FORMULA ONE is known the world over as a rich person’s sport, both to be a racer and often extending to attending race weekends.
Indeed, general admission tickets for the 2025 British Grand Prix at Silverstone cost between £269 and £399 for one of the weekend days.
Consequently, it is a spectator sport like no other, with a season ticket across all 24 races nigh on impossible to do, contrary to a sport like football.
However, one F1 superfan has been testing the limits of what can be achieved by attempting to attend all 24 races across 21 countries and five continents with just 28 days of annual leave and a budget of £20,000.
With just three races to go, Brandon Burgess, 29, has managed to attend all 21 of the F1 Grand Prix so far this season.
He has documented the stunning globe-trotting challenge on social media, going by the name Full Time Formula, and has racked up millions of views and more than 100,000 followers across his platforms in the process.
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Juggling a full-time job with the gruelling schedule of F1 has been no easy feat, but it did not go unnoticed by F1 sponsors Heineken, who have teamed up with sport chiefs to launch the motorsport’s first ever season ticket with the help of Max Verstappen in 2026.
Speaking exclusively to SunSport, Burgess says it has been a “dream come true” to be handed the bespoke carbon fibre crafted ticket, which includes travel and accommodation with a plus one.
He said: “It still hasn’t really sunk in. I think once I actually start again next season and we start in Australia, maybe that’s when it will sink in.
“But at the moment it’s still pretty surreal to say that I’m the season ticket holder for next year.”
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Burgess, who admits the reaction from fans and media to his challenge has “blown him away”, said he has gone solo to around half of the races in 2025, with the other half being with family or friends – with those occasions being handy to help split the costs.
The logistics of arranging Grand Prix tickets, travel and accommodation to each race sounds like a real headache to even the most ardent planner. And Burgess admits it was definitely the hardest part of the whole year.
He explained: “It’s probably the hardest part of the year to be honest, the planning. I did most of it before the season started because I knew that once the season started it would be pretty relentless with travel and work and making videos.
“So I probably did like 75 – 80 per cent of all the planning and booking before March. Every evening, every weekend between September and February was just trying to find the best deals, find the best way to book stuff.
“It was a lot of time and effort. But yeah, more than worth it.”
Burgess, who works in the data department at “very supportive” Trainline, adds each piece of the puzzle was booked independently, rather than in package deals.
His key resource to keeping within his £20,000 budget has been finding deals and making the most of loyalty schemes through the likes of Booking.com, Expedia, Google Flights, SkyScanner and BA Amex cards.
London-based Burgess says: “I’ve got a few Avios. So sometimes when flights are listed as £600 on Skyscanner for BA, through BA reward flights you can get them for like £250.
“I guess it’s the small travel things you pick up on that has helped me do it a bit cheaper than otherwise. But yeah, it’s been a bit of a mix really.”
Naturally, it has not been without its challenges and hiccups, though different tracks pose different problems.
Burgess, who by his own admission has said he has been “lucky”, revealed contrasting fortunes between his attendance at races in Azerbaijan and Singapore compared to the relative ease of Austria.
Singapore he recalled left him £400 out of pocket after an 18-hour flight to the Asia country saw him arrive at a £50 capsule hostel which “did not exist” as he turned up to the address and instead found a building site.
Burgess’ “nightmare” luckily saw him eventually pay £450 for a room in a shared bathroom and a room around the corner, although over a month on he admits he is still chasing Booking.com to get his money back.
Japan was his favourite race of the year, even though he says the on-track action was a bit “boring” in Suzuka this year.
However, a new year brings fresh optimism and Burgess says his girlfriend, Ellie, is “very excited” to join him there next season thanks to the exclusive season ticket.
Burgess has no plans on slowing down from his life in the fast lane either, and has set his sights on attending the F1 race in Bangkok, Thailand when it joins the calendar – which could be as early as 2028 following organisers $1.2billion five-year bid.
Portuguese circuit Portimao, which F1 returned to during the Covid-19 pandemic, is one place he wishes he had been to and hopes that rumours of a return to the calendar in the future turn out to be true.
Burgess has his “fingers crossed” the three-way championship fight between Lando Norris, McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri and four-time world champion Verstappen will go down to the wire in Abu Dhabi.
But he believes, given his current vein of form, that a maiden F1 title will find its way to Norris.
Following the Brazilian Grand Prix, which saw Norris take a clear lead in the World Drivers’ Championship ahead of Piastri and Verstappen, Burgess has a “savage” triple-header to conclude the season.
Las Vegas kicks off the run on November 22, with follow-up Grand Prix in Qatar and Abu Dhabi in consecutive weeks with the season finale on December 7.
For the next race in Vegas, Burgess tells SunSport he will spend around 36 hours there, landing on Friday evening before leaving on Sunday morning.
Burgess said: “I’ve heard the final triple-header is pretty savage in terms of taking it out of you. With obviously Vegas and then flying literally to the other side of the world for Qatar the week after.
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“I’m just excited, fuelled by adrenaline. So it’ll be fine.”
Next year, Heineken® will be offering another fan the chance to get their hands on this coveted season ticket for them and a friend to experience every twist and turn of every race next year via F1® Unlocked. Keep an eye on Heineken® and F1® social channels to find out more.
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