Magazine: The cost of being an F1 fan

Special investigation and a grand prix winner’s best races feature this week

We reveal the cost of being a Formula 1 fan in this week’s Autosport magazine, out today (17 October).

How much does it cost to follow F1 in 2024? It’s a complicated question with multiple variables, including where you live and how you like to enjoy your sport, but it’s one we have taken on in this special investigation.

Grand Prix editor Alex Kalinauckas has crunched many numbers to see how things have changed since our last assessment in 2015. We also see how F1 sits compared to other major sports and entertainment.

Elsewhere in the issue, three-time GP winner Johnny Herbert helps us select the 10 best drives of his eclectic and illustrious career, we meet the competitors who will represent Team UK at the upcoming FIA Motorsport Games, and hear how Le Mans legend Tom Kristensen and McLaren boss Zak Brown got on when they decided to team up at Estoril to race a Porsche 935 and Ford Capri.

The big events last weekend were the Bathurst 1000 and Petit Le Mans. Australia’s greatest race turned into a demonstration run and Phil Branagan explains why in our report, while Porsche had reason to feel joy and disappointment in the closing stages of the IMSA finale, which was eventually won by Cadillac.

As well as the United States GP, this weekend includes the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch. A full report will appear in next week’s issue (24 October), but this week we use it as an excuse to pick out some of the category’s best wins.

The 17-page National section also includes the latest news from the world of club motorsport, as well as the various champions who were crowned last weekend.

It’s our last Engineering supplement of 2024, too. The impact of Formula E’s new Gen3 Evo racer and RML’s 40th birthday feature in the free 28-pager.

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