Tickets for Silverstone's swansong selling fast

Thursday 17th July 2008

Tickets for Silverstone's final F1 grand prix are already selling strongly according to race organisers.

This year's event, which was won by British driver Lewis Hamilton, was a sell-out with 90,000 race fans attending the grand prix on Sunday afternoon.

And next year's event, which will be the final time that Silverstone hosts the British GP, could also prove to be with tickets already being snapped up.

"This year's British Grand Prix was a great occasion and it is fantastic to see so many people already buying their tickets for next year," said Silverstone's managing director Richard Phillips.

"This is testament to all the hard work that the Silverstone team puts into staging a Grand Prix and making it a truly memorable experience for the fans.

"As everybody knows, 2009 could be the last time the British Grand Prix will be hosted at Silverstone for the foreseeable future and the 2009 British Grand Prix will be a big weekend for us and the fans.

"We urge people to book their tickets now to avoid disappointment."

The 2009 British GP has been provisionally scheduled for June 21st.