Record 400,000 Attend 2026 Belgian Grand Prix

The 2026 Belgian Grand Prix had a complete weekend attendance of 400,000 – the most important in Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps’ historical past on the F1 calendar.

Components 1 has introduced a weekend attendance of 400,000 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps for the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix. It’s the largest reported determine within the circuit’s historical past on the World Championship calendar, and a rise of 11,000 on final yr’s determine.

Kimi Antonelli prolonged his championship lead with victory within the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix, ending forward of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen, who recorded the three hundredth podium end for a Purple Bull driver.

Components 2, Components 3 and Porsche Supercup all raced over the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix, whereas drivers made off-track appearances on stage within the Fan Zone all through the weekend.

Largest Spa Attendance in F1 Historical past

The 2026 Belgian Grand Prix marks the primary time within the occasion’s historical past that weekend attendance has reached 400,000. Attendance figures on the occasion have greater than doubled previously decade, with three-day attendance having stood at simply 165,000 in 2015.

Given its shut proximity to the Netherlands and the truth that Max Verstappen is half-Belgian, the Belgian Grand Prix grew to become a de-facto residence race for the Purple Bull driver earlier than the Dutch Grand Prix returned to the calendar in 2021. Belgian Grand Prix attendance could possibly be boosted as soon as once more subsequent yr, when the Zandvoort race will not be on the calendar.

Final yr’s Belgian Grand Prix ranked because the fourth-best attended of the 24 races held in 2025, primarily based on the attendance figures introduced by Components 1, native media and race promoters. It’s more likely to stay in the identical place this yr.

F1 Attendance in 2026 Reaches 3.5 Million

The 2026 Belgian Grand Prix slots in because the third best-attended race of the yr to this point, behind the British Grand Prix – which set a brand new file for the highest-attended F1 race weekend in historical past with 564,000 spectators over 4 days – and the Australian Grand Prix, which noticed 484,000 followers move via Albert Park’s circuit gates.

We estimate that attendance over the ten rounds held to date in 2026 stands at round 3.5 million, with most races reporting greater attendances than within the earlier yr. F1 is on the right track to equal its file of 6.7 million attendees in a single season, set in 2025, regardless of there being fewer rounds of the World Championship this yr as a result of cancellation of races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.

It stays to be seen whether or not deliberate rounds in Qatar and Abu Dhabi later this yr will be capable of go forward as deliberate. It’s believed {that a} contingency plan being explored by Components 1, ought to the races within the Center East not be capable of happen, entails internet hosting a second race in Barcelona and a return to Portugal for the ultimate two Grands Prix of the season. The Portuguese Grand Prix is already signed as much as return to the F1 calendar subsequent yr.

2027 Belgian Grand Prix to be Final Till 2029

Subsequent yr’s Belgian Grand Prix would be the remaining Components 1 race to happen at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps till 2029. The circuit secured a longer-term future on the calendar by signing a rotational take care of Components 1.

Introduced in January 2025, the deal signifies that the race won’t seem on the schedule in 2028 or 2030, however will proceed to be held biennially till at the least 2031. It’ll rotate with Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Dates for the 2027 Belgian Grand Prix haven’t but been introduced, however Components 1 is anticipated to announce particulars of its 2027 schedule imminently. Tickets will doubtless be accessible quickly after.

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