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You can search for plane tickets that are not expensive to Lyon, perhaps ? And then you have 1h30 in car to Grenoble - if you use carpool, it can be way les sthan 10 euros from Lyon to Grenoble, otherwise the bus is inexpensive too.
Or train from London to Paris, then Paris to Grenoble. Quite easy to go.
The advantage is that hotels will be much cheaper than in Paris, and IIRC, the price for tickets will be reduced too to attract more people. It could be really intersting to go this year.
It's not the price that is the issue, but the fact that it will take a long time to get from London to Grenoble as there are very few direct flights and likely none that are at the right times. I don't drive so I would have to fly to Lyon and then take the train to Grenoble. Not to mention all the time it takes to get to the airport (out of city centre) early and wait around, whereas the Eurostar goes from city centre to city centre and you only have to be at the station 30 minutes before departure time.
If I were still a student I might still go, but since I'm now working it's not really a feasible weekend trip for me. France GP events start IIRC around 1:30pm on Saturday, and London to Grenoble probably wouldn't be possible Saturday morning, not to mention getting back after the exhibition (probably ending at around 5:30pm) on Sunday.