Event visitor rules
Spectators at the venue must follow the restrictions in force in Latvia, as well as any rules the organiser announces before or during the event.
Before entering the event territory, visitors must go to the ticket exchange point. There, show your entry ticket and, for reduced-price or free tickets, also the relevant certificate and an ID document.
Provided they comply with the event safety rules, entry is free for children up to 10 years of age (inclusive), on presentation of a document proving their age; for all persons with a valid disability certificate issued in Latvia, regardless of the disability group; and for foreign persons with a disability equivalent to group I, on presentation of a relevant valid document.
By buying a ticket or attending the event, the visitor confirms that they have read these rules and agree to follow them.
1. Ticket
- 1.1. Visitors must keep their tickets and the purchase receipt or payment order safe. Damaged or fake tickets, receipts or payment orders are not valid and are not accepted back by the organiser.
- 1.2. Purchased tickets cannot be exchanged or returned. If the event is cancelled before it starts, the ticket money is refunded on presentation of the purchase receipt or payment order.
- 1.3. To avoid fake tickets, buy them only from the sales points named by the organiser.
- 1.4. Visitors must have a valid wristband in the event territory; wristbands are checked on entry.
- 1.5. The organiser has the right to check a visitor's wristband inside the event territory or when leaving it.
- 1.6. Copying and/or duplicating tickets and wristbands, unauthorised reproduction and resale are prohibited and are a criminal offence. The person who bought a duplicate ticket or wristband bears the risk of using it.
- 1.7. If a ticket or wristband is found to be invalid or damaged, the visitor must leave the event territory immediately.
- 1.8. The organiser will immediately report to law enforcement any persons distributing or using fake tickets. The person who bought a duplicate ticket or wristband bears the risk of using it.
- 1.9. Passing the event ticket and/or wristband on to other persons is strictly prohibited.
- 1.10. The organiser is not responsible for unused tickets, and they are not refunded.
2. Reduced-price or free entry
- 2.1. Entry is free for all persons with a valid disability certificate issued in Latvia, regardless of the disability group. A valid disability certificate must be shown at the entrance.
- 2.2. Entry is free for children up to 10 years of age (inclusive), on presentation of a document proving their age.
3. Entry to the event
- 3.1. Entry is allowed only with a valid wristband. On race days, ticket exchange points will scan the purchased ticket and give the visitor a wristband, which must be fastened so that it cannot be pulled over the hand.
- 3.2. The wristband must be worn for the whole event, on both race days.
- 3.3. The organiser has the right to check wristbands at the entrance, inside the territory and when visitors leave. Visitors must take care of the wristband and must not damage it, open it or give it to others.
- 3.4. A visitor without a wristband will be removed from the venue immediately and/or, depending on the circumstances, may be handed over to law enforcement.
- 3.5. If wristbands are found to be damaged, including opened, glued or otherwise invalid, the organiser has the right to remove those visitors from the venue immediately, confiscate the wristband, and report the person with the fake wristband to law enforcement for criminal prosecution. The organiser or its appointed persons decide on a damaged wristband after a visual inspection, comparing it with a valid one.
4. During the event
- 4.1. Visitors may be photographed and filmed during the event. The material may be used for event coverage and advertising, in line with personal data protection and other applicable laws.
- 4.2. Information about photography and filming is also available in the ticket purchase and event information section.
- 4.3. For safety reasons, the visitor agrees that their personal belongings and/or documents / identity may be checked at the venue.
- 4.4. The organiser has the right to change the race programme without prior notice.
- 4.5. The organiser is not responsible for the quality of food, drinks and other goods sold or services provided at the venue. Full responsibility lies with the respective service provider or seller.
- 4.6. The organiser is not responsible for inspections and/or actions by state authorities at the venue.
- 4.7. Alcohol is sold at the venue in line with the Latvian Law on the Handling of Alcoholic Beverages, which prohibits selling alcohol to persons under 18, and such persons may not buy it. To verify age, the retailer must ask for an ID document. Persons aged 18 to 25 must show an ID document when buying alcohol in all cases, whether or not the retailer asks for it.
- 4.8. Children must be supervised by adults (parents or guardians) at all times during the event. Parents or guardians are personally responsible for their minor children and their safety.
- 4.9. Children and young people under 16 must be supervised by adults at the venue from 22:00 to 06:00. The organiser is not responsible for children's safety if they do not follow the visitor rules or are not supervised by adults.
- 4.10. Visitors must also follow rules and requirements not listed here that the organiser announces before or during the event.
5. Commercial restrictions
- 5.1. Without the organiser's approval, using the event or its name in any form and/or event tickets in advertising and marketing campaigns, draws, promotions, lotteries, competitions and/or other activities is strictly prohibited.
- 5.2. Any activity that may create a misleading impression of cooperation with the organiser is prohibited.
- 5.3. For unapproved use of event tickets in advertising and marketing campaigns, draws, promotions, lotteries or competitions, a contractual penalty of EUR 3000 per violation applies, in line with the relevant agreement and laws.
- 5.4. Trading, marketing and advertising activities and/or other activities aimed at gaining benefit or promoting a product and/or service may be carried out at the venue (including the Paddock) only with the organiser's permission.
- 5.5. Any commercial activity at the venue without prior written approval from the organiser is prohibited.
- 5.6. For unapproved trading, advertising or other commercial activities, a contractual penalty of EUR 3000 per violation applies. The organiser may require the activity to stop and the person to leave the event territory; forced seizure of property is allowed only as provided by law.
- 5.7. In case of a breach of the ticket rules, and in particular these rules, the violator, in addition to paying the penalty, will be liable for all losses caused to the organiser, including the loss of the organising agreement/licence or other losses resulting from the breach.
- 5.8. All the rules above also apply to tickets not bought from the official sales points named by the organiser, and to persons in the event territory without a ticket and/or event wristband.
6. Environment
- 6.1. Visitors must treat the environment with care. The organisers ask you to put waste in the designated places or bins.
- 6.2. The organisers ask you to respect the residents of nearby houses and their property.
- 6.3. Visitors may not walk on plantings and crops. Always follow the “no passing zone” signs.
- 6.4. Always clean up after yourself!
- 6.5. Do not pollute and take care of nature!
7. Safety
- 7.1. Motorsport can be dangerous! Although the organiser takes all possible safety and precautionary measures, unforeseen accidents can happen in motorsport. Visitors are fully responsible for their own safety at the venue and must constantly assess whether their safety is at risk.
- 7.2. The organiser or its appointed persons have the right to refuse entry to or remove persons from the venue if their behaviour disturbs or may disturb the event, or endangers the safety and health of other visitors, organisers and/or riders, or if they do not follow these rules or the organiser's instructions and orders.
- 7.3. For safety reasons, visitors may be searched at the entrance.
- 7.4. Bringing weapons, explosives, intoxicating substances or alcohol into the venue is strictly prohibited. If any of these are found on a visitor, the organiser or its appointed persons have the right to confiscate them and remove the visitor from the venue.
- 7.5. Bringing, using, selling and storing narcotic substances at the venue is strictly prohibited.
- 7.6. Visitors must take care of their own safety and life in the Paddock and throughout the venue.
- 7.7. On both race days, entry to the Paddock is allowed only with a valid Paddock wristband. Children up to 10 years of age (inclusive) may be in the Paddock only when accompanied by an adult.
- 7.8. Visitors must follow the safety requirements; the organiser's liability for accidents and injuries is determined in line with the applicable laws.
- 7.9. The organiser is not responsible for damage to, or lost or stolen personal belongings of visitors.
- 7.10. Visitors must follow the instructions of the organiser and its appointed persons, including safety and security staff.
- 7.11. Dogs are not allowed in the circuit area. Dogs are allowed in the camping area, the VIP parking and the car parks.
8. Cars / parking
- 8.1. Visitors must park their cars so that they do not block the movement of other visitors' and organisers' cars.
- 8.2. Always follow the instructions of the organiser's safety staff, and never park your car blocking an evacuation route.
- 8.3. The organisers are not responsible for cars parked near or inside the event territory.
- 8.4. The organisers are not responsible for cars and the belongings left in them, or for cars left on an evacuation route.