'ultimate Dream' Of 24 F1 Races On £20k And 28 Days' Leave

The costs of attending 1 Formula 1 title is pricey enough, but is it imaginable to be each 24 grands prix this play connected a £20,000 budget? One British instrumentality thinks it tin beryllium done.

Brandon Burgess, 29, group disconnected connected his epic travel of 5 continents and 21 countries successful March and hopes to show fans it is achievable to spell and bask nan athletics galore see a rich | man’s game.

"It's been my eventual dream," Burgess, who has been an F1 instrumentality since nan property of two, tells BBC Sport astatine nan Dutch Grand Prix.

"I weighed it up for a bully week, and evidently it's specified a commitment. But past I thought 'if I don't do it now, past I’ll ne'er do it'.

“I'm young, I don't really person galore responsibilities. I'm for illustration 'if I don't do it this year, past possibly life changes and moves on'."

Another information of Burgess' situation is he is only utilizing his yearly 28 days' time off from his occupation moving for a tech institution successful London.

Following nan Hungarian Grand Prix successful Budapest earlier nan summertime break, which was information 14, Burgees' full near successful nan cookware was £9,221, pinch 12 days of his yearly vacation clip remaining.

The triple-headers and back-to-back grands prix are fuelled by axenic adrenaline, he says, and nan adjacent title connected nan database is conscionable astir nan area successful Italy astatine Monza successful a week's time.

With a constricted budget, Burgess is varying really galore days he is attending astatine each event. In nan Netherlands, for example, he has opted for 2 days of way action, taking successful Saturday’s qualifying and Sunday's race.

The British Grand Prix successful July gave nan cookware immoderate much-needed respite. "For Silverstone, I was capable to enactment successful my level successful London, get nan train to Milton Keynes and shuttle from there," he says.

Youth is connected Burgess' broadside and he is utilizing his savings to money his travels. So far, he is successful nan achromatic and connected way to complete his mission.

"It’s going to beryllium very tight," he adds pinch caution, though nan European limb of nan run has greatly helped.

"So, there’s 2 much Europe races (including Zandvoort), and past 8 flyaways, and that's what's going to wounded nan most. So, I'm trying to build a spot of a spread for nan flyaways again."

With, among others, Singapore, Mexico, Brazil and Las Vegas still to travel earlier nan finale successful Abu Dhabi successful December, this is simply a tense clip for nan fund spreadsheet.

"In position of nan money, I've already done unsmooth calculations based connected what I’ve booked. But I don't really cognize carrier and nutrient yet. It will beryllium very adjacent to £20K - possibly conscionable under, possibly conscionable over," says Burgess.

"I want to do it for nan £20K but if I person to, I person sewage immoderate spare costs conscionable successful case. So my purpose is I will make it to each nan races, but hopefully it's nether that mark."

At Zandvoort this weekend, Burgess has clawed money backmost by staying successful a capsule lodging for nan first time. In Austria, his woman attending pinch him turned retired to beryllium a bonus. "We divided nan accommodation costs successful half. So I did count it arsenic half, not nan full cost," he adds.

For nan Japanese Grand Prix astatine Suzuka successful April, however, he had to beryllium successful and retired to support costs to a minimum.

"The Australian Grand Prix and China are linked together, which helped," he says. "But Japan was virtually a agelong play successful Japan. So, 20 hours of travel, I was successful Japan for 3 days, and past 20 hours of recreation back. That's astir apt nan astir crazy 1 truthful far."

Burgess is documenting nan ups and downs of life connected nan roadworthy via his Instagram account,, external which has meant a furniture for nan nighttime does popular up from clip to time.

"I person had immoderate offers, but I'm trying to instrumentality to it arsenic if group didn't cognize astir my challenge, to effort and support it arsenic authentic arsenic possible," he says. He has besides go nan go-to man for recreation tips among different fans.

With nary days disconnected successful lieu disposable astatine his occupation to adhd to his time off tally, Burgess besides has to beryllium strategical astir juggling his master life.

He did his paid hours astatine nan Saudi Arabian Grand Prix acknowledgment to a activity from overseas scheme, and opted not to alert location betwixt Bahrain and Saudi successful April to trim costs. He is besides grateful that nan hybrid quality of his occupation has allowed him to activity from location connected immoderate Mondays aft a tiring travel backmost from a race.

His situation caught nan oculus of Aston Martin, who invited Burgess to a car shed and paddock circuit successful Saudi. "It was a dream travel true," he says. Another item is connecting pinch different fans, particularly arsenic a solo traveller.

"You've fundamentally sewage friends each complete nan globe," says Burgess. "And immoderate of nan group I've met I've really kept successful interaction with. So immoderate of nan group I've met successful Australia astatine nan commencement of nan season, I still chat to now, which is really nice."

In position of his hopes for what happens connected track, a Ferrari expansive prix win, particularly 1 for Charles Leclerc, would beryllium a bonus: "Growing up, I was a monolithic Michael Schumacher fan, truthful that's nan logic why I've stuck pinch Ferrari since nan Schumacher days," he says.

"If I spell to each title and I don't spot 1 Ferrari win, that's going to beryllium rather unbelievable."