{"id":446241,"date":"2026-02-01T00:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/446241\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T00:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T00:56:10","slug":"max-verstappen-fans-snap-up-2026-hungary-gp-grandstand-tickets-before-season-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/446241\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Verstappen fans snap up 2026 Hungary GP grandstand tickets before season starts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/max-verstappen\/17529\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Max Verstappen<\/a> Grandstand for the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix has sold out before the season has begun.<\/p>\n<p>With tickets still available for the Belgian and Austrian grands prix, fans of the four-time champion still have the opportunity to come together in one of his grandstands at those events.<\/p>\n<p>The Max Verstappen Grandstand sits on the right of the last turn, offering views of the starting grid at the Hungaroring. It also features numbered seats and views of a TV screen, as well as the track.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time champion has celebrated two grand prix wins at the circuit, joining others with the same number of wins, including his partner&#8217;s father, Nelson Piquet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/damon-hill\/1443\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Damon Hill<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/jacques-villeneuve\/71\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jacques Villeneuve<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/mika-hakkinen\/69\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mika Hakkinen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/jenson-button\/13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jenson Button<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/sebastian-vettel\/6936\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sebastian Vettel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix will take place from 24-26 July. Verstappen will be racing with the No. 3 for the upcoming season after losing No. 1 to 2025 drivers&#8217; champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsport.com\/driver\/lando-norris\/289316\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lando Norris<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt won&#8217;t be number 33. My favourite number has always been 3, apart from number 1. We can now swap, so it\u2019ll be number 3,\u201d Verstappen revealed in his end-of-year interview on Viaplay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNumber 33 was always fine, but I just like one 3 better than two. I always said it represented double luck, but I&#8217;ve already had my luck in Formula 1.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/max-verstappen-red-bull-racing.jpg\" alt=\"Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing \" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing<\/p>\n<p class=\"photographer\">Photo by: Max Verstappen<\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman concluded private testing in Barcelona this week before pre-season testing in Bahrain, which will run from 11-13 February and again from 18-20 February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo much work has gone into over the last few years; and then to see the engine going into the car, and especially on the first day, also immediately to do so many laps, was great to see. I think there were a lot of emotional faces in the garage,&#8221; Verstappen said after the Barcelona shakedown.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 season will officially start with the Australian Grand Prix on 6-8 March.<\/p>\n<p>            We want your opinion!<\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-auto\">What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?<\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"#\" class=\"ms-link text-link font-bold\">Take our 5 minute survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mt-1 text-body\">&#8211; The Motorsport.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Max Verstappen Grandstand for the 2026 Hungarian Grand Prix has sold out before the season has begun.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[153611,49,48,148380,578,576,577,1885,184082,2190,82,4962],"class_list":{"0":"post-446241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-barcelona-catalunya-pre-season-testing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-circuit-de-barcelona-catalunya","12":"tag-f1","13":"tag-formula-1","14":"tag-formula1","15":"tag-max-verstappen","16":"tag-max-verstappen-fans-snap-up-2026-hungary-gp-grandstand-tickets-before-season-starts","17":"tag-red-bull-racing","18":"tag-sports","19":"tag-trendingteam"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=446241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}