System 1’s outstanding development has continued all through the 2026 season, with each Grand Prix weekend to date promoting out as fan demand reaches unprecedented ranges.
The championship has now recorded 11 consecutive sold-out occasions, underlining the game’s sustained international reputation. Throughout the opening 11 race weekends, almost 3.7 million spectators have attended Grands Prix, in comparison with 3.4 million over the identical occasions in 2025 – representing a 6% year-on-year improve.
A number of venues have additionally loved record-breaking crowds this season, with six circuits setting new all-time attendance data: Australia (484,000), Canada (360,000), Austria (320,000), Silverstone (564,000), Belgium (400,000), and Hungary (310,000).
The British Grand Prix at Silverstone attracted the biggest crowd of the season to date, welcoming greater than half one million followers over the race weekend.
12 months-on-year development has been notably sturdy at a number of occasions. The Japanese Grand Prix recorded a powerful 18% improve in attendance in comparison with final yr, whereas Silverstone welcomed 13% extra spectators than in 2025. The Austrian Grand Prix additionally continued its upward development with a 7% improve in attendance.
Tv audiences proceed to develop
System 1 additionally reported sturdy development in international tv audiences, led by key strategic markets together with Brazil, Italy and China.
Brazil has skilled the most important improve, with race weekend audiences reaching as much as 5 instances the degrees seen in 2025. The British Grand Prix attracted a report 18 million viewers throughout TV Globo and SportTV3, turning into the nation’s highest-viewed British Grand Prix in eight years and the biggest single-market tv viewers for any System 1 race worldwide since 2020.
Italy has additionally posted spectacular beneficial properties, with audiences up 27% by the British Grand Prix in contrast with the identical stage final season. The Japanese Grand Prix delivered Italy’s highest viewers since 2017, whereas the Belgian Grand Prix achieved its strongest figures since 2019.
In China, tv audiences for the Chinese language Grand Prix greater than doubled year-on-year, whereas continued development in protection has helped preserve sturdy viewing figures all through the season.
Globally, the Monaco Grand Prix attracted almost 80 million viewers, representing a double-digit improve over 2025.
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