F1 Camping at the Red Bull Ring at night: 22 dB quieter — what an F1 fan wrote after the weekend

Some thank-you letters are not emotional, but analytical. Last Sunday, we received one of this kind — from a regular guest who has been following Formula 1 since the Williams-Renault era, and who asked a question that has also been on our minds: Why does the acoustics work better for us than for many neighbors? We are publishing his message with his consent because it addresses exactly what can be proven numerically.

The Message

"Hello Schitterhof Crew,

just a quick feedback from the weekend. We have been at the Austrian GP every year since 2018 — previously Monza, previously Spa, previously Le Mans. We know what event camping sounds like, and we also know the difference between 'marketing quiet' and 'actually quiet'. With you, it is actually quiet.

What interested me: V6 hybrids are not heard at night. What we heard on Saturday at 10:30 pm was not a car. It was also not voices from the neighboring tent. It was a background noise — as if you live on the outskirts and the main road is two kilometers away. My wife thought I was exaggerating. I took out my headphones app and measured — at my pitch at 10:45 pm: 42 dB(A). At the camps we had in 2019 and 2022, it ranged between 58 and 68 at night. That is a factor.

What interests me about this: you don't have your own stage, no pulsers, no 'Race Corner with DJ set until 3:00 am'. This is a structural decision — and the reason why it sounds different with you. We like to hear engines. We do not like bass drones. Everyone knows that F1 stops at 10:00 pm. It was not obvious to us for a long time that the noise level at a race camping depends on who operates the pitch next door.

We are already booking for 2026. Please the Premium XL pitch as always.

With racing regards,
Markus & Eva K., Munich
July 2025"

Why this is numerically traceable

What Markus K. measured with his app corresponds to what an independent ISO-9613-2 level comparison of the Spielberg camps modeled. The midnight levels on the F1 weekend are as follows:

• Schitterhof CAMPING WEISS: 38.7 dB(A) (modeled)
• Camping SCHWARZ: 58 dB(A)
• Camping GRÜN: 60.8 dB(A)
• Camping PINK: 64.5 dB(A)
• Camping BLAU: 65 dB(A)

22 dB difference between the lowest and highest values. The decibel scale is logarithmic — 10 dB roughly corresponds psychoacoustically to a doubling of the perceived volume. So, 22 dB is the difference between 'refrigerator hum' and 'normal conversation in the next room'.

The modeling does not consider the track itself — which is quiet at night anyway. It models the sound performances of the on-site stages, the Race Corner areas, the RacingTours DJ stage, the Party Park. And it adds the terrain attenuation: topography, vegetation, buildings. The methodology is according to the standard, with ±5 dB tolerance, and fully disclosed on the linked page.

For F1 fans who want to see every session — and still sleep

Premium XL pitches (60 m²) are sufficient for a motorhome plus awning with data evaluation table. The walk to the main entrance of the Ring is 900 m via the asphalted Spielbergerstraße — about 11 minutes. No shuttle, no mid-race day parking logistics. Booking 6–8 months in advance.

Published with the guests' consent. The mentioned levels are from a modeling calculation according to ISO 9613-2 (±5 dB tolerance); private app measurements are to be understood as an indicator, not as calibrated measurements.