The Raceday Society
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A community, not a fan club, and never just a screening. Race nights, early runs, karting and long dinners with people who care about the sport as much as you do. Founding membership is free, with chapters forming city by city ahead of 2027.
Register your interestIf you’ve ever watched a race alone at some ungodly hour and wished someone else in the room cared, this was built for you.
You’ve set alarms and stayed up past midnight for races on the other side of the world.
You know why Senna and Prost at Suzuka still starts arguments, and why Abu Dhabi 2021 always will. Why Verstappen in the Brazilian rain still gives people goosebumps. Why Rosberg winning the title and walking away five days later still feels unreal.
You’ve sat through the dull races and the great ones, often as the only person in the room who cared about qualifying.
This is where that changes.
A close circle in every city, where the people you meet on race night become the people you run with, eat with and travel to the track with.
You don’t need to prove anything to belong here. You just need to love it, and want to share it with people who get it.
Plenty of places put a race on a big screen and call it a night. That was never the idea here.
Predictions go round the table before the formation lap. The room goes quiet at lights out. Someone calls the undercut three laps before the commentators do, and by the flag half the table owes the other half a coffee. Then the real debate starts, and it usually carries on over dinner.
Picture a room where someone still talks about Hamilton snatching the title at the last corner in Brazil, someone else misses the sound of the V10s, someone is still replaying Alonso’s podiums at 41, and nobody needs Monaco explained. Where you can argue about the greatest car ever built, the McLaren MP4/4, the Ferrari F2004 or the Red Bull RB19, and still be friends by the time the flag drops.
Every team and every era is welcome. What we share is that we care about this sport more than is probably reasonable, and we’d rather keep watching together.
Not every gathering needs a chequered flag.
Coffee catch ups, dinners, karting sessions, spontaneous plans, and conversations that have absolutely nothing to do with racing. Because we’re building friendships, not just filling seats at screenings.
Racing is what brings us together, but the plans don’t stop when the season does. A Saturday run that ends in breakfast and an argument about tyre strategy. A karting session that finally settles who’d have won. A Sunday coffee that turns into a standing date. If there’s something you want to start, start it here.
Predictions before lights out, and proper conversation all the way to the flag.
Race weekends abroad, done properly. Good seats, a long dinner in the host city, and people who’ll enjoy qualifying as much as the race.
Early mornings out together, and race talk over breakfast after.
Sunday coffee, long dinners, and the conversations that turn members into friends.
The fastest way to settle an argument about who’d have won that race.
We launch in 2027, starting city by city. Register your interest now to become a founding member. Once enough of us sign up near you, we’ll introduce you to each other and plan the first get together, whether that’s a race night, a run or a coffee.
Formula 1 has never had more fans, or more places to watch it together. But most screenings end the way they begin: a room full of people facing the same screen, who leave as strangers. The Raceday Society exists to change that. We’re building a close circle of fans in every city where people talk, meet and actually get to know each other, so race weekends become the reason you meet people, and the people you meet become friends who stay long after the flag.
“I’ve followed Formula 1 since 2002, and the races I remember best are the ones I watched with other people: a packed room going silent at lights out, a stranger who’d become a friend by the last lap. I started The Raceday Society so those friendships don’t end when the race does. A Saturday run that finishes over breakfast, a long dinner after the chequered flag, a weekend at the track together. I’ve spent my career building products for sports fans, most recently at ESPNcricinfo, and this is the one I’ve always wanted to build.”
Aditya Phatak, Founder
@adityaphatak
Registering your interest is free and commits you to nothing. Membership will be paid once chapters open in 2027, but everyone who registers before their city opens joins free as a founding member. Tell us where you watch from, and we’ll bring your city’s fans to the table.
Thanks for registering your interest. Look out for a confirmation email, and we’ll write as soon as something is taking shape near you.
An independent community for Formula 1 fans who’d rather watch with good company than on their own. From 2027 we’re opening city chapters for race nights, runs, karting, coffee and dinners, plus trips to races abroad.
Registering your interest is completely free and doesn’t commit you to anything. Membership will be paid once chapters open in 2027, but everyone who registers before their city opens joins free as a founding member. At meetups you only pay for what’s yours, such as entry to a venue, your food and drinks, or a karting session, and we’ll always tell you the likely cost first.
The Raceday Society was started by Aditya Phatak, who has followed Formula 1 since 2002, and each city chapter will be run by volunteer hosts. It’s completely independent and isn’t affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Formula 1, the FIA or any team.
It helps to love it, but nobody gets quizzed at the door. We ask when F1 got you because it’s a great conversation starter, never as a test.
Not here. Coming solo is completely normal, and every meetup has a host whose job is to welcome you, find you a seat and introduce you around.
Race nights that feel nothing like a bar with a screen: predictions before lights out, the room going quiet at the start, and the debate carrying on over dinner. Then relaxed group runs where nobody gets left behind, karting, weekend coffee and long dinners. Come to whatever suits you. When a race starts in the middle of your night, we’ll swap the race night for a breakfast replay.
We’ll open chapters through 2027, starting wherever the most fans register. A city opens once around 50 fans have signed up and a couple of them are happy to host, so every registration moves yours up the list. Register before your city opens and you’re a founding member: you hear first and get the first invitations.
You’ll get an email confirming your registration of interest. After that, we’ll only be in touch when there’s news: chapters taking shape around your city, and details of membership before it opens. In the meantime, find us on Instagram and X at @theracedaysociety.
Because these are in person meetups, we want everyone who turns up to be a real person, and a profile is the quickest way for your host to know who’s coming. LinkedIn is optional. We only look: we never post, tag, message you there, or share your profile with anyone.
Only the founder and, once it opens, the host of your city chapter. We never sell or share your details with sponsors, Formula 1 or anyone else. Email hello@theracedaysociety.com at any time and we’ll remove you from our member list within 30 days.
We can’t get you tickets, hospitality or access of any kind, and we’d be wary of anyone who says they can. What we do is pick a race weekend, tell members we’re going and plan a meetup there, while everyone books their own flights, stay and tickets.
Members are over 18, meetups happen in public venues and drinking is always optional. Banter between teams is part of the fun, but harassment, unwanted advances and abuse of anyone are not, and this is a community, not a dating club. Tell your host or email us in confidence, and anyone who crosses the line won’t be invited back.
Yes, and we’d love you to. Tell us your city at hello@theracedaysociety.com. A city with a willing host can open with fewer sign ups.