Here’s everything you need to know about securing tickets to next year’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
It includes info on the different types of grandstand and General Admission tickets, the timeline of when Silverstone will release tickets, how to avoid the worst of the horrible dynamic pricing system, how to get discounts for kids and more…
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Where to buy Official Silverstone tickets
The official place to purchase Silverstone F1 tickets is directly through the Silverstone website, or through Silverstone’s hospitality partner Match Hospitality for VIP tickets.
When are Silverstone tickets released for 2025?
Camping and glamping tickets went on sale on September 19th and 20th for the 2025 British GP.
The remaining ticket releases are as follows:
- Monday 23rd September 10am: SRC Full Circuit member priority ticket sale
- Tuesday 24th September 11am: SRC Grid member priority ticket sale
- Wednesday 25th September 12pm: Landostand tickets go on sale (for 2025 the Stowe Corner grandstands will become official Lando fan stands – more info here)
- Thursday 26th September 11am: F1 tickets go on sale to the general public
Reseller Silverstone tickets
I’ve bought Formula 1 tickets through Viagogo and StubHub numerous times in the past and always had a great experience. So if you miss out on the official tickets don’t worry.
They’ve got loads of tickets available for the British GP and often they’ll appear cheaper than the official tickets in the run-up to the event.
Silverstone F1 tickets dynamic pricing
For a number of years Silverstone’s ticket prices have increased the closer to the British Grand prix you purchased them. For 2025, Silverstone have said they are trying to reduce the amount this happens but it will still occur.
So get in the queue as early as possible. As tickets start to sell out prices will undoubtedly rise.
For the 2024 F1 event their dynamic pricing system introduced price rises every 90 seconds once they were first released for sale to the public. This saw huge price increases in a very short space of time.
Their website couldn’t cope with the number of users and people were sat in virtual queues for hours, only to find that when they did finally get through to purchase their ticket prices had risen significantly.
2023 Formula 1 British Grand Prix ticket update pic.twitter.com/WA0v8FePoX
— Silverstone (@SilverstoneUK) September 15, 2022
Silverstone Racing Club membership
One way to avoid the pain, chaos and mayhem of the public ticket release and horrible dynamic pricing is to pay for the Silverstone Racing Club (SRC) membership.
To get priority access to the ticket sales before they go live to the general public you can become a member of the SRC. There are two types of membership available:
- SRC Full Circuit Membership (Sold out for 2025)
- SRC Grid Membership (£125)
Seeing as the Full Circuit membership is already sold out, the only one you can still buy is the Grid Membership. This gets you access to Silverstone F1 tickets 48 hours before they go on sale to the general public (see timeline in next section).
Is it worth it? If you can afford the extra, then yes. It means you stand a much better chance of getting the tickets you want, plus you’re not as susceptible to the dynamic ticket price rises. In previous years people have found it can actually save them money to pay for the SRC membership to get the tickets at a lower price before they go up when they’re released to the public.
Plus you get some other benefits like 10% off food and drinks purchased at the circuit.
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Know the tickets you want
My main tip would be to know which tickets you want before you reach the release date. Do your research – I have guides on the benefits and view from each grandstand on my website here – and enter the ticket sale with your top three options in mind. Be prepared to go for your second or third option if your first isn’t available.
Grandstand types
There are three types of grandstand ticket – Roving, Normal or Premium. All grandstand tickets give general admission access to the rest of the circuit.
Roving tickets are single day tickets for Friday or Saturday only. If you buy one of these you don’t have a fixed seat in any specific stand, instead you the chance to try out different grandstands the day of your ticket on a first-come first-served basis.
Normal grandstands offer a reserved seat on Sunday only, but on the Saturday and Friday you can try out the different Roving grandstands on a first-come first-served basis. Available in Sunday only, 3-day or 4-day tickets.
Premium grandstand tickets give you a reserved seat in your chosen grandstand on Saturday and Sunday. Friday is again roving. The only Premium grandstands are Club Corner (Club B and Club C, not Club A), Hamilton Straight A and Abbey B. Available in Saturday only, Sunday only, 3-day or 4-day tickets.
For 2025 there will also be the Landostand at Stowe corner. This is an official Lando Norris fan stand.
General Admission types
General Admission tickets are the cheapest tickets available. They come in the General Admission or General Admission Plus types.
General Admission is the cheapest and gives access to lots of different grass standing / viewing areas around the circuit. No cover, bring a folding chair / blanket etc.
General Admission Plus has slightly raised / stepped standing platforms near a couple of corners in particular. Roving access to all of these on Friday and Saturday and then you have to stick to your chosen section on Sunday.
Discounts for kids
Grandstand discounts
All of the Normal grandstands allow kids under 2 to go free. Premium grandstands do not.
Additionally, the following grandstands give kids under the age of 11 years old 25% off their ticket prices:
Copse A, Copse B, Copse C, National Pits Straight, Stirling A, Vale and Woodcote B.
General Admission Discounts
With normal General Admission tickets, kids under 11 go free on Thursday and Friday and get 50% off Saturday, Sunday and Weekend tickets. Kids under 2 go free at all times.
No discounts on General Admission Plus tickets.
Concerts / music / fan zones
Whatever ticket you purchase, you will have access to the concerts, music stages and fan zones around the circuit.
Headliners haven’t been announced for next year yet but this year it was Kings of Leon, Stormzy, Rudimental and Pete Tong to name just a few.
Silverstone F1 ticket price changes
For 2025 Silverstone have announced they’re offering more of their General Admission tickets, the lowest priced tickets for the British GP. Additionally, the prices for these have actually come down a bit for 2025 (and they did for 2024) in response to a lot of criticism over their prices.
To look at how much the Silverstone F1 prices have change over the years, below is a comparison of the general admission ticket prices over the last few years.
2025 Silverstone F1 ticket prices:
- Friday: £99
- Saturday: £149
- Sunday: £229
- 3-day weekend: £299
2024 Silverstone F1 ticket prices:
- Friday: £129
- Saturday: £159
- Sunday: £259
- 3-day weekend: £329
2023 Silverstone F1 ticket prices:
- Friday: £169
- Saturday: £209
- Sunday: £299
- 3-day weekend: £349
2022 Silverstone F1 ticket prices:
- Friday: £129
- Saturday: £179
- Sunday: £279
- 3-day weekend: £319
2021 Silverstone F1 ticket prices:
- Friday: £99
- Saturday: £149
- Sunday: £185
- 3-day weekend: £200
2020 Silverstone F1 ticket prices:
- Friday: £79
- Saturday: £109
- Sunday: £175
- 3-day weekend: £195
2019 Silverstone F1 ticket prices:
- Friday: £50
- Saturday: £95
- Sunday: £140
- 3-day weekend: £180
The biggest price increase was 2019 to 2023:
Let’s look at how much that is in percentage terms.
2019 to 2023 Silverstone F1 ticket price increase:
- Friday: 238%
- Saturday: 120%
- Sunday: 77%
- 3-day weekend: 84%
As a comparison, the Bank of England’s inflation calculator estimates an 11% price rise in the cost of everyday living, spending and goods from 2019 to 2023. A little lower than the ticket price rise!
For reference, the MotoGP Silverstone 2018 tickets cost just £55 for a Sunday ticket or £85 for a full weekend ticket.
Below is the data for the Silverstone F1 tickets prices from 2014 to 2023 years.
The Silverstone tickets do include access to the British Grand Prix concerts and musical performances, but the Mahiki after parties cost extra.
Why is Silverstone so expensive?
It’s understandable to see event prices increases year-on-year but the Silverstone tickets have become way more expensive in the last couple of years.
One of the main reasons Silverstone is now so expensive is due to the recent increase in popularity of Formula One.
The Netflix documentary Drive to Survive has brought the drama, politics and on-track action to millions more people around the world. In addition, Formula 1’s owners Liberty Media have increased the sports’ social media presence massively, attracting a much younger crowd.
In 2023 a record 400,000 plus spectators attended the British Grand Prix at Silverstone across the long weekend. The sport’s popularity increase has meant Silverstone has been upgrading its facilities, capacity and offering to fans.
There are new grandstands at Abbey, Luffield and Chapel corners, a new hotel on the Hamilton Straight, additional viewing areas and big TV screens for fans, more areas to camp at Silverstone.
Plus there’s a whole host most catering, entertainment and hospitality options to make the F1 weekend feel more like a festival for the whole family. There’s also the recent Wing building and new pit lane and paddock areas to pay for.
All of this costs money. Add on to that the £20million each year Silverstone has to pay Formula One to host the race, and they have to try and make it back somewhere.
Despite Silverstone’s owners the BRDC not making any profit from the F1 over the last 40 years, they are continually investing in the circuit. Unfortunately this hits us fans right in our wallets.
Will Silverstone release additional tickets?
If you miss the first round of ticket releases there’s usually an additional release early in the new year.
You can sign up to their mailing list here where you’ll be notified a few days prior to any additional release.
For the 2023 British Grand Prix there were some additional tickets available for purchase in April of that year.
Can I buy Silverstone tickets on the gate?
Silverstone F1 tickets must be purchased in advance, not on the gate. If they are sold out online do not turn up at the circuit in the hope you can buy some on the day as you will be turned away.
Any idea if the 2025 Landostand tickets will also be available early for Silverstone Racing Club members? Landostand tickets are available for purchase by general public on 9/25/2024 but SRC member sale begins the day prior, on 9/24/2024.
Not sure Jish, everything I’ve read suggest Landostands tickets will go live on the 25th… You’ll find out today!
Alex
The Landostand thing seemed very dubious. I wanted to take my son and as we live in Inverness a Silverstone weekend costs about 2k for us.
So after joining the queue for 40 minutes we got access to the site except everything was sold out. Very disappointing and I wonder whether this whole ticketing thing needs looking at. With 110,000 registrations and only 10000 tickets many of which were bought in pre sale would Silverstone not be better doing a ballot.
I feel that the ordinary consumer is on a losing ticket before we even start.
Got to do it all again tomorrow for other tickets.
Hi John, sorry you didn’t get the tickets. A ballot is probably a good idea. Good luck tomorrow, I’m rootin’ for ya
👍Thanks Alex