Great success 2023: MotoGP finally regains its audience

Date:

According to data provided by the championship organization Dorna, 2,857,925 spectators went through the box office across the 20 GGPPs of the 2023 campaign and were only 26,317 spectators short of the peak attendance corresponding to the 2018 campaign when there was only one Grand Prix . less. . Gradually, MotoGP is recovering public attendance at the circuits after some unexpected punctures after the pandemic and the best is yet to come if in 2024 Marc Márquez will surely join the fight for the crown riding the hegemonic Ducati .

Seasonal audience

2000 1,521,936
2001 1,586,610
2002 1,698,312
2003 1,765,983
2004 1,843,897
2005 2,033,545
2006 2,139,413
2007 2,085,765
2008 2,416,210
2009 2,282,984
2010 2,342,830
2011 2,369,949
2012 2,217,555
2013 2,433,763
2014 2,473,624
2015 2,717,314
2016 2,676,632
2017 2,665,806
2018 2,884,242 (record)
2019 2,863,113
2020 17,760 (pandemic)
2021 746,401 (pandemic)
2022 2,427,928
2023 2,857,925

The one in 2023 represents the third highest attendance at the MotoGP circuits after the two campaigns before the pandemic which cut this path from the beginning to the three million attendees already predicted. The one in 2018 was the three-way fight between Marc Márquez, Andrea Dovizioso and Valentino Rossi that was decided by the man from Cervera at Motegi. 2019 has been more solo for Marc Márquez, who won by 151 points over Dovizioso with Viñales third in contention and claimed his sixth and final MotoGP title at Buriram. And that’s without officially knowing the data from the GP of the Americas that COTA stopped giving in 2019.

The effect of Sprint to provide more content on the day of Saturday and also allow the public to be closer to the drivers near the award ceremony was also noted in a significant increase in attendance and in cases such as Argentina , Spain, Germany and Valencia. without much difference from one day to the next, there was passion for the motorcycles on Saturday and Sunday, especially in the final GP where the title could be decided on the same day.

2023 attendance by circuits

Grand Prix Saturday Sunday Sunday
Portuguese GP 34,348 67,204 123,608
Argentine GP 62,664 72,118 186,038
GP Americas data not provided
Spanish GP 62,375 79,625 163,479
French GP 88,319 116,692 278,805
Italian GP 39,346 77,921 135,670
German GP 86,518 96,151 233,196
GP Netherlands 46,276 105,842 179,167
​GP Great Britain 39,110 48,564 115,959
Austrian GP 49,137 93,519 173,017
GP Catalunya 52,589 71,855 152,065
GP San Marino 39,944 79,424 141,056
Indian GP 35,381 58,605 111,762
Japan GP 23,279 40,908 76,125
Indonesian GP 21,284 73,129 102,929
Australian GP 32,450 19,787 71,387
GP Thailand 62,813 75,699 179,811
GP Malaysia 70,911 90,637 182,912
GP Qatar 14,537 26,822 55,050
Valencia GP​ 85,811 93,044 195,889

Another year French Grand Prix hpulled the attendance car, breaking its records for a Sunday race with 116,692 spectators and a weekend with 278,805 in what was the 1000th GP in Motorcycle World Championship history. The weekend meant a new all-time weekend viewership record. The official record for a Sunday race is still held by the now defunct Brno in 2011 with 155,400.

In addition to Le Mans, the German GP also surpassed the 200,000 spectator barrier (233,196) and 100,000 on Sunday Assen (105,842).

Personal attendance records They competed in Portimao, Termas de Río Hondo (Sunday), Le Mans, Sachsenring (weekend), Assen, Mandalika and Sepang (weekend). With interesting notes of 58,605 and 111,762, it debuted in the Indian calendar. Gradually, interest in watching motorcycle races in situ is increasing in Asian countries.

As for the attendance of the Spanish circuits – this year Alcañiz dropped from the calendar – the end of the festival in Valencia is the third with the largest audience after Le Mans and Assen, Jerez is ninth and Catalunya is tenth. Between the three of them they contributed 511,433 viewers.

Source: La Verdad

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Share post:

Subscribe

Popular

More like this
Related