behind the Super Gold grandstand on the pit straight, while a newer and larger fan zone (with stage for appearances) is located behind the Apex 1 and 2 grandstands near Turn 12. In the fan zones, you’ll find a good selection of food and drink vendors, plus merchandise shops and static/interactive F1 displays.

Performances, DJs & Fan Forum at the Hungaroring

The stage in the new fan zone has performances, interviews and DJ from 09:30-19:30 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The times for the popular “Meet the Drivers” and “Meet the Team Principals” sessions, also known as the Fan Forum, are not normally confirmed until race week. At the 2024 Hungarian GP, the Fan Forum sessions happened on Friday (10:45-12:15: Meet the Drivers, 14:45-16:50: Meet the Team Principals) and Saturday (10:40-11:20: Meet the Drivers).

Food & Drink at the Hungarian Grand Prix

The food on offer at the Hungaroring has improved in recent years, but is still not that great. On the pricey side by local standards and there isn’t much in the way of healthy fare, but there is more variety on offer apart from hot dogs and hamburgers, including langos (Hungarian deep-fried flatbread), gyros and pizzas. Expect to pay around €5-10 for most meals.

A 500ml Heineken beer costs 1300 Forints (just over €3), which is probably the cheapest on the whole calendar! Water and soft drinks are a little cheaper and FREE drinking water refill stations are located in the Fan Zone. Keeping hydrated is essential in the hot summer sun and you should also be careful about your alcohol consumption at the track. It’s possible to pay with both cash and card at all circuit vendors in either HUF or EUR; due to unfavourable exchange rates, it’s always cheaper to pay in the local currency.