For several years now, Formula 1 Grand Prix spectators have faced high ticket prices, which could eventually discourage a large number of them from attending this event.<\/p>\n
It is from this standpoint that Toto Wolff, the executive director of Mercedes AMG, initiated a discussion on this theme by trying to raise awareness among Bernie Ecclestone and the Grand Prix promoters. In this discussion, Wolff emphasized the importance of so-called historical races on the calendar: “We dared to talk about ticket prices and discussed the impact and importance of traditional circuits like Spa, Monza, or Hockenheim. Such races must be part of the calendar. It is a global sport.”<\/p>\n
\u00ab We must move forward and conquer new territories and new countries \u00bb continues Wolff for our colleagues at Autosport. \u00ab This has always been the case, but I also think we need to fill the stands at traditional races like Monza or Hockenheim. \u00bb<\/p>\n
The comments from Wolff, of course, echo those made by Ron Dennis last week, who already highlighted the difficulties encountered in some countries to fill the stands: \u00ab How can we go to Silverstone and Austria and see full stands, and then go to Germany and see half-empty stands? There must be a reason. We can all make assumptions, but it’s not very scientific. We really need to understand why these things happen. Is it the ticket prices? Is it [a lack of] national heroes, etc.? Whatever it is, we need to address it. \u00bb<\/p>\n
However, Toto Wolff does not deny the difficulties faced by Grand Prix promoters who have to pay a large sum of money to appear on the global Formula 1 calendar and who, as a result, need to balance their budget accordingly by impacting ticket prices, which still represent the largest share of revenue for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The team bosses have initiated a discussion on the ticket prices to attend a Formula 1 Grand Prix. They have expressed their concerns to Bernie Ecclestone and would like the situation to evolve, without the so-called historic races losing their place on the calendar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":37781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[245],"class_list":["post-14645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-economie"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n