My review.
Worked like a dog to get my info in to get garage/pit passes. Had to do a couple of online forms. Wife got her second one the day before, I didn't, so had to ping my contact at the team and they resent immediately, filled it out, sent in. Got to Lot T about 9:30 on Sunday and was suprised to see how many cars had beaten me there, 9:30 was when Nascar said they were opening prescreening so that's technicall the earliest we could get there. Found the white tent, they tried to shuffle us away, I explained we were a guest of a team and oh yes, got your qr code, scan, temperature check, verified no health issues, good to go. Texted my contact and he met us at the tunnel. Stuck our health sticker onto guest pass and away we went.
Found suite. Found drinks and some packaged scones and found a seat to watch qualifying.
Eventually got bored and hopped my happy ass downstairs and roamed the pits a bit. Was down there for the start of the Italian tractor race and saw Daniel Suarez's car in bits in the garage. Went back up, grabbed some lunch, let the guy know we wanted to tour the garage, see Daniel again and be on pit road for the opening festivities (Due to the Rona, only drivers and team members are allowed on the hot side. This was only the second race that guests have been allowed). Went down, met Daniel at his trailer, walked around talking about Nascar and our contact's various employers, found the pit wall garage opening which happened to be by Daniel's car and hung out there for national anthem and start. Oh yeah, met Justin Marks down there. Saw Bubba come out of his trailer. Also blacksimiled another guy that I thought was Bubba. Wife wanted to go back up so we found a spot to light up there inside, grabbed more drinks and I went down once more to roam and see what I could.
For F1 and MotoGP, I'm usually on the back straight at an RV. We can see part of the esses, some of the stuff after it, and 11 if on top of the stand and down to 12. I think I like that view of Cota better than the front straight. Watching them go by and then up the hill is nice. Having pit passes is always nice and I do like that they are RIGHT below Cota Club. I like a good suite, but you just can't see shit from there. If I'm being wined and dined like that, I like Texas Motor Speedway better. You can easily see the entire track from the suites. The difference at TMS is there is no outdoor part unless you go down to the main grandstand level or walk over to the pits. Just doesn't make for good race watching on the front at Cota. Overall, we had fun. I'd do it again in a heartbeat, and hope that for F1 I'm back at the back straight because I don't know any vendors that sponsor F1.
OH, Cota parking still run by crackheads. We left a little before the race was over in the monsoon and I was glad we did. They had nobody directing you out of T except the cops at 812. After the race, that would have been a disaster. Never change Cota, Never change.