Let Turkish fans in for free, says Webber
By Alan Baldwin
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Grand Prix organisers should let fans in for free rather than hold a race in front of rows of empty seats, Australian Mark Webber said after another dismal turnout at the Istanbul Park circuit on Sunday.
While Formula One leader Jenson Button chalked up his sixth win in seven races for the Brawn team, few locals turned up to watch.
Official figures showed only 36,000 three-day tickets were sold, with prices ranging from 90 Turkish lire ($58.37) for the cheapest open field category to 700 lire for the main grandstand. Under 15s were half-price at the 130,000 capacity circuit.
"There was no-one here," Red Bull's Webber told reporters of an afternoon marked by a lack of fans and little atmosphere.
"There were a lot of people that tried to come in today but obviously it's not that cheap and things like that but we should have let them in for free at the end," added the runner-up.
"It would have been nice for the show to let people in.
"I'm sure there's a lot of people that would want to come to the Turkish Grand Prix but can't afford to because it's very expensive."
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