A restricted variety of tickets for MotoGP’s new season finale in Barcelona are on sale, with all proceeds set to be donated to the victims of the devastating floods in Valencia.
Ticket costs for what’s formally being branded because the Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona begin at 55.30 euros and go as excessive as 108.50 euros for the ‘Excellence’ grandstands, based on an announcement launched by Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
“The occasion, whose income will go to these affected by DANA, presents an ideal range of tickets with engaging costs to advertise solidarity,” it mentioned.
“The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya has already put tickets on sale for the Gran Premio Solidario Motul de Barcelona, which is able to happen from 15 to 17 November on the Catalan amenities. Tickets could be bought on the Circuit’s official web site and are at very engaging costs to encourage solidarity and donations.”
Barcelona has not formally revealed the variety of tickets which have been placed on sale. For logistical causes, with the affirmation of the occasion arriving simply over per week earlier than the beginning of monitor motion, it’s not potential to make seats obtainable for a similar variety of spectators as through the Catalan Grand Prix or Formulation 1’s Spanish Grand Prix on the identical circuit. These occasions are often capable of pull in additional than 130,000 followers on Sunday.
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Accessing the web site of the Barcelona circuit, it may be seen {that a} whole of 18,992 tickets are on sale in 9 completely different places. If the whole lot is bought out, it’ll herald income of round 1.5 million euro.
Tickets can be found for a wide range of grandstands in addition to the overall admission zones often known as ‘pelouse’.
The season finale was as a result of be held at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, as has been a practice for a few years. However the devastation brought on by heavy flooding in Valencia pressured the authorities to cancel the occasion simply over two weeks forward of its scheduled date.
After evaluating all potential eventualities, MotoGP’s promoter Dorna concluded that the best choice was to race in Barcelona. The choice was taken along with Valencian and Catalan authorities.
The Barcelona GP will determine the 2024 MotoGP champion, with Jorge Martin presently main the standings by 24 factors over Francesco Bagnaia heading into the finale. A complete of 37 factors will probably be on supply throughout the dash and the primary race.
Tickets for the Valencia race won’t be legitimate in Barcelona. Ticket holders for Valencia have the choice of request a fund from the circuit from 11 November or switch the ticket to 2025.