How much do F1 DRIVERS spend on HOTELS?

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What hotels do F1 drivers stay at and how much do they spend every year? F1 driver's spend about half of the year away from home every year during the F1 calendar and that is certainly no different during the 2024 F1 schedule - but where do they stay normally? Well they're at different hotel chains pretty much every race. From incredible 5 star hotels to small and convenient accomodation to F1 driver's homes at some races! So if you have ever thought where do F1 drivers stay in Monaco or where do F1 drivers stay at your afvourite race, this is the video for you!
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@tombarratt1571 10 дней назад

Have you ever done a vid of your total annual costs Kim? If not, would be interesting. I know you often divulge them per vid but one summary would good

@KymIllman 10 дней назад

I do one once a year for the tax man that’s enough

@iGamerTags 10 дней назад

@@KymIllman thankgod u arent an american kym or the TAXs would have sucked the living soul out of u

@tomasjohansson9495 10 дней назад

@@KymIllman Good dodge Kym , but still a good question.

@freddiefreihofer7716 10 дней назад

Kym has done a video of what it would cost to attend all the races in a low-end and also in a high-end way. Very informative! Of course, that was for 22 races, I believe.

@zqzj 9 дней назад

@@KymIllmanI could see that evoking a bit of tax season PTSD 🤣

@user-ff9er4dl6g 10 дней назад

Thank you Kym. You allow fans to see wonderful places we could never see in a lifetime of trying.

@KymIllman 10 дней назад

Happy to share them with you

@shush1791 10 дней назад

i love how you keep coming up with topics that never were in my mind but i keep clicking, being intrigued, and honestly just impressed by your knowledge and connection every time hahaha Keep it up!

@KymIllman 10 дней назад

Music to my ears my friend

@nnonotnow 10 дней назад

The Pinnacle of Motorsports requires the Pinnacle of accommodations which gets the Pinnacle of pricing. And the Pinnacle of motor sports photographers covering the whole thing. 💯

@user-ff9er4dl6g 10 дней назад

yes

@KymIllman 10 дней назад

You’re most kind

@watson956 10 дней назад

@nnonotnow Well Said !

@AP02112 9 дней назад

Highest quality F1/travel content there is on RU-vid. Bar none.

@KymIllman 9 дней назад

Delighted was such positive feedback

@paulbeltran7132 10 дней назад

Can’t wait for f1 Las Vegas. I live in Southern California but will stay at my house at the Colorado river. It’s about 1 hour drive from Vegas.

@KymIllman 10 дней назад

You’re saving a fortune then

@harmanarora283 10 дней назад

Dude I’ll pay ya to crash 😂

@jackassplus 9 дней назад

As a Vegas native, it was slightly cheaper to go to the British GP (Abbey GS) than to drive across town for the LV GP.

@MAvery106 9 дней назад

Thank you for such quality, Content WE Love you KIM!

@benlewis-yp3km 9 дней назад

Love the content kym it's great to find out stuff I would never have known about

@donny1boykie 9 дней назад

I Love these kind of insights Kym. Awesome. Keep up the good work mate.

@KymIllman 9 дней назад

I never stop Donny.

@two6520 10 дней назад

Who cares the teams and drivers have millions. Where do the mechanics stay, the real people of the sport.

@Cherry-bc5jf 9 дней назад

👍 I'm very much interested in where mechanics stay during the race week, too.

@calebbritannia6283 9 дней назад

Nice Kym! When I went to Silverstone I stayed at Whittlebury camp next door to the hotel.

@jancam464 10 дней назад

The outtakes at the end of this video are hilarious

@vyomakeshaconsultancy3406 9 дней назад

Another nice video with an interesting update on hotels worldwide in f1 World cheers kym keep up the good work 👏

@KymIllman 9 дней назад

Glad you enjoyed!

@colmherbie8261 9 дней назад

G'day Kym! Thanks for all the great and relevant information you share with everyone, very informative and always interesting. quick ?? How does everyone and especially the drivers deal with 'Jetlag' traveling so much of the year ?? cheers Colm

@YESHIVA2919 10 дней назад

There is a new Hilton hotel at Silverstone, opposite the paddock. I'm sure that will be popular this year.

@ruhanherselman3309 10 дней назад

Great insight!

@Success_is_inevitable 8 дней назад

Amazing videeeo! Do you have any videos explaining about cheapest hotel options for fans for each f1 track?

@Car_Fanatic 10 дней назад

Keep it up great content ❤

@KymIllman 10 дней назад

Thank you! Will do!

@paolofrancini1219 10 дней назад

Amazing Video! Do you know which drivers stayed on the The Setai in Miami Beach? I want to meet them next year

@bradtaylor76 9 дней назад

It’s the no pants at the end for me. 😂😂. Great content as always Kym. ✌️

@kennethnielsen3864 9 дней назад

Thanks for sharing.

@KymIllman 9 дней назад

Our pleasure!

@Cherry-bc5jf 9 дней назад

Kym, thanks for providing the V on another very interesting F1 matters🙇‍♀

@michaeltorpy3366 9 дней назад

Hi kym greetings from Thailand I stayed in a small family run hotel in spa in the mid 80s Hotel was OK comfortable ut the food was stunning stay passionate 😊

@stanislas4990 9 дней назад

Nice selection of hotels near race tracks. In Monaco Columbus Hotel is not crazy expensive in normal times (from 300€ to 500€), but they charge more for special event such as the GP. It has been bought by Hilton.

@MarkoVukovic0 10 дней назад

Amazing numbers, Kym. I wish F1 could come back to Kyalami, probably the only place I could go for a race weekend due to our useless ZAR currency.

@mclarenF1race 9 дней назад

Hey Kym! I would hope those prices include breakfast and evening dinner lol 😂... cheers 🍻 for the content!

@MDSECTOR 4 дня назад

I always stay for the outtakes this one was epic 😂

@martinc.720 9 дней назад

I have to go to Montreal during the Grand Prix weekend (not for the race). I still haven't decided what I'll do without for a few months to pay for that hotel room.

@noellehaitsma 7 дней назад

In Zandvoort NL some of them also stay in a motorhome which would be parked at the golfcourse a short bike ride away

@taahirgause7392 6 дней назад

love these vids

@JaysonCue 6 дней назад

Love it!!

@xRicCi 9 дней назад

Great video!

@KymIllman 9 дней назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@xRicCi 9 дней назад

@@KymIllman see you in Montreal in a few weeks!

@DonLee1980 9 дней назад

Last time I went to the Shanghai GP, I stayed at a very nice place for some $200 usd that was near Shanghai city center. That was 2018.

@chrisjames4150 9 дней назад

Kym: what camera and mic do you use for your videos. They’re always awesome! Plus your family do a great post production job 👍

@KymIllman 9 дней назад

Canon r5 and 15-35mm lens

@bigrdog27 10 дней назад

Are they required to stay at their sponsors hotels? When I was in Miami it seemed half of Merc was at the Ritz South Beach but the drivers were elsewhere... less busy maybe Edition or St Regis Coral Gables area? Idk

@RiminiVirage 10 дней назад

I think DC divested his hotel interest in Monaco a few years ago.

@sread833 9 дней назад

Kym, not sure if you have done a video on this before, but how do you do all of your accommodations and airfare. Do you plan yourself or does F1 do this for you.

@brianiswrong 7 дней назад

I remember watching a documentary on red bull, it focused on christian and he mentioned a driver putting in a reciept for a €3 bottle of water, so i can only imagine the mini bar bill and room service bills they rack up and pass on to the teams.

@raydriver7300 10 дней назад

500th Like! Another interesting and erudite video 🌞

@brookehepburn7866 10 дней назад

earliest I’ve been to a video!

@saltau3734 9 дней назад

does the photo of lando's win include a pic of the safety car?

@einezcrespo2107 9 дней назад

Thanks Kym for opening the lid on drivers hotel expenses.

@KymIllman 9 дней назад

My pleasure

@movus5 10 дней назад

G'day Kym! Can you make a video about how drivers manage to cope with Jet Lag? That's a question I've always asked myself

@KymIllman 10 дней назад

Not sure I’d get much of a video out of that one

@BeethovensLaguerreRacing 10 дней назад

I’m sure the drivers have sleep cordinators. I know in American football everything in the hotel and plane are manage to make sure the drivers get a good night sleep , all the way down to the curtains they use for windows . You need complete darkness and a rigid schedule to fight off jet lag

@chloeminh2366 9 дней назад

are the noise levels in hungary really disruptive? I want to stay at a nicer end hotel but tbh I am not sure about having a crowd outside to pay that much lol

@Chatta-Ortega 8 дней назад

I stayed a few blocks away in Budapest. There are plenty of hotels available. The only crowd I noticed was the one around a Mercedes F1 car parked in front of the Four Seasons (???) Hotel. It may have been a different hotel.

@Aiden-if3lf 10 дней назад

does hotel cost include in the cost cap

@matthewdaub 4 дня назад

I would rather be with the rest of the crew than in a separate, fancier hotel. It has to be boring being by yourself. And what all is different between the 5 star and 4 star hotel's. They both have comfortable beds.

@andrewviolidis 3 дня назад

Hello , thank you fot the nice video. The hotels are paid from the drivers it self or the team pays for it ? thank you for your reply. Best A.

@KymIllman 3 дня назад

Both.

@andrewviolidis 3 дня назад

@@KymIllman thank you for your reply. Very much appreciated. If I may I would like to rephrase the question. In my first question I mean just for the drivers expenses, not the rest of the team. Also I had in mind that the expenses in traveling are covered by the team for every person 100%. Am I so wrong on that? thank you for your reply. best A.

@barthermans8243 8 дней назад

Are these rates including breakfast?

@willstevens1986 9 дней назад

Isn't there a Hilton at Silverstone now?

@deweberis2709 10 дней назад

David 'Brick-Head' Coultard sold the Columbus Monte-Carlo back in 2010 🤔

@tonyspring 2 дня назад

Four Seasons MONTRÉAL is $3400 CDN per night minimum four nights.

@rickintexas1584 10 дней назад

The estimates are crazy! I travel a lot for work. I spend about the same amount of nights in hotels. But my costs are a small fraction of this estimate.

@KymIllman 10 дней назад

Yeah, but you’re not going in peak season every weekend

@martinc.720 9 дней назад

Are you going everywhere during peak season? Do you really stay at the Ritz when you travel for work?

@rickintexas1584 9 дней назад

@@KymIllman Understood. I was in Austin a few weeks ago. I stayed at a normal business hotel (Hilton, Hampton Inn) for about $150 a night. It was about 30 minutes drive north of the COTA track.

@allanreardon 9 дней назад

I'm assuming the drivers aren't staying in the average or bottom end rooms that average folks would use.

@ramprasanth3343 10 дней назад

Hey Kim just curious does F1 pay for all your tickets or do u actually pay for the flights and accommodation

@KymIllman 10 дней назад

I’m a freelancer

@bryanpons6585 10 дней назад

@@KymIllman so not a freeloader?

@timothyjohns3561 9 дней назад

Wonder how much extra the F&B bill comes to…. although probably they eat mostly what the team/nutritionist provides… so maybe just WAG for F&B extras 😀🤷‍♂️

@bytex666 10 дней назад

This is an extremely high budget for hotels per year, I've been wondering, who pays YOU for following the circus around the world every year? Do you have a separate employer? Are your wages and travel costs paid by someone or do you shell out of your own pocket? I would assume this is your fulltime job?

@KymIllman 10 дней назад

I’m a freelancer.

@spikedcoffee9195 9 дней назад

Look up Kyms history. He is ok

@what.i.see.photography7077 9 дней назад

I would imagine your accommodation costs over the year would not be cheap Kym ?

@JTW05 2 дня назад

If they have a good accountant, nothing. It's a business expense for a start and there are many other loopholes a good accountant will know to bring down their overall personal expenses. They may pay when they stay but by the end of their financial year it will be nothing

@Toolmanrules15 9 дней назад

What's your favorite Hotel Chain? Got any tips on getting upgrades? Heading to the US next week

@NOL1FEK1NG 5 дней назад

wow

@graemecatty9921 10 дней назад

Things have changed if the teams pay for the drivers accommodation. That was a cost they used to cover themselves as the team only covered the crew.

@AdrianWalker247 10 дней назад

Totally agree, Whittlebury Hall at Silverstone is a real dump.

@HondaExige1 7 дней назад

Kym completely overlooked the new Hilton on the pit straight.

@russking7775 9 дней назад

The Silverstone hotel doesnt have aircon. Dont need Aircon for the 3 days a year the sun comes out in the UK, be grateful for the central heating the 8 months we need it

@GooseGooseDuck797 7 часов назад

So much money wow

@nasseralsuleimani4807 10 дней назад

Found the insta vid while procrastinating doing work, great now rathet than wasting 1 min its 13 😂😂

@KymIllman 10 дней назад

Hope you enjoyed it!

@crazybungee 9 дней назад

Hotels/Meals/Transport are tax write-offs in most countries.

@kooslehlogonolo2423 10 дней назад

Why Hotel owners fail to maintaing their hotels even though they have good deals like F1 drivers/High profile people prefer their hotels?

@joep5080 9 дней назад

If you build it people will come. Nothing in that statement requires maintenence, people still flock to ruins lol

@Sam-tb4im 10 дней назад

where do the crew stay though?

@KymIllman 10 дней назад

All over the place

@den_525 2 дня назад

I can't even imagine F1 drivers needing to check out.... I would also imagine some F1 drivers stay for free? Surely that's good promotion for the hotel, plus some teams as mentioned like McLaren are sponsored by Hilton... so surely they don't have to pay.

@MuhammadNiz007 10 дней назад

Your annual expense of fixed cost video next please

@Max_Flashheart 9 дней назад

Hope they get good room service

@keeloraz9452 5 дней назад

Could you imagine them staying at a Travelodge

@HondaExige1 7 дней назад

Need bear in mind that Silverstone has a Hilton on the Pit Straight and you forgot the W on the Circuit in Abu Dhabi!

@KymIllman 7 дней назад

Not too many drivers stay there due to the noise though

@C7z06PR 9 дней назад

You should make a guide for places normal peorple could stay for every race

@LlamasAreBest 10 дней назад

Do you have those photos available without your signature? I don’t want your signature on it.

@KymIllman 9 дней назад

It will be available as wall art on my website shortly. Keep an eye on this page: www.kymillman.com/store/wall-art-best-prints/

@alexbishop2535 9 дней назад

Austin will be even worse this year because Texas play Georgia that same weekend at DKR. Prices gonna be nuts

@Chatta-Ortega 8 дней назад

Holy crap! That's a great game. The hotel prices are going to be in the stratosphere. That's why I only attend races in foreign countries.

@alexbishop2535 7 дней назад

@@Chatta-Ortega yeah it’s fucked. The F1 calendar was out for a while before the SEC published the fixtures so they could’ve played Texas away that week.

@christianwestling2019 3 дня назад

On Abu Dhabi; how about the hotel on the track?

@KymIllman 3 дня назад

No one stays there it’s too noisy

@christianwestling2019 3 дня назад

@@KymIllman Ah, that makes sense.

@nmdc93 9 дней назад

This makes me more curious in joe lucrative free lance photography is. You're paying a third of this cost + flights and still have to pay a mortgage and raise a family? Very surprised in this lol

@dommonte3507 9 дней назад

the stuff that fox sports should show and don't this is brilliant, thanks Kym for the in sight

@hernanhernandez3861 2 дня назад

Plus tax, resort fees, parking, etc. add another 15%

@johnm838 9 дней назад

Is this only for accommodation?

@KymIllman 9 дней назад

Yes

@hannebruyndonckx489 8 дней назад

how come the hotel in spa is so impossible to book??

@KymIllman 8 дней назад

Once people get a reservation, they never give it up for the next year

@jimjones-pz1tt 10 дней назад

If F1 drivers use $300,000 motor homes, they're slumming.

@tatchity 4 дня назад

Jesus Kym. I’ll rent you my house in Central Austin for a quarter of that price a night. Holler at me!

@SigurdurHreggvidsson 3 дня назад

do the drivers pay or the team ?

@carolyntreadwell6298 10 дней назад

I'm a F1 fan, I love the sport. However, what with the fear of homelessness (I've no car and can't afford my mortgage anymore after a stroke) hearing about these excessive lifestyles make me seriously reconsider our priorities in life!

@DanBorries 10 дней назад

These guys do have their priorities straight. They take care of themselves and they race. 8000 US dollars for a few nights at a hotel isn’t anything to them. Not because they have so much money but because its a basic thing to them: a place to sleep when you’re racing in another country.

@martinc.720 9 дней назад

@@DanBorries I think you're missing the point OP is making.

@antonels4571 9 дней назад

I am sorry to hear about what has happened to you and can't imagine how you must feel. The reality though is that people's priorities are based on the situations that they find themselves in. F1 drivers make up such a small percentage of the worlds population, 20 or so out of 8,118,835,999 people (8.1 Billion) and they have a job to do, albeit sport, but because it is such an elite sport, the pinnacle of sports, and there are so few of them they get millions of dollars to do it. Our view of other people's priorities are based on our own perceptions. What one should rather say is that they must be grateful for what they are able to achieve, earn and accomplish; which I think they do. Anyone who questions F1 driver's priorities should ask themselves: Would I like to find myself in the situation that Michael Schumacher currently finds himself in? I would not. I am more grateful that I am rather "me" who is able to type this reply and able to watch and enjoy F1 and the see the posts by Kym, even though I cannot afford to go to a race. But once again I hope things take a turn for the better regarding your situation, and that maybe someday you might be able to see a real race.

@DanBorries 16 часов назад

@@martinc.720 I don’t think he has a point

@videosinfrench9928 7 дней назад

Don't you need a model release to sell Lando Norris' pictures Kym?

@stuarthill1784 7 дней назад

I know DC owned 50% of the Columbus hotel but I believe he sold it!? I may be wrong?

@NeverToBeSeenAgain 10 дней назад

saw this 55 seconds after it was posted :)

@KymIllman 10 дней назад

What took you so long

@KymIllman 10 дней назад

You’re early! Well done

@tonyadeney1245 10 дней назад

fast of the grid ....

@nadeemzreikat7248 9 дней назад

I thought F1 had corporate deals with hotels and airlines and everything in between

@KymIllman 9 дней назад

F1 does. So do the teams and some drivers choose to select their own accommodation.

@poyocarter5858 9 дней назад

The $$$$!!!! does this stuff all come out of the budget cap$ flying a whole team plus board and food…. So expensive

@michelg2257 10 дней назад

If you are smart you will get a lot of membership points and don't have to spend less

@Rob2 9 дней назад

You say it is "paid by the team". But is that really true? Does not sound too clever... When it is paid by the team, it would count towards the budget cap. When they let the driver pay it from their salary (which can be negotiated), it would not.

@KymIllman 9 дней назад

Travel costs are not counted toward budget cap.

@ScottMoyse 9 дней назад

And that will be a steal compared to the cost of their flights

@SAMX4949 10 дней назад

what about room service?

@martinc.720 9 дней назад

You want him to research who eats what, and when?

@SAMX4949 9 дней назад

@@martinc.720 maybe

@thomasschuller14 10 дней назад

If possible could you explain how you earn money from shooting F1?

@whcre5958 7 дней назад

"Drivers pay"? I thought the team arranges their travel and accommodation.

@KymIllman 6 дней назад

Some do some don’t

@matttilley8620 8 дней назад

I envy those who have the disposable income to afford $1,000 a night hotels, but in terms of senseless decadence, expensive hotel stays seem absurd when considering that most people use hotel rooms to sleep.