As organizers in Montreal announce that this year's race is a sell-out, tickets for the 2011 event go on sale.

Octane Racing Group, the promoter of the Canadian Grand Prix, has confirmed that this weekend's event will held in front of a sold-out crowd, indeed, at 15:00 on Thursday the box office closed operations.

However, today, tickets for the 2011 event will go on sale, with fans not offered a wide selection of available seats by ordering immediately, but tickets will be obtainable at the same 2010 price, which were the same as 2008.

"We are of course very pleased with the public response," said François Dumontier, President of the Canadian Grand Prix and of Octane Racing Group and promoter of the event. "Local fans, obviously proud of their Grand Prix, were quick to respond when we announced ticket sales last December, and we soon realized that they were not going to stay away from something they appreciate.

"Then, over the course of the following months, we received huge fan response from abroad, which pleasantly surprised us. Our ticket sales in Europe were exceptional, and this is a testimony to the appeal of our event in traditional Formula 1 markets. There are thousands of connoisseurs who have for years watched the Canadian Grand Prix broadcast from Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, and were now ready to cross the ocean to witness a Formula 1 Grand Prix, Montreal style. We are going to welcome them, as we do with all other fans, with warmth and enthusiasm. And I invite Montrealers to do the same."