Comments on: Of course the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is sold out, they’ve only got 50,000 seats

By: J. Raymond

J. Raymond — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 20:13:18 +0000

The SEATING might be 50,000, but every one of those yachts in the harbor had 50+ people on them…

I’d wager there were another 40,000 out on the water…

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By: LAK

LAK — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:09:43 +0000

Good point Keith I’m sure they do round up figures a little bit..

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..

By: Random Chimp

Random Chimp — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:35:09 +0000

means 100,000, Indian numbering system unit

By: GeorgeK

GeorgeK — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:45:24 +0000

The real problem is that all of the new tracks are paid for by governments, not business ventures. Abu Dhabi could never pay for their investment on 50K seats, and if the attendance base is not there why build the seats???

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

By: Linksys blue

Linksys blue — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:17:19 +0000

Moderation’s the word I missed last time around!!!

By: IDR

IDR — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:10:34 +0000

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”.

By: Achilles

Achilles — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:56:11 +0000

‘so millions of Ferrari lovers can’t be wrong.’ Really……

By: Achilles

Achilles — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:51:05 +0000

Everyone on this board or any other is entitled to an opinion, whether it be MP4, or Linksys blue, It does’nt matter if it is crap, or factual, what you don’t like you don’t have to read or get involved in…I would say Linksys that once you let go of the right to free speech, and the right to reply, will that be fair to anyone?

By: jm

jm — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:46:57 +0000

“I’m not against Abu Dhabi having a Grand Prix”

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?