All admission tickets for the Belgian F1 Grand Prix have a built-in RFID chip. Admission officers, equipped with mobile RFID readers, receive the data stored in the ticket chips, which helps them manage access to the different zones.

Because the chip in the tickets can be read much more quickly than a barcode at the checkpoints, waiting lines are minimised. By storing the entry and exit point information in the RFID chip itself, the counterfeiting and wrongful exchange of tickets – a threat at many large events – can be nearly eliminated through the use of this technology.

“The implementation of RFID for the Grand Prix in Francorchamps illustrates just how versatile this technology is,” says Hervé Toussaint, country manager of ZETES Belgium. “It’s ideal for strictly regulated and protected environments. RFID makes it possible to store data in the admission ticket itself and is a big plus in these specific circumstances.”

Earlier this year ZETES acquired the Liège-based company RFIDea.

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