2010 Canadian GP Sold-Out (05)

News Update For Immediate Release



Tickets for the Next Year's Grand Prix To Go On Sale Tomorrow



2010 Canadian Grand Prix Packs Sold-Out Circuit Gilles Villeneuve



Montréal, June 10, 2010 - Octane Racing Group, 
promoter of the Canadian Grand Prix, is happy to 
announce that this weekend's event will held in 
front of a sold-out crowd. At 3 p.m. today 
(Thursday), the box office closed operations for 
the most important sporting event in Canada. On 
Friday June 11, tickets for the 2011 Canadian 
Grand Prix will go on sale at the Grand Prix box 
office. In other good news, fans will not only be 
offered a great selection of available seats by 
ordering immediately, but tickets will be 
obtainable at the same 2010 price, which were the 
same as 2008. Organizers of the Grand Prix are 
extending this special offer to their customers 
until July 31 inclusively. Afterward, ticket 
prices will be adjusted.


  "We are of course very pleased with the public 
response," said François Dumontier, President of 
the Canadian Grand Prix and of Octane Racing 
Group and promoter of the event. "Local fans, 
obviously proud of their Grand Prix, were quick 
to respond when we announced ticket sales last 
December, and we soon realized that they were not 
going to stay away from something they 
appreciate. Then, over the course of the 
following months, we received huge fan response 
from abroad, which pleasantly surprised us. Our 
ticket sales in Europe were exceptional, and this 
is a testimony to the appeal of our event in 
traditional Formula 1 markets. There are 
thousands of connoisseurs who have for years 
watched the Canadian Grand Prix broadcast from 
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, and were now ready to 
cross the ocean to witness a Formula 1 Grand 
Prix, Montréal style. We are going to welcome 
them, as we do with all other fans, with warmth 
and enthusiasm. And I invite Montrealers to do 
the same."


Starting tomorrow, Friday June 11, race fans will 
be able to purchase tickets for the 2011 Canadian 
Grand Prix at either the Grand Prix box office 
located next to Métro Station Jean-Drapeau on Ile 
Sainte-Hélène, by calling 514 350-0000 or by 
going online to www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca. 
Fans who purchase their tickets before July 31, 
2010 can save between $10 to $45 on grandstands 
tickets and $5 on general admission.


A Canadian company established in Montreal, 
Octane Racing Group Inc. is the promoter of the 
FORMULA 1 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX by virtue of an 
agreement made with Formula One Administration 
Limited and Formula 1 World Championship Limited 
(together the holder of commercialization rights 
to F1).


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Media Inquiries
Celina Machado
National Press Officer
Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada
514 350-4731 #242
cmachado@octanemanagement.ca