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This is my guide to Grid 2 grandstand at the Hungaroring.
It includes my advice on choosing the best seats in the grandstand, plus a full seating chart showing sector, row and seat numbers. I’ve also included some videos of the views from different seats in the stand to give you an idea of what your view will look like, ticket options and more.
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Hungaroring Grid 2 grandstand location
The Grid 2 grandstand was new for the 2025 Hungarian GP when the Hungaroring underwent a huge reconstruction project. This involved renaming a lot of stands, including this one.
Previosuly, Grid 2 was called Silver 1. Now it’s called Grid 2, and it’s on the left-hand side of the start finish straight. It’s at the end of the starting grid, just as the F1 cars exit the final corner, and the start and finish lines are off to its left.
This stand is actually directly joined to the Grand Prix 1 grandstand to its right, but there’s a barrier between the seats where the two stands start and end. To the left of this stand is the Grid 3 grandstand, and behind it further up the hill is the Club grandstand.
Grandstand details
Cover
This grandstand does not have a roof over the top of it, so it’s completely exposed to the elements. Be prepared for the weather – it’s often sunny, but can also rain for the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend.
Seats
The seats are individual plastic chairs.
TV screens
There’s one TV screen on the other side of the track. Unfortunately, there’s an advertising gantry over the track directly in front of this stand, and the TV screen is to the right of that.
So if you’re sat in the lower rows of this stand, pretty much in all sectors, the gantry can block your view of the TV, as this image shows:
There is also a TV screen further to the left, opposite Grid 1, but that’s a little further away and harder to see as a result. So for a clearer view of the TV you want to be on the extreme right-hand side of this stand.
Hungaroring Grid 2 grandstand tickets
This grandstand often sells out fast for the F1 at Hungary. If that’s the case but you still would like tickets to sit here I’d suggest buying tickets through ViaGoGo instead.
They always have a great selection of tickets available right up until race day begins, even when they’re sold out everywhere else. And you can often get them at a cheaper price in the minutes just before race weekend.
I’ve bought my F1 tickets using ViaGoGo over the last few Formula 1 seasons, including for my trips to the British, Dutch, and Belgian Grand Prix, and have always had a great experience.
They also have a very good ‘FanProtect guarantee’ which ensures your tickets and money are always well protected.
Hungaroring Grid 2 grandstand seating plan
Below is the seating plan for the Hungaroring Grid 2 grandstand:
As the seating plan shows the grandstand is made up of 3 different sectors, named A to C.
Sector A is the closest to turn 1 and the start & finish lines, and sector C is the closest to the final corner. The back of the starting grid is directly infront of all sectors of the stand.
Each sector is 29 rows of seats high, with row 1 at the front lowest down closest to the track and row 29 highest up at the back.
The sectors are accesed via a specific walkway. Sector A has walkway access to its left, and there’s a walkway between sectors B and C. The seat numbers begins at 1 in each sector. As you walk across the sector away from the walkway, the seat numbers increase.
View
The image below shows the areas of track visible from Grid 2 highlighted in green:
As expected from its name, from this stand you have a great view of the starting grid. Grid 2 is in line with the back of the grid, so you’ll be in prime position to see the last few cars on the start line and you’ll be able to do some driver / team principal / celebrity spotting on the grid before the race begins. But you can’t see any pit lane action from here as the pits are a long way off to the left across the track.
Once the action’s underway, you’ll have a great view of the last corner, especially if you sit far enough to the right and aren’t block by the advertising gantry.
As you look to your left you can see about half way along the new start / finish straight. The new massive Hungaroring grandstand sticks out and blocks your view further down the straight.
If you sit in a high enough row, you can also see a small part of the track near Turn 12, which is a bonus.
This video shows the view from Sector A row 25. It was taken a few years ago when the stand had its old name of Silver 1, but it’s the same seating layout now it’s called Grid 2:
The video above shows that even though we’re on the left side of the stand in Sector A, because we’re higher up we can see over the Aramco boarding to the TV screen across the track. From here we can also see a bit of Turn 12.
This video shows the view from Sector B row 13. From here, even though we’re slightly further to the right, because we’re in a lower row the TV screen is partly obscured and there’s no view of Turn 12:
This next video was filmed from Sector B row 9 seat 7, slightly further to the right from the above video. And from here, being in an even lower row, we have no visibility of the TV screen at all:
Also note that when those 3 video above were filmed, the new main grandstand wasn’t built. The old one was much less obstructive so allows you to see more clearly down the full length of the start straight, which is no longer the case.
Best seats
Your main aim when picking seats in this stand is to get a spot where you can see the TV screen. So for that, you want to be in Sector C in rows 20 and above.
If you’re in Sectors A or B, you need to be in rows 25 or above to stand a chance of seeing any of the screen.
Basically, you want the highest rows possible in this stand.
Is this a good place to sit?
This stand is great if your main aim is to do some people watching on the grid before the race begins.
But for actual racing action, you won’t see much overtaking at all from here, you’ll just see the cars exiting on to the main straight. The pit lane is also too far to the left to be able to see any pit action from here.
Personally I’d go for Grid 1 instead – it has a better view of the front of the grid, the podium, and the start of the pit lane. Plus the TV screen is not obscured.
