{"id":294337,"date":"2023-11-18T00:23:57","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T00:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=294337"},"modified":"2023-11-18T00:23:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T00:23:57","slug":"aussie-star-daniel-ricciardo-calls-out-hefty-f1-prices-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.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":"<h1>Aussie star Daniel Ricciardo calls out hefty ticket F1 prices in Las Vegas: &#8216;would be nice that the sport remains accessible for everyone&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Aussie driver was shocked to hear some tickets cost $1500<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Also stated it was &#8216;tough to hear&#8217; some felt it was unaffordable<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>F1 racing has returned to Las Vegas for the first time since 1982<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aussie F1 star\u00a0Daniel Ricciardo has called out the jaw-dropping ticket prices for the Las Vegas Grand Prix this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Base tickets to the event are being sold for almost $1500 per person &#8211;\u00a0and they don&#8217;t offer a view of the actual circuit.<\/p>\n<p>Ricciardo stated he is &#8216;aware&#8217; of the\u00a0exorbitant prices, and was disappointed some fans may not be able to afford the experience in Sin City.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I did hear some entry-level prices. I&#8217;m well aware that not everyone can afford those,&#8217; he told RaceFans.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I would love to see the general admission [ticket] affordable for anyone, whatever job they have.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/23\/77948895-12763777-Aussie_F1_star_Daniel_Ricciardo_has_called_out_the_jaw_dropping_-m-20_1700262055876.jpg\" height=\"417\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Aussie F1 star Daniel Ricciardo has called out the jaw-dropping ticket prices for the Las Vegas Grand Prix this weekend<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/23\/77948911-12763777-image-a-21_1700262072930.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Base tickets to the event are being sold for almost $1500 per person &#8211; and they don&#8217;t offer a view of the actual circuit (pictured,\u00a0Daniel Ricciardo during free practice)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Of course if there&#8217;s then some crazy packages and people want to spend that money, all good, so be it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But I guess I don&#8217;t like to hear &#8216;we would have loved to come, but we just simply couldn&#8217;t afford it&#8217;. That&#8217;s obviously a little bit tough.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Ricciardo, who will drive for\u00a0AlphaTauri this weekend, also urged the F1 to be a sport that is &#8216;accessible for everyone.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Practice 1 began on Friday afternoon (AEDT), but was cancelled after 20 minutes, due to a pot hole which\u00a0caused Carlos Sainz&#8217;s Ferrari to be forced to stop racing.<\/p>\n<p>CCTV footage showed a fiery plume of smoke emerge from under Sainz&#8217;s car as he was soon lost amid the sparks before returning to the garage in dramatic scenes.<\/p>\n<p>F1&#8217;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&#8217;s Ferrari.<\/p>\n<p>A furious Ferrari team principal, Fred Vasseur, said: &#8216;The situation is that we damaged completely the monocoque, the engine, the battery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think it&#8217;s just unacceptable. This will cost us a fortune.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The main race will be staged on Sunday, November 19 at 5pm (AEDT).<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12763777\/Aussie-star-Daniel-Ricciardo-calls-hefty-F1-prices-Las-Vegas-nice-sport-remains-accessible-everyone.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aussie star Daniel Ricciardo calls out hefty ticket F1 prices in Las Vegas: &#8216;would be nice that the sport remains<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294336,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Aussie star Daniel Ricciardo calls out hefty F1 prices in Las Vegas - Sports Love Me<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/racing\/f1\/aussie-star-daniel-ricciardo-calls-out-hefty-f1-prices-in-las-vegas\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Aussie star Daniel Ricciardo calls out hefty F1 prices in Las Vegas - 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