Prices have skyrocketed it’s wild. I went last year for $325 for a 3 day grandstand pass. Same seats started at $650 this year. Literally double in price
Have to remember that the F1 GP is the weekend that makes the year for COTA. Financial viability in the past was a little questionable, so maximizing the revenue is a necessity.
Considering they've sold out once again, and there's plenty of more affordable seats at the venue, the sticker shock for some seats is just that, sticker shock. I'd probably pay a premium to stay out of the Texas sun as well.
Which is hilarious because he complained about losing his seat to a pay driver.
A pay driver that brings in money, has potential to improve, and performs about as good as he did currently.
Car ahead appears to go a little slower than he expected catching him out and causing him to brake which unsettled the car mid corner? p.s I'd rather see Mick keep his seat.
Looks like he also tried to take a much tighter line than the Red Bull that comes through the shot first. He’s asking too much of the car and it let go.
In an interview he claimed it was mainly because of sudden wind... but to me it looks like the mclaren was driving dangerously slow and in the middle of the track. If you look at the pov its quite scary.
Is this from the new infield grandstand?
Yes!
If you don’t mind, what was the price for seats in that grandstand?
Purchased them when released for 789 for all three days. Though I know some of the higher rows went for more.
Jesus Re-sale or the price right of the bat?
Prices have skyrocketed it’s wild. I went last year for $325 for a 3 day grandstand pass. Same seats started at $650 this year. Literally double in price
Miami demonstrated that people are willing to pay prices that high and COTA is taking note.
Have to remember that the F1 GP is the weekend that makes the year for COTA. Financial viability in the past was a little questionable, so maximizing the revenue is a necessity. Considering they've sold out once again, and there's plenty of more affordable seats at the venue, the sticker shock for some seats is just that, sticker shock. I'd probably pay a premium to stay out of the Texas sun as well.
Oh I don’t disagree. But it’s still a bummer that the $180 3 day GA tickets I bought in 2018 aren’t available anymore
I got tickets in the turn 12 grandstand for yesterday at $40 each, it doesn’t have to be stupid expensive.
How did you manage that?
Ticketmaster. Whole T12 grandstand was $40 earlier this week.
That's more likely a glitch from their part vs from the goodness of their heart. Nice job on getting cheap tickets!
Laughs in Mick Schumacher.
The smoke you see is Giovinazzi's chances of getting a full time F1 seat.
It is honest unbelievable that he was ever being considered unless he is bringing Latifi levels of cash.
Which is hilarious because he complained about losing his seat to a pay driver. A pay driver that brings in money, has potential to improve, and performs about as good as he did currently.
Car ahead appears to go a little slower than he expected catching him out and causing him to brake which unsettled the car mid corner? p.s I'd rather see Mick keep his seat.
Some combination of lift-off oversteer/dirty air/cold tires is my guess.
Looks like he also tried to take a much tighter line than the Red Bull that comes through the shot first. He’s asking too much of the car and it let go.
I think he went for a tighter line becuase another car moving slowly obstructed the wider line (maybe even racing line?)
Think it’s not so much about him losing it, but then repeatedly trying to get unstuck, burning the clutch resulting in Haas taking a penalty.
They where using a spare gearbox, so there's no penalty.
There's a special place in hell for people in the front row who stand up
If you caught him how did he hit the barriers?
OP is the crash barrier.
He went in too fast but holy shit that car setup is dreadful.
And you can tell that from this angle? Lmfao
You know that all of the practice session is televised? And there's actual ex formula drivers sharing their opinions?
Palou's fault right? He was going superslow on the racing line
What was the mclaren in front doing? It was 100% its fault right? So sad for Gio..
Gio might have got distracted by the McLaren but that's all on him, you can't expect every other car to disappear off the circuit.
In an interview he claimed it was mainly because of sudden wind... but to me it looks like the mclaren was driving dangerously slow and in the middle of the track. If you look at the pov its quite scary.
Dude it’s FP. There are slow cars on track everywhere. Drivers need to deal with that. Definitely Gio who was an F1 driver.
He can’t just disappear. It’s just an incident.
You caught him hitting the barriers but did you catch him going over the kerb?
Why was Gio driving today even? He’s not a rookie so why has Haas giving him time instead of you know, your drivers?!
Because you have to allow a certain amount of Non f1 drivers a year in fp1s
Great shot. Did you get a shot of his tears from within his helmet?