MotoGP, Motorsport

MotoGP pulled in nearly 2.5 million fans in 2014

MotoGP pulled in some 2.47 million fans through out this season, compared to 2.43 million in 2013.

14 of the 18 Grands Prix this year saw more than 100,000 spectators in attendance over the course of the weekend, at races held in Austin, Rio, Jerez, Mugello, Catalunya, Silverstone, Sepang and Valencia.

The Gran Premio Red Bull de la Republica Argentina pulled in more than 125,000 spectators over the three days of the GP weekend, as the race returned to South America for the first time in a decade.

The biggest crowd of the year so far was at Brno, which saw 240,695 fans flocking to the stadium from Friday to Sunday, with more than 138,000 present on race day alone.

The 2014 events at Jerez and Sachsenring also saw crowd numbers for the Grand Prix weekend exceed the 200,000 mark.

With total crowds exceeding well over two million for the tenth successive season, the total attendance at all Grands Prix in 2014 was 2,473,624, compared with 2,433,763 in 2013.

COUNTRY – Circuit                                   Total

QATAR- Losail                                             17,890

USA – Austin                                               118,918

ARGENTINA – Termas de Rio Hondo        125,961

SPAIN – Jerez                                             229,416

FRANCE – LeMans                                     178,073

ITALY – Mugello                                           111,309

SPAIN – Barcelona-Catalunya                     163,045

NETHERLANDS – TT Circuit Assen             131,000

GERMANY – Sachsenring                             209,408

USA – Indianapolis                                         132,817

CZECH REPUBLIC – Brno                             240,695

UK – Silverstone                                             138,000

SAN MARINO – Misano                                   88,665

SPAIN – MotorLand Aragon                           112,331

JAPAN – Twin Ring Motegi                             70,271

AUSTRALIA – Phillip Island                             77,900

MALAYSIA – Sepang                                     130,925

SPAIN – Valencia                                             197,000

Total                                                               2,473,624

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