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According the Bahrain International Circuit’s website, they said that 94,000 attended in the 2009 GP, while the latest F1 Racing magazine-Middle East edition-mentioned that 90,000 attended this year’s GP. They said it said it was “especially exceptional” given the global economic downturn.
The 2008 Bahrain GP was close to 100,000 which is the best figure so far.. Not bad for a tiny island..

As pointed out in an earlier comment, why build 100K seats and have most of them empty like Maylasia?

Ecclestone is the puppet, not the puppetmaster. CVC partners call the shots and BE dances to their tune.

CVC partners have quietly stolen our wonderful sport from under our noses and it’ll be bloody hard to buy it back.

CVC play the tune now, but I’ve never seen a “puppetmaster” paying a fortune to his “puppet” for being able “to move the strings”.

What CVC is doing now, it’s just a consequence of that fortune they have to paid. So at this point, I’m afraid is “your puppet” who “move the strings” of your “puppetmaster”.

Good for you. Because you ignore their input in motorport, and because you would be against Britain having a race for being incapable of financing a track. The collapse of Donington is a disgrace, and your argument falls flat here. Since dragging spectators was going to be so easy, it should have attracted investors.

As for formula one: it is only the “the pinnacle of international motor sport” because it is highly publicized and requests a lot of money. It is only the motor sport which is the most talked about. Its popularity is often based on gossips or internal fights, to the point that the F1 world often forgets that the FIA has more to do than deal will the sole interest of one open-wheel category.

But how many F1 fans have actually put their nose inside a cockpit?

Who cares about 100,00 or 300,00? And what does that mean exactly? In 2008 there was an inquiry after the Australian gp, since the organizers were alleging 300,00 spectators. This even went to court, and rightly so, since advertizing an inaccurate popularity is a fraud.

But ok. Let’s say that they are three times more people going to Silverstone than Abu Dhabi. Let’s see what happens in the future, when formula one will have physically moved towards Asia, and in doing so it will be able to survive. For your own pleasure.

It is the story of the cows who presented a petition to their farmer, since the animals were far superior in number. Or is it pure propaganda?

I think there were quite a few more people at Sepang this year…more like 90,000. Sepang has been averaging that kind of crowd for quite a few years I believe…the stands look empty because the bloody place has a capacity of 150,000!!! Please do correct me if I’m wrong.

Whatever said and done, MotoGP at Sepang last week drew 60,000, which is an amazing crowd for that event. The tickets are so much cheaper compared to F1. A grandstand ticket for the MotoGP costs more than 10 times less than that of F1!

I agree with everyone who is frustrated with Formula 1 giving up on proven markets. Bahrain was a flop, even though it is a wonderful circuit, now they are racing in Abu Dhabi which is only 300km across the bay.

this is another track for the rich to see and be seen at. Corporate boxes where they can do business while they ignore what happens on track. It has precious little to do with motorsport or the fans. Sad.

Agreed – it is depressing.