Who didn't see this coming? You can see this coming from a mile away.
Yup. To be fair they should have refunded them on the spot. Because then Liberty Media could easily stand up to them in court and would not have to reimburse traveling costs.
But as it stands, they will lose most likely, and end up paying far more.
Good luck, pretty sure the rained out spa attendees haven’t gotten a refund for that shitshow.
That was a different jurisdiction and different corcumstances, so not Sure that sets a precedenr
Also bad weather is pretty much the definition of an act of God. Not properly securing the track surface isn't.
Believe many were offered tickets to the following years race either free or discounted heavily. Might be mistaken tho
@JJROKCZ I think about half have never received refunds nor discounted tickets
Oof that’s embarrassing then, they need to get that sorted immediately
Welcome to America, bitches!
Well that was quick
I hear the phrase "class action lawsuit" mentioned on the internet all the time, does it actually mean anything at this early point or is it just some chancers trying their luck? Basically is there any point in paying this story any attention unless it goes to court?
It is just the concept of the proceeding and one of the things, where i consider the US justice system to be better than many European systems. It is a "class action", because there is many people, where both the claim and the conditions are the same. So it makes sense to make one suit for everyone instead of an individual suit every time, as the decision should be the same among all suits.
It does not mean, that it is more severe or not. If there wouldn't be class action, imagine the headline "35.000 civil suits opened against F1 Las Vegas Grand prix."
Thanks! I am aware of the concept and it does seem like a useful tool, but my point was more: is the opening of the lawsuit actually news, or do they usually go nowhere? Or in other words should we wait until it actually gets to court before reporting on it?
Of course it should be reported now. There is people who were affected and need to know about the lawsuit, so they can decide to join in on it. It needs to be in public attention, so that both sides are pressured to play fairly, in particular the F1, since companies in the US love to play ressource games at court.
You need to discover its existence yourself and manually join it? Do the legal people not make an effort to find everyone they're supposed to be representing?
How would they know that you have been there that day and how to contact you? The F1 surely wont hand out the list of qll customers who purchased a ticket and i am not sure if it would be even legal. In my country it wouldnt be legal for sure.
In a class action lawsuit, identifying everyone who bought tickets is part of discovery. F1 will have to provide a list and it is up to the plaintiff to reach out to those people and get them to sign on. Even if someone doesn't participate, they're still entitled to any damages. It's pretty common to get a $20 check for a service you may have used a decade ago that settled a class action lawsuit, even if you never heard of it before. I just got one from Zoom for anti-competitive practices during COVID.
No idea, I guess publicising it makes sense
I am curious, how many fans were still there at 1:30? At one point the tv presenting showed people being asked to leave and there wasn’t a stack of people left several hours after p1 was cancelled. Made me wonder whether if they were incapable of keeping all stadiums staffed, could they have funnelled the remaining people, if not too many, to the main grandstand (or say two) and closed all the others.
I do feel for the people but, especially those that may have only had tickets to day 1. Even those with 3 days missed out, wasted a day off work, etc, as a result.
It happens though…Spa 2021 being another similar situation where the crowd wasn’t necessarily ejected, but they didn’t see what they’d come for either.
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