F1 Attendance Figures

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Does anyone know where I could find official (or as official as they get) F1 attendance figures for last year? I think it would be interesting to rank all the current circuits based on attendance at Race Day.

Bernie has once again tried to blame someone else for small crowds at a race this weekend, completely missing the point that it may be due to bland new tracks in uninterested countries. I think attendance is a good measure as it shows how many people are prepaired to go to that race. A measure of how good the track/racing is, and also a measure of the F1 interest in that country/region. People who arent interested in F1 or dont want to watch a boring race wont go.

Im willing to bet nearly all Tilke built tracks are in the bottom half!

 

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Not all of the tracks are rubbish, I actually really like Turkey. Its just they seem to be a bit bland and sterile, and are combined with being built in the new countries that Bernie wants to go to where nobody seems interested in F1.

Even a bad track in an F1 mad country will be popular (Barcalona).

 

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I'm surprised that no-one has been citing costs as a reason for poor attendance figures.

I looked at a few GPs and Singapore and china were the cheapest, but on average it was over £250-450 for a decent ticket.

If it was £50 i'm sure they'd sell a lot more.

That would rely on Bernie dropping his charges for hosting GPs. You cant flog tickets cheap if you need to make millions of pounds from the event to just cover costs!

 

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Anyone notice the "MADE WITH CHINA" grandstand at this weekends GP. Has anyone ever seen these grandstands with people in? Why build a track if even the biggest event there doesnt fill the stands...?

Have any of the new tracks ever 'sold out'?