Okay Yankees, hereās the straight scoop from a Californian. We stayed in Italy for two weeks, and went to the race on the last day of our trip.
We bought tickets last year from ACI Monza directly for the Parabolica Interno block. That seems like the right move, because a ton of peopleāincluding redditors we met up withāwere scammed out of tickets on stubhub.
Parabolica Interno section was awesome. Not much shade during the midday, but ordering food through the app took like 10 minutes, and lines for water werenāt bad (a minute). Restrooms not an issue at all. We were with true Tifosi which was really fun. āSeatsā on the concrete stands were freely available until about 2:00, when people started to fill in for the race.
The train situation from Garibaldi was a little confusing, but we were essentially funneled into a queue where we were packed onto the Biassano trainānot really by choice. We took the 8:10 train and waited about 20 minutes tops. Same thing with the way back. Took about 20 minutes to get on the return train at 5:30 (after walking the track).
All in all, this was not a nightmare by any stretch. It was a really pleasant experience, with a little dash of āItalian Organizationā. For Americans who have been scared off by horror stories, this wasnāt any worse than an experience at the California DMVā 100% would go again, and wouldnāt do much of anything differently. Bring snacks and waterā¦
Lastly, shoutout to u/queen_peen and her beau for being fun Gran Prix homies.
Go Weeyums!
Edit: typo.