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

25 күн бұрын

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

@iGamerTags

25 күн бұрын

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

@tomasjohansson9495

25 күн бұрын

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

@freddiefreihofer7716

25 күн бұрын

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

25 күн бұрын

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

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

25 күн бұрын

yes

@KymIllman

25 күн бұрын

You’re most kind

@watson956

25 күн бұрын

@nnonotnow Well Said !

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

25 күн бұрын

Music to my ears my friend

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

@KymIllman

25 күн бұрын

Happy to share them with you

Highest quality F1/travel content there is on KZread. Bar none.

@KymIllman

25 күн бұрын

Delighted was such positive feedback

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

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

25 күн бұрын

You’re saving a fortune then

@harmanarora283

25 күн бұрын

Dude I’ll pay ya to crash 😂

@jackassplus

25 күн бұрын

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.

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

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

@KymIllman

24 күн бұрын

I never stop Donny.

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

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

@KymIllman

25 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

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

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

Great insight!

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

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

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.

Awesome work lots of research and spendings subscribed :)

@KymIllman

14 күн бұрын

Welcome aboard!

love these vids

The outtakes at the end of this video are hilarious

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

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

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

Thanks for sharing.

@KymIllman

25 күн бұрын

Our pleasure!

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

@Cherry-bc5jf

25 күн бұрын

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

@spartanp2064

14 күн бұрын

They stay in the garage. Fixing the broken bits. Especially if they are Albon’s mechanics. 😂

@Cherry-bc5jf

14 күн бұрын

@@spartanp2064 Spartan P, thx for the reply. Maybe you're right👍 The mechanics might be spending more time in garage than in buildings they stay😂

@circle_line

13 күн бұрын

I was staying at a long-term hotel in-between apartements in Austin. During the GP weekend, I saw McLaren F1 team SUVs parked there. It's one of the cheapest places to stay in Austin, but I think pretty good and clean for the price. less than $60/night for a few nights

@fdavila021

10 күн бұрын

When I went to the Monaco Grand Prix a few years ago, I stayed in the neighboring town of Menton. I met the Transport Driver for Stroll’s car and a few mechanics Friday night and had some beers with them. They said they can’t afford to stay in the city of Monaco so get cheaper places nearby.

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.

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.

I always stay for the outtakes this one was epic 😂

Love it!!

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

earliest I’ve been to a video!

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

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 😊

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

25 күн бұрын

Canon r5 and 15-35mm lens

500th Like! Another interesting and erudite video 🌞

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.

Most would almost certainly stay in motorhomes near the tracks in places like Spa, Zandvoort and Spielberg where there isn't really a large build up of luxury offerings. I read previously that some teams would just rent motorhome(s) for the entire length of the European race calendar and the teams would drive them from one location to another between races for the drivers to stay in. They might not always be used on every race weekend (Monaco for example) but they would be available.

Keep it up great content ❤

@KymIllman

25 күн бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

Hyatt is an excellent hotel chain with high end options.

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.

Most of the teams have sponsors. When I was in Singapore last year Ferrari had a deal with Marina Bay Sands. Mercedes have Marriott on their car and race suits.

Great video!

@KymIllman

25 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@xRicCi

25 күн бұрын

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

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

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.

F1 Drivers are not paying anything 😂

@shrimpinpat

13 күн бұрын

Exactly. If anything the hotel pays them to stay there. They want people to see them and take pics in their hotels

@solmanJapan

10 күн бұрын

​​@@shrimpinpatit's race weekend. They won't care who stays there because the rooms are filled with race goers, media, teams etc. they don't have to advertise and people will pay the jacked up prices anyway and it's the teams themselves who book and pay for the accommodation usually.

I've had the pleasure of working with 1 of the teams for the past 2 years as an engineer. They put all of us in hotels, drivers are usually in a home, like an Airbnb.

I’d like to see a cost analysis of the transportation costs of an F1 team and equipment.

@marknicol9405

12 күн бұрын

would be interesting to see the environmental impact from hauling the F1 equipment around the world, when they want to put the whole "hybrid cars and fuels" on the pedestal for marketing.

Thanks Kym for opening the lid on drivers hotel expenses.

@KymIllman

24 күн бұрын

My pleasure

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

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

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

25 күн бұрын

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

@BeethovensLaguerreRacing

25 күн бұрын

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

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

23 күн бұрын

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.

Are these rates including breakfast?

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

Isn't there a Hilton at Silverstone now?

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

my heart pumps shit for them with the money they make and it's the team that pays wow you are truly a genius

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

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

19 күн бұрын

Both.

@andrewviolidis

19 күн бұрын

@@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.

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.

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

25 күн бұрын

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

@martinc.720

25 күн бұрын

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

@rickintexas1584

25 күн бұрын

@@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

25 күн бұрын

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

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

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

25 күн бұрын

I’m a freelancer.

@spikedcoffee9195

25 күн бұрын

Look up Kyms history. He is ok

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

@KymIllman

25 күн бұрын

Hope you enjoyed it!

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

@joep5080

25 күн бұрын

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

wow

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

@KymIllman

25 күн бұрын

I’m a freelancer

@bryanpons6585

25 күн бұрын

@@KymIllman so not a freeloader?

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

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 😀🤷‍♂️

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

@Chatta-Ortega

23 күн бұрын

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

23 күн бұрын

@@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.

Your annual expense of fixed cost video next please

I wonder if the drivers/teams who are sponsored by the big brands like Hilton or Ritz Carlton or Marriot get a discount or comped?

@KymIllman

14 күн бұрын

Accommodation has a dollar value that is included in the sponsorship

where do the crew stay though?

@KymIllman

25 күн бұрын

All over the place

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

@HondaExige1

22 күн бұрын

Kym completely overlooked the new Hilton on the pit straight.

Breakfast comes extra for 200$ every morning, which is 10 000$ per year

Hope they get good room service

I imagine I'm late to this but if course they stay at the "win".😊

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

Who pays for the hotel expenses for the drivers, the drivers themselves or the teams?

Hi Kym, who pays for your travel and accommodation?

@KymIllman

6 күн бұрын

Me

A life of luxury hotel living with some driving.

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

22 күн бұрын

Not too many drivers stay there due to the noise though

Could you imagine them staying at a Travelodge

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

So much money wow

Don't they have Hilton points?

does hotel cost include in the cost cap

@senanb1

14 күн бұрын

No

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

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

@KymIllman

23 күн бұрын

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

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.

@senanb1

14 күн бұрын

Better security. Last thing the driver wants is fans at their door or being loud outside as they need to sleep

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.

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

@KymIllman

25 күн бұрын

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/

do the drivers pay or the team ?

Is this only for accommodation?

@KymIllman

24 күн бұрын

Yes

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

saw this 55 seconds after it was posted :)

@KymIllman

25 күн бұрын

What took you so long

@KymIllman

25 күн бұрын

You’re early! Well done

@tonyadeney1245

25 күн бұрын

fast of the grid ....

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

@KymIllman

19 күн бұрын

No one stays there it’s too noisy

@christianwestling2019

19 күн бұрын

@@KymIllman Ah, that makes sense.

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

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

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