Longtime Formula One race fan Paul Mann was in a bind.

The Oakville, Ont., man had snapped up nine three-day passes to the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix — $840 each — directly from race organizers. But when his wife broke her leg skiing and others backed out, Mann was left holding seven pricey passes he couldn't use.

So he turned to StubHub to sell them.

Mann did exactly what StubHub told him to do, uploading the tickets to the site as directed.

But when they sold, the money didn't come.

Instead of getting the more than $6,000 he was owed, StubHub refused to pay — and then hit him with an additional $3,200 penalty, accusing him of failing to deliver the tickets he'd already uploaded to the site.

The Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal is organized by Grand Prix Du Canada.

In an email to Go Public, a spokesperson for the organization says tickets "can be transferred through our official channels; however, resale on unauthorized third-party platforms such as StubHub is not permitted."