Terms and conditions

1. Ticket or Pass

Any ticket or pass which is falsified, modified or mutilated is void.

« One (1) child aged 11 and under if accompanied by an adult holding a General Admission ticket will be admitted free of charge as a General Admission spectator. » A proof of age may be required.

2. Inconsistency

a) In the event that there is any inconsistency between a provision of these Terms and Conditions and a provision in the corporate brochure or reservation form (if applicable), the provision herein contained will prevail;
b) The representation of the Event site, including the circuit, grandstands, corporate suites, giant screens as well as any other element related to the Event, as it appears on any ticket, pass, corporate brochure or on the Event's official website, may not be complete and should be used for reference purposes only.

c) In the present provisions as well as in any other provision contained in the corporate brochure or in the reservation form, the expression "Hospitality Suites" shall be interpreted and understood as including the different Suites or Villas, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Elite Suites, Podium Suites, Senna Suite, F1 Village, F1 Restaurant, Podium Restaurant, Prestige Club, Gold Terrace, and any other similar locations existing or to be implemented by the organizer of the Event (ORG) or any other person designated by it.

3. Cancellation

Octane Racing Group inc. (hereinafter called 'ORG') reserves the right to cancel the event with no obligation other than to refund the price of the unused portion of the ticket or pass, only upon presentation of such ticket or pass.
No refund shall be made, in whole or in part, of the price of a ticket or pass nor any exchange of a ticket or pass for any reason, including any defect to the giant screens, displacement of grandstands, corporate suites or any other circumstance, other than the cancellation of the Event before its scheduled presentation. Service charges are non refundable.

4. Alterations to a Corporate Suite

No additions or alterations to a Hospitality Suite nor any use of a Hospitality Suite other that the use outlined by the Agreement will be permitted without the prior written consent of ORG. The Client will be liable for, and shall indemnify ORG and/or any other Beneficiary (hereinafter defined) against, any and all costs relating to any such additions or alterations, including any costs incurred by ORG.

5. Undertaking

The use of the ticket or pass shall constitute for the holder:
a) an undertaking not to transmit, broadcast, or come to the aid of anyone wishing to do so, any description, account, picture or reproduction of the Event, its elements, participants or surroundings;

b) an acceptance of the inherent and incidental risks of attending the Event;

c) an exoneration in favour of ORG, the partners of ORG, any company related or affiliated as well as their respective shareholders, directors, employees, representatives and agents (individually a " Beneficiary "), from any liability for damages or injuries which may arise on the site of the Event, whether it is before, during or after the Event and a waiver of any recourse in this regard;

d) renunciation to any claim that could result from the capture or broadcast of his/her image in the Event venue;

e) an undertaking to adhere to safe, prudent and respectful behaviour and to observe all security regulations and instructions established or posted on the site or given by the officials and an undertaking not to bring on the Event site any dangerous items, failing which he/she shall be subject to expulsion with no refund;

f) an acceptance by every person other than a consumer as defined in the Consumer Protection Act ( R.S.Q., chapter 40.1) that any claim or other dispute between the buyer, the user or any other holder of a ticket or pass and ORG and/or any other Beneficiary, regarding such ticket or pass, the Event, its running and/or the fact of attending it, shall be submitted to arbitration, excluding any judicial court, which arbitration shall take place in the province of Québec and be governed by the applicable laws in Québec, on an individual and not a collective basis, before a single arbitrator whose decision shall be final and without appeal and will be binding between both parties; and

g) a renunciation by every person other than a consumer as defined in the Consumer Protection Act (R.S.Q., chapter 40.1) to the right to participate to any class action that could be aimed against ORG and/or any other Beneficiary;

6. Location of a Corporate Suite

ORG reserves the right to determine, in its absolute discretion, the final location of the facilities at the Event including, without limitation, the positioning of the different components of the Hospitality Suite.

7. No advertising or promotion

a) No advertising or promotion whatsoever by the Client will be permitted in relation to the different components of the Hospitality Suite or the Event, including, without limitation, any corporate advertising sign or corporate identification within or outside the Hospitality Suite, without the prior written consent of ORG;

b) Tickets or passes for the Event,  a grandstand, a Corporate Suite, a Villa or any of the different components of the Hospitality Suite cannot be resold and may not be used for advertising or any other promotional purposes including prizes, publicity contests or lotteries (sweepstakes) without the prior written consent of ORG, whose consent is to the absolute discretion of ORG and may involve conditions as ORG sees fit; and

c) Unless a written and specific consent is obtained from ORG, the Client must not refer to the Grand Prix, Grand Prix du Canada, F1 Grand Prix du Canada, Grand Prix of Montreal, advertise or promote its activities using the ORG name or any event promoted by ORG, in any way that connects the event to the Client such that it implies or gives the impression that the Client or the Client's activities are endorsed or sanctioned by ORG or that the Client is a sponsor or partner, or is in some other way connected to ORG or the event.

Nothing in these Terms and Conditions gives any right or entitlement or use of logos or trade-marks or other intellectual properties related to the 2010 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA event and owned by ORG and/or any other Beneficiary, except where ORG's written consent has been given, which consent will be in ORG's absolute discretion and may include such conditions as ORG sees fit.

The F1 FORMULA 1 logo, F1, FORMULA 1, FIA  FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, CANADIAN GRAND PRIX, GRAND PRIX DU CANADA and related trademarks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing BV, a Formula One group company. All rights reserved.

8. Catering

The Client acknowledges and accepts that ORG has the sole rights in respect of choosing all catering, food and beverage services for the Hospitality Suites for the Event and may appoint, from time to time, such persons or organisations as it may see fit, in its absolute discretion.

9. Persons under 18 years of age

The Client of a Hospitality Suite must ensure that any guest, employee or agent who is under 18 years of age is accompanied and supervised at all times by his or her parent or guardian.

10. Smoking Policy

The Client agrees to comply, and use its best endeavours to ensure that all persons using the facilities complies with the smoking policy implemented by ORG in respect of the Hospitality Suites (as revised from time to time). ORG will install within the Hospitality Suites the appropriate signage in respect to the requirements outlined within the smoking policy.

11. Default of Client

If any of the payment terms specified in the reservation form are not met by the Client, or if the Client commits any breach of the present Terms and Conditions or of the Agreement with ORG, ORG may terminate the Agreement by giving seven (7) days notice to the Client. In the event that ORG issues a notice referred to in this Clause, the Client is required to remedy to ORG's satisfaction the breach before the expiry of the Notice, failing which the Agreement will terminate upon the expiration of the seven (7) days notice. The Client agrees in advance that upon termination:

a) The Client will forfeit all monies paid to ORG prior to termination;

b) ORG will be free to enter into an agreement with any third party covering any or all of the rights, benefits and entitlements under the cancelled Agreement;

c) The forfeit of any monies pursuant to paragraph a) and the termination of the Agreement will not preclude any other rights or recourses which ORG may have against the Client as a result of the Client's default including in particular, the right to claim the total payment of the amounts due if it had not been a termination and to claim damages for breach of the Agreement.

12. Legal notice

The F1 FORMULA 1 logo, F1, FORMULA 1, FIA  FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, CANADIAN GRAND PRIX, GRAND PRIX DU CANADA and related trademarks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing BV, a Formula One group company. All rights reserved.