Australian GP 2024 is the third race with the highest attendance in history

March 28, 2024 11:22

The F1 Australian GP weekend was a huge success with the public. During every day of the event at Albert Park, more than 452 thousand fans filled the stands to watch all the sessions and races of the stage.

This is the absolute record for attendance at the event held in Melbourne. For this year, the number was exceeded by more than 7 thousand people compared to the 2023 edition, which had 444,631.

However, this is not the record for races in Australia, as the GP held in Adelaide in 1995 not only had 520,000 spectators over four days, but also leads the race weekend with the largest attendance in F1 history. .

And those who were present at Albert Park were able to see an unusual result, as Max Verstappen abandoned the race due to brake problems and ended his streak of consecutive victories. Furthermore, the public had two Australian drivers on the grid to support – something that hadn’t happened for over a decade: Oscar Piastri and Daniel Ricciardo.

On the days of activities in 2024, 65 thousand people were present on Thursday at the circuit; 124,113 were present on Friday; 130,806 followed qualifying on Saturday and, on Sunday, 132,106 watched Sunday’s race.

Now, the 2024 Australian GP is only behind the 95 Australian GP [520 mil] and the British GP [480 mil] in audience numbers. The 2023 Australian GP [444.631] and 2022 United States GP [440 mil] complete the top-5. The information is from F1 Destinations.

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