Over 240,000 spectators were present in Miami

Miami hosted its first Grand Prix this weekend and fans showed up in large numbers: over 240,000 gathered around the urban circuit, including 85,000 on Sunday, race day. The exorbitant price of some tickets (up to $13,000) doesn’t seem to have deterred Formula 1 enthusiasts who were present to fill the stands of the Miami International Autodrome.

The Netflix series Drive To Survive has boosted the sport’s popularity in the United States, and Formula 1 understood it well. The land of Uncle Sam is increasingly fond of the premier category of motorsport and will host three races starting next year. Already last year, the United States Grand Prix in Austin broke records.

The Texan race had welcomed 400,000 people over the course of three days. This is a significant increase compared to the previous edition in 2019, which had “only” counted 268,000 spectators. However, the all-time record is still held by the 1995 Australian Grand Prix, the last one to take place in Adelaide, which had welcomed 520,000 fans, including over 205,000 on Sunday.

For its return to the calendar this year after a two-year absence, the Australian Grand Prix also achieved very impressive audience ratings with 420,000 attendees. This is the highest attendance recorded in Melbourne since the race moved there from Adelaide in 1996.

But the records could continue to fall throughout the season as Silverstone has also announced that all available seats for attending the Grand Prix on Sunday have already been sold. The organizers are expecting 426,000 people, which would smash last year’s attendance record at the track, with 356,000 tickets sold.