The MotoGP World Championship boosted a brand new season attendance file of over three million followers in 2024.
Heading the checklist was a brand new ‘official’ weekend file of 297,471 for the French Grand Prix at Le Mans.
“I am very joyful to see that the [spectator] numbers are coming again to, let me say, the ‘Valentino period’ the place the grandstands have been full of individuals,” commented Aprilia Racing CEO Massimo Rivola through the season-ending Barcelona post-race check.
So how shut was MotoGP 2024 to the fan numbers seen within the ‘Valentino period’?
Rossi raced within the premier class from 2000 to 2021 and, whereas the accuracy of spectator figures is at all times the topic of debate (particularly the weekend totals, when the identical fan attending over three days is counted as three spectators) official figures are a minimum of revealed from 2006 onwards.
However, the next desk compares this 12 months’s Sunday and weekend totals with the utmost offered for a similar circuits from 2006-2019, the final ‘regular’ Rossi season earlier than the Covid pandemic.
Though solely Assen and Qatar joined Le Mans in setting a brand new Sunday excessive this 12 months, the recognition of the Saturday Dash races might clarify why three different venues (Sachsenring, Misano and Sepang) beat their 2006-19 weekend greatest.
“I see that we have now an enormous potential,” Rivola added. “And I hope that Liberty Media can carry further worth [in 2025].
“The present we provide is sort of distinctive. I believe subsequent 12 months can be even higher with so many [rider] modifications and the Japanese manufacturers aggressive [again]. So actually, actually trying ahead to that.”
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MotoGP World Championship – spectator attendance |
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| 2024 Occasion |
2024 Sunday |
2006-2019 Sunday max. |
2024 weekend |
2006-2019 weekend max |
| Le Mans |
119,145 |
105,203 |
297,471 |
206,617 |
| Assen |
108,77 |
105,000 |
192,554 |
167,500 |
| Sachsenring |
98,015 |
101,309 |
252,826 |
230,133 |
| Misano |
89,678 |
100,496 |
163,558 |
159,120 |
| Sepang |
88,571 |
103,984 |
184,923 |
170,778 |
| Buriram |
85,466 |
100,245 |
205,343 |
226,655 |
| Mugello |
81,627 |
100,640 |
156,676 |
164,418 |
| Jerez |
81,139 |
132,168 |
181,289 |
263,648 |
| Barcelona |
76,124 |
113,150 |
176,684 |
205,350 |
| Portimao |
72,549 |
N/A |
174,614 |
N/A |
| Purple Bull Ring |
67,271 |
95,000 |
150,187 |
215,850 |
| Barcelona II* |
62,123 |
– |
134,848 |
– |
| Mandalika |
60,709 |
N/A |
121,252 |
N/A |
| Aragon |
55,977 |
70,541 |
107,421 |
116,931 |
| Misano II* |
45,467 |
– |
82,024 |
– |
| COTA |
44,271 |
61,091 |
122,559 |
131,881 |
| Silverstone |
42,529 |
73,456 |
117,867 |
159,006 |
| Motegi |
42,018 |
63,195 |
80,131 |
96,400 |
| Phillip Island |
36,481 |
53,100 |
90,685 |
122,465 |
| Lusail |
15,165 |
14,502 |
40,343 |
32,252 |
*Repeat (substitute) occasion.
