F1 Boston Reviews

Really fun driving a go kart again after all these years. The karts here are blazing fast and the track is filled with twists and turns.

Not what I expected. The guys in charge tune up the cars and if you haven't raced 30x times before they make yours go very slow. Also if you are running with faster cars/people once they are finished with the 15 laps you are done! even if you have just run 10 laps. not worth the money un less you are going with your friends and have similar experience

Utterly disappointing. $40 for 15 laps - with each lap being sub-20 seconds, that's 40 bucks for 5 minutes of racing. Track layout is like a kiddie kart facility - you can race flat out except one hairpin turn. I've raced at dozens of karting tracks across the globe and this place is a serious waste of time & money.

I will be back soon. It was a memorable experience and the staff were very helpful.

A good place to visit, with two tracks. Be sure to reserve a time slot in advance to get the most out of your visit.

Overall good experience. Gal at the desk was a downer but everything else was good.

Went for an early Valentine's day. Had lots of fun... Came in last. Oh well.

Still a good time! Check it out.

this place rocks! it's a blast! so much to do and the Manger Jeff was excellent. The girls at the front desk, Emily and Hannah were also so helpful and kind! its indoors which rocks this time of year! the bar tender Bobby was also incredible!! i suggest this place to anyone who likes to have fun!!!!

The track is pretty cool and the diesel carts are fun. You can feel the engine running.

I would love this place if they closed when they said they did. Everytime we go there at 9 p.m. they say no more billiards or we only got a half hour. The door and website clearly says 11 Wednesday and 12 Friday. Would love to talk to the general manager.

Great place! This is not to be confused with gokarting as this are fast and require some skill.

Great mac and cheese. Very noisey as there is only a window between the race track and the dining area. Great place to wait for your race or just watch some other people race around.

Went for a corporate event, an hours track time with 5 races. Was fantastic. Friendly staff, and even the safety briefing was fun. The carts were all well looked after, and racing round the track was awesome fun. I'd never raced anything before, but I quickly got used to it and racked up some reasonable lap times.

After the races, we had food in the restaurant. Good menu, and great food.

Would definitely go again.

We did a mini grand prix for a bachelor party. Had a great time! The karts are serious, and pretty fast.

Great place and the staff for the junior league school is awesome.

Was not allowed to race because someone in our group (who came separately from us) smelled like "pot" when he clearly did not. Manager was called and said that we might be state inspectors and testing them. Our whole group was not allowed to race including my mother and father. I understand that there is a zero tolerance policy against drugs ect. due to the nature of this business but this was absurd. My first time here and will probably my last. I'll just go to NASKART down in Connecticut instead.

Nice place to catch fun on a go-kart /mini-race-track.

Not A positive experience!!! Waited for 1.5 hours for second race because next group was 45 minutes late!!! we asked to do our second race instead of waiting but they did not allow us to! The pit Crew was horrible! no apologies for making us wait in the smelly Track Suits that were so dirty I had to shower as soon as i got home!!! Avoid this place is my recommendation!! Will Never Be back!!!

fun place would rather go to the outdoors location. the 1 race you get for 40$ ($30 for 1 race and $10 for day license) is 15 laps which are over in around 5-10 minutes depending how you drive.

Very fun - the staff was super helpful and attentive, making sure everyone enjoyed the races. They even gave us a detailed printout afterwards with our lap times and race results.

Got here at one place was practically empty the guy said it was a 2 hour wait just to race. Sat down thought it would be worth the wait and while waiting I got thirsty so I went to concession stand part and stood there for a solid thirty minutes before 1 of the 2 lazy bums helped me. Piss poor service

Karts are completely clapped out. Total garbage fest. Janky mechanically and overpriced for what you're actually getting now. A joke. A tourist trap now if you will. I used to love this place. So it pains me to say go to Pioneer Valley Indoor on the OTHER SIDE OF THE STATE...for a better experience and better value. Karts are well maintained and the staff are bomb!

Exhilarating go-kart action...
Delicious food at the restaurant.

I was really looking forward to going to F1, but was quite disappointed. Don't go here if you want to race. Go here if you want to drive in single file around a track in a go cart. They tell you that they use their blue flag to have slower drivers pull over and let you by, but they don't. Then when you try to pass them, they give you a warning. What a joke....especially at the prices they charge! I paid to race, not to putt around in a go cart. It was one of the more frustrating things I've experienced.

Pretty chill place tracks a bit small but good times

Much fun...go carts and arcade with cool static displays

Great place to bond and have fun if you like vehicles cars or motors also just fun to race

Great Staff!! Good Food!! Very cool place to be especially on your BDay!!! Can t wait to return

We went here with a party of 12 to race. We reserved the track for 30 minutes. The crew was helpful and nice. The facility was very clean, including bathrooms. The gear you wear for racing was in good shape as well. It s also cool that they record all of your lap times.

4 stars because the safety video you watch before the race was quite dated and boring, and when we came off the track, we got a giant stack of papers with all of our stats, but everyone s were mixed up so it took 10 minutes just to pass them out.

One of the best racing experiences ever... a completely thrill and very reasonably priced... can't wait to return and buy a three pack race!

Nice place. Went to seminar there, room was big. There is a race track and other things. Might check it out further.

Great place to hold conferences. Excellent staff and the racing is amazing.

I only have 4 Stars because of HOW FRUSTRATING it is to get a slower cart. Some have better breaks and acceleration. I know it's hard for them to service them all at once but they got to get them closer man

It was the closest place to eat by our hotel. The food was really good and reasonably priced. Also who doesn't like a place that has kart racing. Not noisy like others stated.

It was beautiful visiting that day
I have to go back to ride the go kmarts one day

On site parking. Not too hard to find but if you drive too fast when you are going there for the first time you will miss it. It is off a major street opposite direction of the South Shore mall. It a great time with friends and family. Must me 18 and older and have a valid license to drive the cars. Safety training is 40-45 minutes before you can drive. After a certain time it is 21+ only.

Race prep not very organized. We didn't get the right information on the rules and when they were given they were rushed and confusing. Some zippers on the outfits were broken and instead of removing them from circulation they are put back on the track and the driver has to take it off when they realize they are broken. Dark and loud, not a date night spot. The driving is fun but it is hit or miss when you get aggressive drivers on track.

Really had a goof time, didn't like that they can slow you down and throttle you up, at will. Also, didn't like that there is no neck protection. Also, I got deliberately rear ended by a guy who would rather hit a car, than going around it to pass. Rubbing is racing, but hitting someone so hard that your head whips forward so hard it almost breaks youre teeth & then swings back so hard, my head hurt for days, thought I might have had a concussiongroipon the hit. They stopped race, but the guy should have been kicked off. The staff was otherwise very friendly, location was clean. The helmets and visors should be cleaned, they tell you to put your visors down, but they are so covered with fingerprints, you can barely see through them.

Really fun go-cart racing! You have to have a valid drivers license but it was awesome. I was a little scared driving around the track but it was fun to watch the race. Plus you suit up and look cool.

I use to go to f1 Boston 1 a month from New York City I was there a month ago the place done fell off . The go karts are in bad shape some have no power , wasted tires the race suits the have smell like bums ass and are so dirty and ripped up . The central air system that keeps the air clean doesn't even work anymore, so you smell the fumes that come from the go karts

Track is 300 yards/ meters so timing is low 20 seconds. Its very well maintained a bit on the high end. Staff are very friendly and professional. It's a great place for company/outings but if you're a hardcore go kart racer this won't be up to your expectations mainly due to the short track and underpowered karts.

What a great experience! Everyone is so nice. I highly recommend doing an event here, Billards, tons of sitting room, great track, Bar/ Restaurant was fantastic! Prices are good, drinks were great (after the race of course) and food was delicious.

I've been before and it was really fun... dont confuse this one with the other in Wilmingto

I've been before and it was really fun... dont confuse this one with the other in Wilmington... totally different place.

Racetrack, bar and pool. Ans Good conpany and you're set for the night.

Fun but pricey. This track is a lot of fun and the carts are pretty fast. The races don't last very long, maybe 6 minutes or so. At $40 per person you'd expect more.

Fun but way too expensive for what you end up getting. Only worthwhile if you get a Groupon and even then it is still too overpriced.

Only because I had never done go kart before and found it terrifying.

Awesome place for gocarting. Slightly costly but worth it.

We, as a group of 4...just spent 2 1/2 hours driving to this place to just be turned around and told that we have to have a "drivers license" which is not stated on their homepage of the website. It is stated in little writing on the section arrive and drive . I am not the one to speak, but if you wanted to enforce this, put this on your home page... If you are coming here with a group of kids please do not come here it is unfriendly, and unprofessional.

The guy who is at the desk, when we walked inside who immediately put our bracelets on directed us to the woman at the reception desk, who was rude and disrespectful and then told us we all need licenses. There was one person in our party with a license, they said that the only person who would be able to go on the track would be her, the whole point of us going is to all of us to go on not just one person, I then returned to the guy at the desk, and i asked to speak with the manager on duty, He said the manager was on the track, but im assuming the manager just didn't want to speak with us to dispute this, as i saw many people on the track, I then stated how on the website it s stated that there wasn t any rules about having a drivers license and then they pulled up arrive in drive and I said they need to move it to rules and regulations, After I had spoken to the guy again, who was clearly on facebook on his laptop, witch presumably was company property, he was on the phone with the woman at the reception desk, and presumably talking about us, because after the woman hung up with the guy, they were all looking at us, like we had four heads, so we just threw our bracelets out and left.

Small indoors race track using gas-powered karts.
Having been to another track, I can't recommend this place. We went there in the early summer and the gate was opened. Still it rekt of gasoline and it was almost nauseating, can't imagine the smell in full summer or with the gate closed.
The karts are powerful and fast. Maybe too much given the size of the track. They have a fancy overpass and multi level track but there is virtually no straight segment so it's not satisfying very difficult to pass any competitor. The smell and the turning all the time made me sick. K1 was much more fun and accessible.

F1 Boston was an amazing experience!!! Everything from the staff to the track itself was great!! They give you a free race on your birthday, which is pretty awesome. I would highly recommend the 4 race package for $100.

They were closed on veterans day. No signs listing closed. Brought 14 people. The races are fun but this trip was a waste of time.

Asked for a refund after I was scheduled incorrectly. 10 person group for 5 people at 730 and the other 5 at745 on track 2. I was scheduled for 730 with our first group, however my ticket/pass said 720 but the tenant at the track said it was a mistake and I was good at 730. All suited up and ready to go and my name was not on the board... Other tenant said I would be included for the 745 with the other half of our group, cool no problem. But when that race came around I wasn't on again and was told to wait for the 800 with NONE of my group that I came with to race with. I immediately went to the front desk and said I needed a refund and explained why. They called a manager over who asked what happened. I said I was scheduled wrong and didn't get to race and that I was pissed about it. He said what can we do to fix it and I said that they could refund me. He proceeded to tell me no and told me to leave then stormed away from me. I never got my refund and they ruined my night and wasted my time. Great service F1, I used to race about you guys but this was crossing the line.

I never knew this place was their until I went to an event. Very kewl place

The track was ok. The carts were in good condition. Also the facility was good but thats it. The staff couldn't care less. Bottom line its just really expensive. One 12 minute race cost 40$. Thats just a lot to drive around a ok track for 10 minutes. Should of listened to the lady at the front desk who said its not worth it. Lastly the amount of paper work you need to do is just stupid. (Although the race is "12" minutes you don't get to spend the whole time acualy racing)

The customer experience hasn't been updated in a long time. The suits are smelly, ripped and broken. There aren't enough neck braces so you're often using a still sweaty neck brace from a previous customer. The race timing is way too fast paced. They're pushing you in and out of the carts with no regard. For this kind of experience the price is wayyyy too high. $100+ for four races that are 10 minutes each. Unfortunately, this is the only place of its kind near Boston so it's a one time opportunity. If you have the money to drop it can be fun. If you're stretching your wallet - avoid F-1 and do some karting elsewhere.

I really enjoyed the atmosphere of F1, the decor and setting is well thought out and the staff were friendly and helpful. The cars are well maintained and the indoor track as well. Good place for a day trip. The only downside in my opinion is that each race is $30 and are relative quick.

Just a blast. It would be helpful to get a lesson on the course itself - tips on how to take each corner, what is "pushing it", where best to pass, etc. The people are great - friendly. It is nice to see smiling faces.

Good service and good food , don't not ride go carts

The cars were fast enough though the wheels on some of them were a bit old and more slippery that the others

Racing is fun but equipment was beat up and the restaurant is poorly staffed