(Motorsport-Total.com) – How many spectators watch the Formula 1 races directly at the track? Which race track records the largest on-site audience? And at which locations are visitor numbers developing positively, while they are declining elsewhere?
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The following article provides answers to these and other questions about the audience at the race tracks of the 2026 Formula 1 season.
An important peculiarity of the statistics must be taken into account: The official total number of spectators for a race weekend results from the sum of the individual event days. Fans who are on site for several days are counted multiple times accordingly. As a result, the stated total attendance of a Grand Prix can exceed the actual daily capacity of a track.
Attendance figures at the 2026 Formula 1 races
#4: Miami (USA)
The organizers of the Miami Grand Prix did not provide official attendance figures for 2026, but only stated that the race weekend was “sold out.” Presumably, the attendance figures were therefore at the level of previous years, when 275,000 spectators were on site each time. So far, Miami has always provided concrete numbers.
#3: Suzuka (Japan)
Suzuka reported a sold-out event with 315,000 Formula 1 fans over the entire weekend. This was also 49,000 more spectators than last year, even though there is no longer a Japanese driver in the starting lineup in 2026. In the past season, Yuki Tsunoda made his debut for Red Bull at his home race.
#2: Shanghai (China)
At the third Grand Prix since the Corona pandemic, Shanghai can report spectator growth for the second consecutive time: According to official figures, 230,000 visitors were on site over the weekend – 10,000 more than the previous year. However, the Formula 1 record for the Shanghai International Circuit dates back to the 2005 season, when 270,000 spectators were in the stands at the second Chinese Grand Prix.
#1: Melbourne (Australia)
For the fifth consecutive time, the Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne set a spectator record: After around 465,500 fans last year, this time almost 484,000 visitors came to the race track. Only Silverstone in England has ever had a larger on-site audience at Formula 1 races with 500,000. Melbourne is thus the new number two and displaces Mexico City from the top 10 (see below).
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Largest on-site audience of Formula 1 2026
This overview sorts the attendance figures of the 2026 Formula 1 season in descending order: well-attended races are at the top, poorly attended races at the bottom. The ranking is constantly updated and supplemented with new information throughout the season.
Note: Some organizers do not provide concrete attendance figures. Therefore, Miami does not appear in this overview in 2026.
How attendance figures are developing
This overview shows the development of attendance figures since 2022 at the individual Formula 1 venues. It is partially incomplete: Sometimes there are no values because certain Grands Prix were not always held or the organizers did not communicate any figures. These fields remain empty.
The best-attended Formula 1 events
Which Grands Prix of the recent Formula 1 past had the largest on-site audience? Here is the ranking of venues with the most visitors per race weekend!
New in 2026:
– Melbourne displaces Mexico City (404,958) from the top 10 with 484,934 spectators
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Attendance figures for the 2025 Formula 1 season
Attendance figures for the 2024 Formula 1 season
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