At the end of the first half of the season, Ferrari’s hopes of winning the championship practically melted away, but this did not affect the pace of ticket sales for the Italian Grand Prix. Exactly one month before the start of the race weekend, the final phase of the ticket campaign began, but according to Gazzetta dello Sport, getting the coveted ticket is now “no easier than preventing Max Verstappen from winning the title.”
In just a few days, 97% of the seats in the grandstands of the Monza circuit were booked.
“The best thing is that sales do not depend on Ferrari’s successes and failures,” the newspaper quotes Alessandra Dzinno, the circuit’s executive director.
The statistics are as follows: 69,000 tickets were sold for all three days of the weekend; individually, 83,000 tickets were sold on Saturday and 110,000 on Sunday. About 35% of the audience will come from outside Italy.
The demand is such that the organizers of the Grand Prix will have to build additional stands in the area of the first chicane. Some 280-290 thousand fans are expected to visit the track in three days, and this number can easily be exceeded, but a certain limit has been deliberately set for safety reasons.
“It has been decided to limit the number of tickets entitling to free entry to the autodrome to 57,000, as it is not our job to set a sales record. Our priority is safety,” Jinno emphasized.
The increased demand isn’t just related to Ferrari’s cult status – the fact is that this year the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza is celebrating its 100th anniversary. The opening took place on September 3, 1922 and many Italians want to visit the anniversary of the legendary circuit.
At the same time, the program of festive celebrations is still kept secret, although there are rumors that on Saturday before qualifying there will be an impressive parade dedicated to several pages of the glorious history of the autodrome. But this is just one of the events, though perhaps the most notable, and for anyone who finds themselves in Monza on the second weekend of September, many interesting things await.
“We hope this year’s Grand Prix will simply be unforgettable,” said Angelo Sticchi Damiani, president of the ACI National Automobile Club.
Source: F1 News
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