The 2026 Austrian Grand Prix had a weekend attendance of 320,000 – a brand new report for the Purple Bull Ring and a rise of 20,000 on final 12 months’s determine.
Components 1 has introduced a weekend attendance of 320,000 on the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix. George Russell claimed victory on the Purple Bull Ring, taking his first win because the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. He was joined on the rostrum by Max Verstappen, along with his greatest results of the season thus far, and Kimi Antonelli, whose championship lead now stands at 40 factors.
The sold-out race weekend additionally featured on-track motion from F1 feeder sequence Components 2 and Components 3, plus the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. The favored Purple Bull Legends’ Parade additionally made a return, by which former F1 drivers – together with Mark Webber, David Coulthard and Rubens Barrichello – took to the monitor in legendary F1 equipment.
320,000 Attend 2026 Austrian Grand Prix
When the Purple Bull Ring returned to the Components 1 calendar in 2014, it had a modest weekend attendance of below 150,000. As lately as 2017, the weekend attendance stood at 145,000 – a determine which has now greater than doubled.
An attendance of 320,000 on the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix weekend marks a rise of 20,000 on final 12 months’s determine. Figures on the Purple Bull Ring had been in a slight decline in recent times, falling from 304,000 in 2023 to 302,000 in 2024 and 300,000 in 2025, however the newest determine has reversed the development and set a brand new report attendance on the venue.
It’s not public data whether or not attendees at Thursday’s pit lane stroll are counted as a part of the general weekend attendance. Different occasions, together with the Australian and British Grands Prix, rely followers who attended all 4 days of the occasion.
A reported 50% of attendees on the Austrian Grand Prix camped trackside on the Purple Bull Ring on the numerous campsites across the circuit. Tenting is a handy lodging choice in Spielberg and may also help preserve the price of attending the Austrian Grand Prix weekend down.
Report-Breaking British Grand Prix Attendance Anticipated
Silverstone is getting ready for a record-breaking weekend attendance on the 2026 British Grand Prix, having expanded its capability since final 12 months’s occasion. The 2025 Silverstone race had a four-day attendance whole of 500,000 – a determine which is anticipated to rise in 2026, principally due to the enlargement of the Landostand, which can have capability for 20,000 followers per day this 12 months.
The 2026 British Grand Prix is ready to be the best-attended race weekend this season and will set a brand new report for the top-attended F1 weekend of all time. The earlier report was set 31 years in the past on the 1995 Australian Grand Prix. The ultimate race held on the Adelaide circuit, the occasion had a four-day attendance determine of 520,000. Final 12 months’s Silverstone race was the primary since then to achieve half 1,000,000 attendees.
Total attendance on the eight rounds of the Components 1 season thus far is estimated to sit down at round 2.5 million. Final 12 months’s general attendance throughout 24 race weekends was a report 6.7 million. The cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix signifies that the variety of races drops to 22 in 2026, which may make final 12 months’s report tough to beat. Lately, races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabian have been among the many lesser-attended of the 12 months, making it possible that elevated attendances at different rounds of the season may offset the distinction.
