“Not having the experience of seeing Hamilton‘s tribute up close — my greatest F1 idol — to Senna, undoubtedly the greatest of all time, not hearing the sound of the engine of a historic car, is very disappointing. All that remains is to regret and see the videos of others who were present”, added Thiago.
Thiago Lopes gave up on seeing the São Paulo GP and sold his ticket before the race Image: Personal Archive
The little space at the gates, partially opened to contain the flow, led to long queues that went around the racetrack. In statements, people told the report that many fans forced entry, in a kind of “avalanche”, since the lines were not moving.
It’s curious that not even a football game with 40 thousand, 45 thousand, the gates open an hour before the event takes place. In Formula 1, with more than 200 thousand people, they had this brilliant idea. Obviously it wouldn’t work, as it didn’t. We saw most of the empty sectors there in the classification.
Thiago Lopes
UOL has been trying to contact the GP administrator, Alan Adler, since last Saturday (2). The event’s advisors did not respond to questions regarding the problems at the turnstiles until publication. In case of response, this text will be updated.
Scalpers have ‘the party’
The action of scalpers was in full swing around the Interlagos Race Track. With countless people withdrawing, illegal traders set lower prices to “zero out” the stock.
