Formula 1: more than 4 million spectators attended at least one of the 21 Grand Prix in 2018

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Grand Prix of Great Britain 2018 - ©  Formula One Group

"Over four million spectators (4,093,305) attended at least one of the 21 Grands Prix on the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship calendar, with an average attendance of almost 200,000 per weekend (194,919)," announced Formula One Group on 21/12/2018.

"According for the adjustments made to certain 2017 attendance figures subsequent to the release of last year’s attendance results and the increase from 20 to 21 to the total number of events, the overall increase in attendance from 2017 to 2018 is 7.83% in absolute terms," detailed the Formula One Group.

The British Grand Prix led all races with 340,000 spectators gathered during the weekend of the competition (from 06 to 08/07/2018), followed by that of Mexico with 334,946 spectators (from 26 to 28/10 / 2018).

Formula One Group: 140,500 spectators attended the GP of Great Britain, the most followed F1 race in 2018

  • Originally, Formula One Group reported the following figures regarding GP attendance at the 2017 and 2016 World Championships:
    • In 2017: 4,071,400 spectators
    • In 2016: 3,743,158 spectators
  • In 2018, "seven
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Grand Prix of Great Britain 2018 - ©  Formula One Group

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