(Motorsport-Total.com) – How many spectators follow 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 special feature of the statistics must be taken into account: The official total number of spectators for a race weekend is the sum of the individual event days. Fans who are on-site for several days are counted multiple times accordingly. As a result, the reported total number of visitors for a Grand Prix can be higher than the actual daily capacity of a track.
Spectator numbers at the 2026 Formula 1 races
#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 on the starting grid in 2026. Last 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 time in a row: According to official figures, 230.000 visitors were on-site over the weekend – 10.000 more than in the previous year. However, the Formula 1 record for the Shanghai International Circuit dates back to the 2005 season, when 270.000 spectators sat in the stands at the second Chinese Grand Prix.
#1: Melbourne (Australia)
For the fifth time in a row, the Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne has set a spectator record: After around 465.500 fans last year, almost 484.000 visitors came to the track this time. Only Silverstone in England has ever had a larger on-site audience for Formula 1 races with 500.000. Melbourne is thus the new number two and pushes Mexico City out of the top 10 (see below).
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Largest on-site audience in Formula 1 2026
This overview sorts the spectator numbers for 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 throughout the season and supplemented with new information.
How spectator numbers are developing
This overview shows the development of spectator numbers 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 the venues with the most visitors per race weekend!
New in 2026:
– Melbourne pushes Mexico City (404.958) out of the top 10 with 484.934 spectators
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Spectator numbers for the 2025 Formula 1 season
Spectator numbers for the 2024 Formula 1 season
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