2019 MotoGP spectators: Thailand top, Argentina up, Silverstone drop
For ꦍthe second year in succession, the Thai MotoGP pulled in the biggest weekend crowd of the season.
After making its MotoGP debut in 2018, the Buriram event shrugged off any 'year-two' blues by boasting a further 4,120 spectatorဣs for a weekend total of 226,655 fans.
🙈Just over 95,000 fans were present on race day, where they witnessed a thrilling final turn showdown between Mဣarc Marquez and Fabio Quartararo.

For the second year in succession, the Thai MotoGP pulled in the biggest weekend crow𝔍d of the season.
After making its MotoGP debut in 2018, the Buriram event shrugged off any 'year-two' blues by boasting a further 4,120 specta𓆉tors for a weekend total of 226,655 fans.
Just over 95﷽,000 fans were present on race day, where they witnessed a thrilling final turn showdown between Marc Marquez and Fabio Quartararo.
But in terms of the Sunday crowd alone it was Assen that topped the 2019 list with 105💦,000 fans (exactly matching the 2018 crowd, indicating a sold-out capacity) while Le Mans and Sepang also cracked the 100k figur🎉e.
However overall MotoGP crowd numbers for the season fell by 21,129 duri💯ng the second year of a 19-round calendar, for a total ಌof 2,863,113 trackside spectators.
The biggest drop was by 10,827 weekend fans at the British Grand Prix, anꦛ unsurprising reaction to last year's race day cancellation, but Mugello (-10,800), Aragon (-9,667) and Austria (-9.431) might be puzzled at having posted similar reductions.
By contrast, Argentina grew by 7,947 fans in 2019, closel💎y followed by the Sachsenring on +7,807, allowing the German Grand Prix to join Thailand and France in hosting over 200,000 spectators this season.
Rain was a recorded during the French, Czech, Austrian, Thai, Japanese and Australian rounds this year compared with the Argentine, Austrian, British, Australไian, Malaysian and Valencian rounds last 🌊year.
Jerez, credited with the biggest weekend cro꧟wd since 1995 courtesy of a reported 263,648 fans in 2009, brought in a more modestಞ 151,513 this year.
The seasonꦚ-opening Qatar night race continues to be the smallest event of the season, although this year's 32,252 total was its best since j🐬oining the calendar in 2004.
2019 MotoGP spectator attendance | |||
Event (weekend) | 2019 | 2018 | Diff. |
CHANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT | 226,655 | 222,535 | +4,120 |
LE MANS | 206,323 | 206,617 | -294 |
SACHSENRING | 201,162 | 193,355 | +7,807 |
RED BULL RING - SPIELBERG | 197,315 | 206,746 | -9,431 |
AUTOMOTODROM BRNO | 186,793 | 187,348 | -555 |
TERMAS DE RÍO HONDO | 179,551 | 171,604 | +7,947 |
CIRCUIT RICARDO TORMO | 176,826 | 170,708 | +6,118 |
SEPANG INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT | 170,778 | 169,827 | +951 |
TT CIRCUIT ASSEN | 167,500 | 167,170 | +330 |
MISANO WORLD CIRCUIT MARCO SIMONCELLI | 158,300 | 159,120 | -820 |
CIRCUIT DE BARCELONA- CATALUNYA | 157,827 | 155,401 | +2,426 |
CIRCUITO DE JEREZ - ÁNGEL NIETO | 151,513 | 144,771 | +6,742 |
AUTODROMO DEL MUGELLO | 139,329 | 150,129 | -10,800 |
CIRCUIT OF THE AMERICAS | 120,545 | 125,127 | -4,582 |
SILVERSTONE CIRCUIT | 114,607 | 125,434 | -10,827 |
MOTORLAND ARAGÓN | 104,390 | 114,057 | -9,667 |
TWIN RING MOTEGI | 88,597 | 96,425 | -7,828 |
PHILLIP ISLAND | 82,850 | 86,250 | -3,400 |
LOSAIL INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT | 32,252 | 31,618 | +634 |
TOTAL: | 2,863,113 | 2,884,242 | -21,129 |

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