2023 MotoGP spectators: Sprint Saturdays, Le Mans record, Mugello recovery
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In broad terms a total of 2,857,925 people were counted as attending a MotoGP event in 2023, compared with 2,427,928 in 2022.Le Mans set a new ‘MotoGP record’ of 278,805 fans over the French weekend, although “On the weekend of July 20, 1952, a crowd estimated at over 400,000 flocked to Solitude for the West German Grand Prix.”Germany’s current Sachsenring grand prix venue was the only other event to top the 200,000 weekend total this year, while Mugello made the biggest turnaround, increasing its trackside audience by 61,592 after a miserable 2022 attendance.Both seasons consisted of 20 rounds, although Aragon was only present in 2022 while Buddh made its MotoGP debut in 2023. For reasons that are not entirely clear, COTA continues to withhold attendance figures.Since a weekend total is calculated by adding up spectator numbers for each day, the same fan attending on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be counted three times.As such, attendance for individual days is arguably more significant, especially in terms of measuring the impact of Sprint races, introduced on a Saturday afternoon for 2023.The Saturday-only attendance table is again topped by Le Mans, but – excluding Buddh and Aragon – also shows an increase of 197,489 more Saturday fans compared to the same events in 2022.Related Minimum age exemptions ‘widened’ for Moto3 Quartararo warns: I expect more, Yamaha still far from the topThe Sunday-only attendance increased by 157,295 this season.
The Valencia finale, the venue for a title showdown for the past two years, saw the biggest Saturday increase with an extra 23,971 fans attending to watch the Bagnaia vs (home star) Martin battle.Only Termas de Rio Hondo and Mandalika saw less fans through the gate on Saturday this year, compared to 2022, although Argentina was effectively the same and still a healthy 60,000+.Le Mans completed a clean sweep of the daily crowds by heading the Sunday list (116,692), closely followed by Assen. Sachsenring, Red Bull Ring, Valencia and Sepang pulled in 90,000+.Sold-out venues in 2022 obviously had little to no extra capacity for further Sunday spectator increases.Phillip Island was unsurprisingly the only significant Sunday drop this season, extreme weather forcing the grand prix to be moved to Saturday afternoon.Qatar’s revamped Lusail circuit was again at the bottom of the attendance tables but recorded a big increase of 37, 078 fans over 2022 and a weekend total of 55,050 was by far its biggest yet…
Saturday MotoGP attendance 2023 vs 2022EventSat 2023Sat 2022DiffLE MANS88,31965,005+23,314SACHSENRING86,51886,202+316CIRCUIT RICARDO TORMO85,81161,840+23,971SEPANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT70,91153,937+16,974CHANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT62,81345,809+17,004TERMAS DE RÍO HONDO62,66463,659-995 CIRCUITO DE JEREZ – ÁNGEL NIETO62,37544,997+17,378CIRCUIT BARCELONA – CATALUNYA52,58938,374+14,215RED BULL RING – SPIELBERG49,13745,553+3,584TT CIRCUIT ASSEN46,27630,480+15,796MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT MARCO SIMONCELLI39,94425,300+14,644AUTODROMO INTERNAZIONALE DEL MUGELLO39,34619,602+19,744SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT39,11032,897+6,213BUDDH INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT (2023 Only)35,381N/AN/AAUTODROMO INTERNATIONAL DO ALGARVE34,43817,453+16,985PHILLIP ISLAND32,45030,811+1,639MOBILITY RESORT MOTEGI23,27916,682+6,597PERTAMINA MANDALIKA CIRCUIT21,28430,021-8,737 LUSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT14,5375,690+8,847MOTORLAND ARAGÓN (2022 Only)N/A29,635N/ACIRCUIT OF THE AMERICASN/AN/AN/A
Sunday MotoGP attendance 2023 vs 2022EventSun 23Sun 22DiffLE MANS116,692110,003+6,689TT CIRCUIT ASSEN105,842104,244+1,598SACHSENRING96,15195,214+937RED BULL RING – SPIELBERG93,51992,035+1,484CIRCUIT RICARDO TORMO93,04492,166+878SEPANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT90,63788,615+2,022CIRCUITO DE JEREZ – ÁNGEL NIETO79,62558,132+21,493MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT MARCO SIMONCELLI79,42456,981+22,443AUTODROMO INTERNAZIONALE DEL MUGELLO77,92143,661+34,260CHANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT75,69976,856-1,157 PERTAMINA MANDALIKA CIRCUIT73,12962,923+10,206TERMAS DE RÍO HONDO72,11867,092+5,026CIRCUIT BARCELONA – CATALUNYA71,85560,068+11,787AUTODROMO INTERNATIONAL DO ALGARVE67,20443,650+23,554BUDDH INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT (2023 Only)58,605N/AN/ASILVERSTONE CIRCUIT48,56441,002+7,562MOBILITY RESORT MOTEGI40,90832,152+8,756LUSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT26,8226,655+20,167PHILLIP ISLAND19,78740,197-20,410 MOTORLAND ARAGÓN (2022 Only)N/A37,846N/ACIRCUIT OF THE AMERICASN/AN/AN/A
Total Weekend MotoGP attendance 2023 vs 2022EventTotal 2023Total 2022DiffLE MANS278,805225,000+53,805SACHSENRING233,196232,202+994CIRCUIT RICARDO TORMO195,889170,380+25,509TERMAS DE RÍO HONDO186,038186,759-721 SEPANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT182,912163,567+19,345CHANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT179,811178,463+1,348TT CIRCUIT ASSEN179,167158,298+20,869RED BULL RING – SPIELBERG173,017167,850+5,167CIRCUITO DE JEREZ – ÁNGEL NIETO163,479123,101+40,378CIRCUIT BARCELONA – CATALUNYA152,065114,574+37,491MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT MARCO SIMONCELLI141,056101,140+39,916AUTODROMO INTERNAZIONALE DEL MUGELLO135,67074,078+61,592AUTODROMO INTERNATIONAL DO ALGARVE123,60875,900+47,708SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT115,959100,400+15,559BUDDH INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT (2023 Only)111,762N/AN/APERTAMINA MANDALIKA CIRCUIT102,929102,801+128MOBILITY RESORT MOTEGI76,12557,482+18,643PHILLIP ISLAND71,38791,158-19,771 LUSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT55,05017,972+37,078MOTORLAND ARAGÓN (2022 Only)N/A86,803N/ACIRCUIT OF THE AMERICASN/AN/AN/A
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