5 Indian Celebrities Spotted at F1 Races

Deepika Padukone has been to Monaco multiple times and is the most visibly documented Indian celebrity at F1. She served as an official brand ambassador for Formula 1, which gave her sustained paddock access — but she was attending races before and after that formal arrangement. Her Monaco appearances have been photographed trackside and in hospitality areas along the pit straight.

Monaco's Paddock Club is the most expensive hospitality in F1. Prices are not published — they are sold by allocation — but industry estimates put Monaco Paddock Club at €6,000–12,000 per person (approximately ₹5.5–11 lakh) for the race weekend. That is before flights, hotels, or any other expenses. Monaco hotels during race week run €800–3,000 per night (₹74,000–2.77 lakh).

Virat Kohli has attended the Singapore GP and posted about it publicly. He is a known motorsport enthusiast — this is not a one-off photo opportunity. Singapore is a natural draw for Indian fans: no visa hassle, direct flights, and the race happens in October which sits between cricket series windows.

Singapore Paddock Club is priced at SGD 4,000–6,000 per person (approximately ₹2.46–3.69 lakh). This gets you into the air-conditioned Paddock Club suite above the pit lane — open buffet, open bar, and a timed paddock walkabout where you walk through the actual garages. It is an excellent experience and genuinely worth it if you can afford it. If you cannot, a Pit Straight grandstand ticket at SGD 568–1,280 (₹35,000–78,700) gives you a better view of the actual racing.

Anushka Sharma attended the Singapore GP with Virat Kohli and is documented at the race in photographs from that weekend. Whatever your view on F1 as a spectator sport, the Singapore GP specifically is a genuinely compelling night out — the race runs under floodlights through the city centre, and the atmosphere in the grandstands is unlike most sporting events.

Singapore is the F1 race most Indian couples attend together, partly because the city itself has enough to do across the long weekend if one person is less interested in the racing than the other.

Ranveer Singh is a genuine motorsport fan — this is not a category of Indian celebrity who discovered F1 after Drive to Survive. He has attended the Singapore GP and is documented at F1 events in photographs and social media posts. His interest in performance car culture and motorsport is long-standing.

Ranveer is also the type of attendee who engages with the racing itself rather than treating it purely as a social backdrop. That distinction matters — it places him in a different category from celebrity appearances that are primarily brand-funded content creation.

Shah Rukh Khan attended the Indian GP at Buddh International Circuit in 2012 and 2013. The Indian GP ran for three years — 2011, 2012, 2013 — before it was dropped from the calendar over tax disputes between the promoter and Indian authorities. SRK's attendance was photographed and documented in media coverage of both races. He was present in VIP hospitality, which at an Indian GP event meant the on-site hospitality suites in the main grandstand complex.

The Buddh International Circuit was a genuinely good F1 venue — the track layout was well-regarded, and the facility was built to modern F1 standards. The tax dispute that ended the Indian GP had nothing to do with the racing itself.