Spa-Francorchamps F1 weekend 2026

I took my son over to Spa in 2022 and had an incredible time.  We had seats in an uncovered grandstand - Silver 3? I think that was it anyway.  It was just on the outside of Pouhon.  Walking in from Malmedy on the first day was incredible, you have no idea how steep the circuit is until you get there, especially in that section.  

We booked the circuit tickets direct with Spa.  Came to about £400 for the two of us, Friday to Sunday, my son was 15 at the time.

We live in County Durham so got the DFDS ferry from Newcastle to Holland.  It was then a very easy drive down, with the top down in the MX5 we had, perfect road trip car.  We stayed in an Ibis about an hour away from the circuit on the Thurs night, first day of practice was Friday.  The circuit at Spa is in the middle of nowhere really.  We booked an Air B & B apartment over the border in Germany from the Friday until Monday morning, was cheap and easy.  It was in the middle of a forest with nothing around it really but there was an Aldi/Lidl kind of on the way between the circuit and there.  

Caravan might work well for you, there's camping at the circuit - we were chatting to some Brits that had been camped there in their tent and it was wild apparently but you'd be slightly insulated from it in a caravan!

You can walk all around the circuit wherever you're sat.  If you want to just get general admission tickets the spots on the grass get bagged really early, especially on race day.  Bear in mind that the best spots are turned into temporary stands anyway!  

Weather was mostly kind to us, especially race day but we got some hard rain on the Saturday.  It was fantastic to walk around the circuit after the race finished on the Sunday evening, was such an experience for my son and great to take pics of him on the circuit.

Great experience especially as a Dad and lad trip, would recommend.

My son and I went last year and it was great. It was his 16th birthday present and tacked onto the start of a family holiday. 

We stayed at a camp site far enough away so the prices were not affected by the F1, (ones nearby massively hike their prices up on F1 weekend) but not so far away that it was a mare to get to. http://www.camping-malempre.be/, really nice camp site with swimming pool, restaurant/bar and pizza van.  My wife and daughter dropped us off in Stavelot and we cycled up to the curcuit and put bikes in the MASSIVE bike park with thousands of dutch people doing the same, then cycled back to Stavelot at the end of the day passing all the cars queing to get out....

We just did Saturday and Sunday, on general admission tickets 205 euros each for the weekend. Saturday was a wash out but still good fun, Sunday was glorious sunshine. We spent saturday reccying the place but ended up watching the race from somewhere around here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/FKysB7AKqjNqYfYp7 then ran down to get onto the track at the end. 

The food around the curcuit is terrible and queues are rediculous! You have to get a payment card and charge it up as all the vendors are cash free. Theres little huts dotted around where you get the card from and top it up, but whatever is left on the card after the weekend can be refunded back to your bank so you don't end up losing money. Great fun day out though.

I went in 2001, we had seats at Blanchimont - where/when Luciano Burti had his massive crash and got buried in the tyre wall.

When the race had finished they used to let everyone on to the track to get back to the car parks etc.

If they still do that try and walk back via Eau Rouge - you will not believe how steep it is.

I know it was 25 years ago, but the facilities by the more remote grandstands were lacking - the portaloos lasted until Friday afternoon, then after that it was going in the woods..... Hopefully they've improved it since then lol

Really atmospheric circuit and if they still allow access to the track itself, it’s a must.  The one aspect I would caution on, and this depends on why you watch F1 and something that only dawned on me during the race when I went a few years back, is that the length of the circuit means the cars only pass you 40 something times in a race and in the early laps you could spend quite a long time looking at an empty stretch of tarmac.

Ex colleague camped at the circuit one year and got treated to hard core German techno tunes until about 3am every night.

Worth noting that the Nurburgring is about 90 mins from Spa so you could look at a day out there before/after as part of the trip.  Obviously without the caravan or in a rental! 😉 

There seems to be an anti Max few on here so if you want to avoid the sea of orange from Pouhon to the start finish line but the walk around the circuit is tough after maybe 5x

We were at Bruxelles used the park and ride from Malmedy and the circuit organisation is miles ahead of Silverstone, no litter or stuck 7hrs in the farmers field as we had at the British GP 3 years years ago

Toilets were in abundance but guys just dangle their dongs into a round trough as everyone walks on by

No use for us with bashful bladder syndrome 

The best bits of the track will be very busy but just keep wandering but best at eye level , we did have seats booked too

Haven't been to Spa for the F1, but have been to a few historic events. And Le Bug Show. I was crewing for the Summer Classic once and ended up getting locked in. Fortunately my car (with my tent in it) was inside the circuit so I just camped there. 

I've camped at the circuit campsite and will never do that again. Muddy, badly organised/policed and noisy AF. F1 weekends might be better...

I doubt that you can get into the infield during the F1? Worth bearing in mind that it's a long circuit, especially if you can't take any shortcuts around it! It is lovely to walk around, though.

I've never eaten badly there - the sausage baguette kids under Raidillon are a highlight!

Not Spa-specific advice but I'd definitely go for grandstand seating at any F1 event these days, it just frees up so much more time to walk around and enjoy the atmosphere and other entertainment/classic displays etc. if you're not one of the people that likes to occupy the same square foot of grass from 7am each day to guarantee a view of what's happening. You can just get to your seat 10 minutes before the session you want to watch, arriving well fed and watered/relaxed.