On the weekend that Components 1 introduced it’s going to proceed to race in Miami till a minimum of 2041, the 2025 Miami Grand Prix weekend attracted 275,000 spectators.
The 2025 Miami Grand Prix welcomed a 3-day attendance of 275,000 F1 followers, equalling the biggest determine on the occasion because it first joined the calendar in 2022. It’s the identical whole as attended the 2024 Miami Grand Prix. The record-equalling attendance coincided with information that the Miami Grand Prix will proceed to look on the calendar till a minimum of 2041 beneath a brand new contract extension signed at first of the race weekend.
Report Attendance Equalled at 2025 Miami Grand Prix
When the Miami Grand Prix first joined the Components 1 calendar in 2022, a complete of just below 243,000 followers attended over the three days of the race weekend. That determine grew to 270,000 in 2023 and reached 275,000 for the primary time in 2024.
Capability has elevated at Miami Worldwide Autodrome for the reason that inaugural race, with grandstand capability being expanded for the race’s second and third appearances on the calendar. Capability is now believed to be round 100,000, that means {that a} whole 3-day attendance of 300,000 is theoretically doable.
The Miami Grand Prix is the least-attended of the three American races on the calendar. The USA Grand Prix – staged yearly at Circuit of The Americas since 2012 – welcomes a weekend crowd upward of 300,000, whereas the Las Vegas Grand Prix – which joined the schedule one yr after the Miami race – attracted 306,000 followers in whole in 2024.
The Miami Grand Prix attendance determine continues a robust begin to the 2025 Components 1 season. Apart from the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix – for which an attendance determine has not but been introduced – each race to date has attracted a bigger weekend crowd in 2025 than it did in 2024.
The Australian Grand Prix at the moment leads the way in which because the best-attended, having attracted a weekend crowd of over 465,000 – a brand new report for the Melbourne race. In 2024, 17 races bought out, with 10 setting new attendance data.
F1 to Race in Miami Till 2041
On Friday, Components 1 confirmed that the Miami Grand Prix will proceed to look on the calendar till a minimum of 2041. The occasion already had a contract to look on the schedule till 2031 however Components 1 and race organisers agreed an early 10-year contract extension.
The Miami Grand Prix now holds the longest contract of any present circuit and is the primary occasion to be confirmed into the 2040s. The earlier longest was on the Australian Grand Prix, the place racing is about to proceed at Albert Park till a minimum of 2037.
Talking in regards to the new Miami Grand Prix contract, Components 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali stated:
“In simply three years, the Miami Grand Prix has established itself as one of the vital essential and spectacular occasions on our calendar, a rare instance of high quality and imaginative and prescient that really represents the spirit and ambition of Components 1 in america.
Extending this settlement till 2041 is a strategic milestone of monumental significance, which strengthens our presence in America and consolidates the ever-deepening bond with our fan base there, which is consistently rising and passionate like by no means earlier than.
Miami will not be solely a rare metropolis, but in addition a really world sporting hub, energetic, dynamic and culturally vibrant. All this might not have been doable with out the far-sighted imaginative and prescient and tireless dedication of Stephen Ross and Tom Garfinkel, to whom I prolong my honest gratitude for the management, assist and dedication with which they’ve helped rework the Miami Grand Prix right into a world-class occasion.”
The Miami Grand Prix is one in every of two occasions to have prolonged its contract previously week. Earlier within the weekend, Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix organisers confirmed that the Mexican race will proceed to be held yearly till 2028. The information signifies that it’s extremely doubtless that Imola will miss out on a spot on the 2026 Components 1 calendar.
