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First Data Grand Prix Arizona owners Bradley Yonover and Dale Jensen said the partnership agreement with First Data Independent Sales Fresno by Cardservice International is for a minimum of three years. It includes the title sponsorship for the Vegas Grand Prix Fueled by Visa and other partnership opportunities with subsidiaries of their company, DDB Ventures.
Through the agreement, First Data Independent Sales Fresno by Cardservice International will bring a new, revolutionary technology featuring the convenience of prepaid or stored value cards to the First Data Grand Prix Arizona, a first for ticketing and vending at this type of event.
In place of traditional paper tickets, First Data has worked in conjunction with the grand prix to implement a ticketing system for the event that will utilize prepaid Visa cards to access the venue. Prepaid Visa cards will also be available for purchase at the event to make it easier for consumers to buy goods from event vendors. More than 200 VeriFone Vx 610 wireless payment systems will be deployed among vendors at the event to accept card payments.
The start times for the 2024 Formula 1 season have been revealed. The schedule for the record-breaking calendar has been confirmed, although fans will be left waiting for updates of the full sprint weekends and the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
This year is set to feature 24 races - one more race than the previous year - with the return of the Chinese Grand Prix for the first time since 2019. The event had previously been postponed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before the grand prix was fully cancelled for the year and subsequently also 2021, 2022 and 2023.
Notably three races will take place on Saturday this year, including the Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Las Vegas grands prix. This means that qualifying sessions will be moved to Friday and the first and second practice sessions will take place on Thursday.
The British Grand Prix is set to return to the F1 calendar in 2024 and will be held on Sunday 7 July. The event is held at the Silverstone circuit which has hosted the grand prix since 1987. The first free practice session will be held on Thursday 5 July at 12.30pm with a second session held later in the day at 4pm. Saturday 6 July will hold FP3 at 11.30am before qualifying takes place at 3pm. The British Grand Prix will start on Sunday at 3pm.
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