{"id":296771,"date":"2023-11-18T00:23:52","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T00:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=296771"},"modified":"2023-11-18T00:23:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T00:23:52","slug":"aussie-star-daniel-ricciardo-calls-out-hefty-f1-prices-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/racing\/f1\/aussie-star-daniel-ricciardo-calls-out-hefty-f1-prices-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie star Daniel Ricciardo calls out hefty F1 prices in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"
Aussie F1 star\u00a0Daniel Ricciardo has called out the jaw-dropping ticket prices for the Las Vegas Grand Prix this weekend.<\/p>\n
Base tickets to the event are being sold for almost $1500 per person –\u00a0and they don’t offer a view of the actual circuit.<\/p>\n
Ricciardo stated he is ‘aware’ of the\u00a0exorbitant prices, and was disappointed some fans may not be able to afford the experience in Sin City.<\/p>\n
‘I did hear some entry-level prices. I’m well aware that not everyone can afford those,’ he told RaceFans.<\/p>\n
‘I would love to see the general admission [ticket] affordable for anyone, whatever job they have.<\/p>\n
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Aussie F1 star Daniel Ricciardo has called out the jaw-dropping ticket prices for the Las Vegas Grand Prix this weekend<\/p>\n
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Base tickets to the event are being sold for almost $1500 per person – and they don’t offer a view of the actual circuit (pictured,\u00a0Daniel Ricciardo during free practice)<\/p>\n
‘Of course if there’s then some crazy packages and people want to spend that money, all good, so be it.<\/p>\n
‘But I guess I don’t like to hear ‘we would have loved to come, but we just simply couldn’t afford it’. That’s obviously a little bit tough.’<\/p>\n
Ricciardo, who will drive for\u00a0AlphaTauri this weekend, also urged the F1 to be a sport that is ‘accessible for everyone.’<\/p>\n
Practice 1 began on Friday afternoon (AEDT), but was cancelled after 20 minutes, due to a pot hole which\u00a0caused Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari to be forced to stop racing.<\/p>\n
CCTV footage showed a fiery plume of smoke emerge from under Sainz’s car as he was soon lost amid the sparks before returning to the garage in dramatic scenes.<\/p>\n
F1’s governing body, the FIA, later confirmed a concrete frame around one of the drain covers had failed, which caused the significant damage to Sainz’s Ferrari.<\/p>\n
A furious Ferrari team principal, Fred Vasseur, said: ‘The situation is that we damaged completely the monocoque, the engine, the battery.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘I think it’s just unacceptable. This will cost us a fortune.’<\/p>\n
The main race will be staged on Sunday, November 19 at 5pm (AEDT).<\/p>\n