Lewis Hamilton has referred to as on British Grand Prix host Silverstone to ensure its rising ticket costs don’t get costlier for the common fan.

Having welcomed 480,000 followers throughout the occasion in 2023, Silverstone has struggled to promote out this 12 months’s occasion on July 7.

In an interview with Autopsort, circuit boss Stuart Pringle prompt the latest dominance of Hamilton’s rival Max Verstappen as a cause for sluggish ticket gross sales, though many have pointed to the truth that Silverstone’s tickets have continued to escalate in worth for the reason that COVID-19 pandemic.

Remaining four-day grandstand tickets can be found for round £600 ($759) — a basic admission ticket is barely north of £400 ($506).

Nationwide hero Hamilton, who has a report eight wins at his dwelling race, desires the circuit to make sure costs don’t climb additional.

“I imply, it is an unimaginable occasion. For those who take it from a chook’s eye view, the entire occasion is… all of the house is used up. So many followers come and have an amazing weekend,” Hamilton mentioned.

“The one factor I’d ever say is that we’ve to look at ticket costs. I feel they’re persevering with to rise and the price of dwelling these days, I feel it is too excessive.

“I am simply considering from the angle of a fan that might include a household. It is vastly costly, so I feel it is trying into methods the place you can also make higher accessibility for folks.”

Hamilton’s rival Verstappen was not impressed by Silverstone’s suggestion he was responsible for the wrestle to promote tickets this 12 months.

When Pringle’s feedback have been put to him forward of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, Verstappen mentioned: “I do not assume it is my fault. I imply, the F1 season may be very thrilling. There are quite a lot of groups preventing for wins now.

“And if a promoter cannot fill the seats they usually blame it on somebody, then I feel they first have to take a look at themselves, what they’re doing fallacious. As a result of somewhere else it is fairly simple to fill.”