A hugely successful 2023: MotoGP finally regains spectators

According to data provided by the Dorna Championship organization, 2,857,925 spectators visited the box office across the 20 GGPPs of the 2023 campaign, the highest attendance corresponding to the 2018 campaign, when there was only one Grand Prix. They were just 26,317 people short of that number. . MotoGP is slowly returning to the circuits after an unexpected puncture after the pandemic, but even if Marc Marquez will decisively enter the race for the championship in 2024 on the dominant Ducati. , the best results are yet to come.

Viewers by season

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 people
2018 2,884,242 people (record)
2019 2,863,113
2020 17,760 people (pandemic)
2021 746,401 people (pandemic)
2022 2,427,928
2023 2,857,925

The 2023 event will be the third-highest attended on the MotoGP circuit, after the two pre-pandemic campaigns that paved the way for the three million participants already expected. What took place in 2018 was a three-way battle between Marc Marquez, Andrea Dovizioso and Valentino Rossi, decided by the Cervera native at Motegi. 2019 was yet another standout season for Marc Marquez. Marc Marquez won by 151 points over Dovizioso, with Vinales third, clinching his sixth and final MotoGP title at Buriram. And without officially knowing the data from the Americas GP, which COTA stopped providing as of 2019.

The sprint effect, which makes Saturday’s day more fulfilling and allows the public to get closer to the drivers as the award ceremony approaches, has also been noted for significant increases in participation numbers in cases such as Argentina, Spain, Germany and Valencia. It has been. There wasn’t much difference from day to day, but there was a strong desire to ride motorcycles on Saturday and Sunday, especially in the final GP, where the title was decided on both days.

Number of circuit participants in 2023

Grand Prix Saturday Sunday Weekend
Portuguese GP 34,348 67,204 123,608
Argentina GP 62,664 72,118 186,038
GP America 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 UK 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
Japanese GP 23,279 40,908 76,125
Indonesia 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 hled by the spectator cars, and broke records with 116,692 spectators on Sunday, the 1,000th Grand Prix in the history of the Motorcycle World Championship, and 278,805 spectators on the weekend. This weekend, that means a historic new record for total weekend viewership. The official record for a Sunday race is 155,400, held by Brno, which disappeared in 2011.

In addition to Le Mans, it also broke the 200,000 barrier (233,196) at the German Grand Prix and the 100,000 barrier (105,842) at Assen on Sunday.

Personal attendance record They competed at Portimao, Termas de Rio Hondo (Sunday), Le Mans, Sachsenring (weekend), Assen, Mandalica and Sepang (weekend). 58,605 and he made his debut in the Indian calendar with an interesting record of 111,762. Interest in watching motorcycle races in Asian countries on-site is gradually increasing.

As far as spectator numbers at the Spanish circuits are concerned, Alcañiz has dropped from the calendar this year, but the final part of the festival in Valencia attracts the third largest crowd after Le Mans and Assen, Jerez the ninth and Catalonia the 10th. It became the th. Together, the three members mobilized a total of 511,433 spectators.