Ep92: Who Can Still Afford to Go to an F1 Race?
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Ep92: Who Can Still Afford to Go to an F1 Race?

B1IntermediateOctober 19, 202630 min
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A three-day F1 ticket in China costs about US$68, while a weekend in Lewis Hamilton’s House 44 in Las Vegas runs to around A$26,000. Dianne Bortoletto and Ciara Gillan dig into the real cost of attending Formula 1 races, from a full season done on £20,000 to Paddock Club passes that do not actually get you into the paddock. Ciara argues everyday fans are being priced out of their own home races, while Di weighs up whether influencers belong at the track when sponsors such as Louis Vuitton and Barilla are paying to bring them. So who is...

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$68 US dollars, that's a three-day general admission ticket to the Chinese Grand Prix. $18,500 US dollars or $26,000 Australian dollars for one person, one weekend in Lewis Hamilton's House 44 in Las Vegas. And somewhere in between since every Formula One fan trying to work out whether they can

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still afford to go. This week, Kira and I talk about the cost of attending F1 races. guy who did all 24 races last year on a £20,000 budget and ended up with a full-time job. And the question nobody agrees on, should influencers be at Formula One races at all? There's no

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race this weekend, so sit back, relax, this one's for you. Hello, hello and welcome back to Away We Go podcast, a Formula One podcast that goes beyond the track limits to talk about travel and lifestyle surrounding the sport. My name's Diane Bortoletto and I'm your host and today I'm in Margaret River.

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