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Know what your ticket includes and where to enter before you arrive.\n\n- **4.381** km lap\n- **14** turns\n- **16** viewing areas\n\n1. #### Choose the racing action\n\n Compare corners, straights and the view from each area.\n2. #### Check the ticket\n\n Reserved seat or general admission? Check membership and access restrictions.\n3. #### Match the entrance\n\n Find the recommended gate, then follow your ticket’s entry instructions.\n\nFind on map\n\n**Drawing route** The itinerary still works without the map.\n\n1. T1\n\n **Turn 1** right\n2. T2\n\n **Turn 2** left\n3. T3\n\n **Turn 3** right\n4. T4\n\n **Turn 4** left\n5. T5\n\n **Turn 5** right\n6. T6\n\n **Turn 6** right\n7. T7\n\n **Turn 7** left\n8. T8\n\n **Turn 8** left\n9. T9\n\n **Turn 9** right\n10. T10\n\n **Turn 10** left\n11. T11\n\n **Turn 11** right\n12. T12\n\n **Turn 12** right\n13. T13\n\n **Turn 13** left\n14. T14\n\n **Turn 14** right\n\n**Sector 1** ≈ 1.464 km **Sector 2** ≈ 1.478 km **Sector 3** ≈ 1.440 km\n\n[Plan your journey to the circuit →]()\n\nThe spectator’s guide\n\n### Find your *racing view.*\n\nChoose an area. See the view, understand the trade-offs, then find it on the circuit.\n\nRoof category\n\nFilter by covered, partial or uncovered grandstands.\n\nScreen\n\nFind viewing areas with confirmed live screens.\n\nOvertaking\n\nShow grandstands with the most on-track action.\n\n16 viewing areas\n\nFind a viewing area\n\n16 of 16 viewing areas\n\nUpdated 2026-09-08.\n\nViewing area\n\n Premium\n\nBest Main Straight Speed View\n\n#### Gold 2 Grandstand\n\nMain Straight (Approaching Turn 1 Braking)\n\nWatch the approach to Turn 1.\n\nRoof\n\nOpen air\n\nScreen\n\nConfirmed\n\nOvertaking\n\nhigh\n\nWalk\n\n12 min\n\nEntrances, access & seat details\n\nUse the entrance on your ticket. Arrange accessible seating or a companion place when booking. Shade and screen views vary by seat.\n\nHungaroring Entry essentials\n\n### Your race-day kit.\n\nLess to carry. More to enjoy. Check your essentials before you head to the circuit.\n\nCircuit entry rules **Before you travel** Reviewed 2026-09-08\n\nSize limit\n\n#### Your bag\n\n30cm x 20cm x 40cm (Max 20 Litres)\n\n 01 05 essentials\n\nBeyond the essentials\n\n#### The rest of your bag.\n\nFood, family needs and the items to leave at home.\n\n**Food, drink & comfort** Bottles, food and what you can sit on\n\nContainers\n\nPlastic bottles only; glass and metal flasks strictly banned.\n\nOutside food\n\nAllowed\n\nSeat cushions\n\nAllowed\n\nFolding chairs\n\nPermitted on General Admission hillside slopes; prohibited in grandstands.\n\n**Cameras & fan gear** Camera supports, flags and banners\n\nTripods & monopods\n\nNot allowed\n\nSelfie sticks\n\nAllowed\n\nFlagpoles\n\nHollow plastic poles up to 1.2m allowed.\n\nBanners\n\n2.0m x 1.0m.\n\n**Storage, medical & family** Plan for the things you need to bring\n\nOn-site lockers\n\nNot available\n\nRejected items\n\nNo lockers at Mogyoród. Use luggage storage at Keleti or Nyugati railway stations in Budapest.\n\nMedical supplies\n\nPrescription medications with patient documentation.\n\nBaby care\n\nInfant formula and baby food permitted subject to inspection.\n\n**Leave these at home** Prohibited items and equipment\n\n- Firearms, ammunition, knives, blades, multi-tools, and self-defence sprays\n- Flares, smoke canisters, fireworks, and pyrotechnics (criminal prosecution & lifetime venue ban)\n- Drones, model aircraft, and remotely piloted aerial systems\n- Glass bottles, glass food jars, and hard metal thermoses/flasks\n- Laser pointers, high-powered optical strobes, and megaphones/air horns\n- Bicycles, electric scooters, hoverboards, skateboards, and rollerblades\n- Commercial broadcasting video cameras and audio recording equipment\n- Ambush marketing materials, political banners, and unauthorized commercial flyers\n\n**Before you leave**\n\nNo lockers at Mogyoród. Use luggage storage at Keleti or Nyugati railway stations in Budapest.\n\nRules can change between editions. Recheck your ticket terms before travelling.\n\nMap notes & sources\n\n[Formula 1 circuit guide]()\n\n[Official FIA circuit map]()\n\n[Track map (MIT — Tomislav Bacinger)]()" }