[STeeLy]

My budget for F1 this year wasn't too bad. I have a buddy that lives in Laval within walking distance of the Metro, so I paid for his ticket and just stayed with him. Flights were Wednesday to Monday, roughly the $650 return range.

I got tickets in Grandstand 11, Section 3 in the upper rows at $480/seat (x2) for the entire weekend. Picked that Grandstand purely because it was likely the best value of any of the grandstands (at least in my opinion). It was between the higher sections of GS12 or the lower sections of GS11, and picked GS11.

$24.50 for the Metro ($10 for a day pass, then $14.50 for the weekend pass)

Brought in our own food and (non-alcoholic) drinks, ate out only a few times.

Didn't bother buying ANY merch (I am f-ing cheap, I can't EVER fathom forking out $80 for a team hat, $100 for a shirt, or $300 for a jacket)

All in all, for the entire trip, I think I paid just under $2k.