Which venues on the F1 calendar have the biggest capacities and which have the smallest? We’ve ranked all of F1’s circuits primarily based on their whole capability numbers.
Formulation 1 attendance figures have been rising in current seasons – however what number of circuits obtain their most doable capability over a race weekend? The headline attendance figures don’t at all times give the total image of how profitable a race weekend has truly been for the race promoter, nor do they essentially inform us what the capability of every circuit is.
Under we’ve outlined the whole capability at each circuit on the Formulation 1 calendar. We outline the whole capability as being all grandstand seats on the circuit, all hospitality areas on the venue and, the place it’s accessible, all common admission tickets on provide at every observe.
F1 Circuit Capacities
The desk beneath reveals the capability of every venue on the present Formulation 1 calendar. Some figures are estimates primarily based on earlier 3-day or 4-day attendance figures. It must be famous that precise capacities might change annually and that circuits might not place each accessible ticket on sale. It implies that some occasions could also be declared “sell-out” occasions and ticket choices might be exhausted with out each doable seat on the circuit being crammed. See beneath for extra particulars on every circuit.
CircuitRaceCapacity
Shanghai Worldwide CircuitChinese Grand Prix200,000
SilverstoneBritish Grand Prix164,000
SuzukaJapanese Grand Prix155,000
Circuit of the AmericasUnited States Grand Prix150,000
Autodromo Hermanos RodriguezMexico Metropolis Grand Prix150,000
Circuit de Barcelona-CatalunyaSpanish Grand Prix140,000
Albert ParkAustralian Grand Prix136,000
Spa FrancorchampsBelgian Grand Prix130,000
MonzaItalian Grand Prix120,000
Circuit Gilles VilleneuveCanadian Grand Prix115,000
Purple Bull RingAustrian Grand Prix105,000
ZandvoortDutch Grand Prix105,000
Miami Worldwide AutodromeMiami Grand Prix100,000
HungaroringHungarian Grand Prix100,000
Las Vegas Strip CircuitLas Vegas Grand Prix100,000
InterlagosSao Paulo Grand Prix97,000
Marina Bay CircuitSingapore Grand Prix90,000
ImolaEmilia Romagna Grand Prix80,000
Bahrain Worldwide CircuitBahrain Grand Prix70,000
Yas Marina CircuitAbu Dhabi Grand Prix65,000
Lusail CircuitQatar Grand Prix52,000
Jeddah Corniche CircuitSaudi Arabian Grand Prix50,000
Circuit de MonacoMonaco Grand Prix37,000
Baku Metropolis CircuitAzerbaijan Grand Prix25,000
136,000: Albert Park, Australian Grand Prix
The Australian Grand Prix has been a sell-out occasion in recent times, with the 2025 occasion reaching a complete 4-day attendance of over 465,000. Race day attendance on the 2024 occasion was 132,106.
The overall capability at Albert Park in recent times had been capped in recent times at round 130,000 – although the cap was raised barely for 2025. No race day attendance determine for the 2025 race was introduced, however Saturday’s qualifying motion noticed 136,347 followers attend the venue.
Albert Park has 16 grandstands in whole, the capability of which is round 46,000. 5,000 further seats have been added forward of the 2023 Australian Grand Prix. That implies that over 80,000 race day tickets are shared between common admission (park go) ticket holders and people watching from VIP hospitality areas across the observe. The latter determine is estimated to be 20,000. Additionally it is believed that workers and rivals are included in Albert Park’s attendance calculations.
Provided that the observe has an estimated capability of at the very least 136,000, the four-day occasion weekend would have the ability to eclipse the all-time F1 weekend attendance file if all 4 days offered out. The present attendance file is 520,000 on the 1995 Australian Grand Prix – which marked the ultimate time that the Australian race was held in Adelaide.
200,000: Shanghai Worldwide Circuit, Chinese language Grand Prix
The estimated capability of Shanghai Worldwide Circuit is 200,000. It is without doubt one of the largest capacities on the present Formulation 1 calendar. The huge fundamental grandstand alone is ready to maintain as much as 30,000 spectators. Lately, new Grandstands B and E have added 22,300 seats to the circuit’s providing.
In principle, which means the utmost weekend attendance on the Chinese language Grand Prix may attain 600,000 – however the probabilities of that ever occurring seem slim. The very best weekend attendance determine thus far at Shanghai Worldwide Circuit got here in 2005, when 270,000 spectators attended the race weekend.
155,000: Suzuka, Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka has one of many highest capacities of any circuit on the present Formulation 1 calendar, with area for 155,000 followers. The very best single-day attendance determine on the observe exceeds that quantity barely, with 161,000 spectators in attendance on Japanese Grand Prix race day in 2006. Current race day figures have been round 100,000.
70,000: Bahrain Worldwide Circuit, Bahrain Grand Prix
There are round 50,000 grandstand seats throughout eight grandstands at Bahrain Worldwide Circuit, together with 10,500 within the grandstand on the principle straight which has offered out in recent times. The Victory Grandstand (positioned close to the ultimate nook) was expanded in 2024, including an additional 500 seats.
Common Admission tickets will not be accessible for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Some sources cite whole capability at Bahrain Worldwide Circuit as 70,000, however this appears to be an overestimate. Race day in 2024 attracted 37,000 spectators, or round 80% of the circuit’s grandstand capability. 3-day weekend figures for the Bahrain Grand Prix hover at round 100,000.
50,000: Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Saudi Arabian Grand Prix
Jeddah Corniche Circuit has grandstand capability for 50,000 followers. Along with the six grandstands on the observe, there are premium hospitality tickets accessible, in addition to common admission viewing areas – that means that whole capability is greater than 50,000.
100,000: Miami Worldwide Autodrome, Miami Grand Prix
Miami Worldwide Autodrome joined the F1 calendar as host of the Miami Grand Prix in 2022 and shortly set about extending its capability. For its second look, 3,000 extra grandstand seats have been accessible for the race, growing the whole grandstand capability to 56,000 and general capability – together with premium hospitality and common admission tickets – to only over 90,000.
2024 noticed additional expansions to the grandstands on the principle straight and at Flip 1, seeing circuit capability rise to 100,000 for the 2024 Miami Grand Prix. The race weekend had a complete 3-day attendance of 275,000, indicating that over 90% of accessible tickets for the occasion have been offered.
80,000: Imola, Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
Imola’s official web site notes that there’s whole capability for greater than 140,000 individuals on the observe, although the calculation of this determine is unclear. The web site offers an in depth record of the seats accessible in every of the circuit’s grandstands, totalling 34,419 seats. It additionally says there are 43,500 locations within the common admission areas subsequent to Rivazza and Tosa. That provides an general capability of slightly below 78,000.
In March 2025, Il Resto del Carlino reported that non permanent grandstands have been being constructed at Imola forward of the 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, increasing the circuit’s capability to 90,000.
37,000: Circuit de Monaco, Monaco Grand Prix
The tight confines of the legendary Monaco observe implies that it has one of many lowest capacities of the 12 months. There’s room for 37,000 spectators, with 22,000 grandstand seats. Nonetheless, attendances within the principality will attain 100,000 on race day, due to viewing areas on yachts, residence balconies, different personal viewing areas and even close by hills!
140,000: Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Spanish Grand Prix
Whole capability at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is a bit of over 140,000. That determine is the best ever achieved on race day on the observe, with Spanish Grand Prix attendance peaking at 140,700 in 2007.
Race day attendance in the previous few years has been 125,000, or 90% of the whole capability. Lately, race weekend figures have approached 300,000 – that means that the circuit has attracted round 70% of its whole doable capability throughout the race weekend.
The Spanish Grand Prix strikes to Madrid in 2026, the place preliminary attendance is anticipated to be round 110,000 spectators, with plans to extend that to over 140,000 within the following years.
115,000: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian Grand Prix
The Canadian Grand Prix loved a file breaking 12 months in 2024, attracting a weekend crowd of 350,000. No official capability determine for Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is on the market, although the capability has been cited as 100,000. Nonetheless, a 3-day weekend whole of 350,000 suggests capability on the observe have to be at the very least 115,000 in whole and with race day often attracting extra followers than Friday or Saturday, the precise capability determine is more likely to be nearer to 125,000.
105,000: Purple Bull Ring, Austrian Grand Prix
Whole capability on the Purple Bull Ring is 105,000 – or at the very least that’s the day by day determine at which attendance was capped for the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix. Attendance on the Purple Bull Ring peaked in 2023, with 304,000 followers attending over the three days of the 2023 Austrian Grand Prix weekend. The circuit subsequently reached 97% of its whole capability in 2023, if the identical attendance cap was in place.
164,000: Silverstone, British Grand Prix
Silverstone attracts the most important race day crowd of the Formulation 1 season, with 164,000 followers in attendance on Sunday on the 2024 British Grand Prix. In 2020, Silverstone reported that the circuit has a complete grandstand capability of 103,000, that means that mixed, the observe’s hospitality and common admission areas accommodate round 60,000 spectators.
130,000: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgian Grand Prix
Regardless of being the longest circuit on the Formulation 1 calendar, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps doesn’t have the best grandstand capability. The undulating observe is positioned within the hilly Ardennes Forest. Capability on the circuit was beforehand 70,000 however the determine has now elevated due to new grandstands at a few of the circuit’s most iconic corners. Grandstand capability is now regarded as someplace round 90,000.
With a race weekend whole of 380,000 spectators on the 2024 Belgian Grand Prix, race day will probably have welcomed round 130,000 followers to the observe. That implies that roughly 40,000 tickets can have gone to followers generally admission areas or premium hospitality.
100,000: Hungaroring, Hungarian Grand Prix
Together with grandstands, common admission and different viewing areas, the Hungaroring has a complete capability upward of 100,000. In 2022, when tickets for race day on the Hungarian Grand Prix offered out, Zsolt Gyulay, CEO of Hungaroring Sport Zrt, mentioned: “In line with our calculations, round 100,000 individuals can safely go to the Hungaroring, and for them we will assure high quality service and leisure within the grandstands and within the spectators’ areas.”
The circuit’s fundamental grandstands have been overhauled forward of the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix and with it, the observe’s whole capability has risen. The race weekend hit a brand new file of 310,000 whole spectators in 2024 – a determine which ought to improve in 2025.
105,000: Zandvoort, Dutch Grand Prix
Capability at Zandvoort is a bit of over 100,000, with lodging for as much as 315,000 followers over the race weekend. The Zandvoort web site additionally outlines capacities for hospitality viewing areas, which whole round 2,500. The circuit’s fundamental grandstand – on the beginning/end straight has capability for two,750 followers.
120,000: Monza, Italian Grand Prix
A considerably complicated assertion within the official media package launched forward of the 2021 Italian Grand Prix famous that whole capability at Monza is upward of 190,000 – although that appears inaccurate. It mentioned that the capability consisted of 56,296 seats in mounted stands, 17,578 seats on tiers and 118,865 infield seats. The latter determine is believed to be the precise capability on Italian Grand Prix weekend, with 335,000 spectators in whole attending the 2024 Italian Grand Prix.
25,000: Baku Metropolis Circuit, Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Baku Metropolis Circuit has the bottom capability of any Formulation 1 venue. With restricted area for grandstands within the metropolis centre, the race was anticipated to have whole grandstand capability of simply 19,500 forward of its first look again in 2016.
The addition of two new grandstands elevated spectator capability by 35% for 2024, which might imply grandstand capability now stands at simply over 25,000.
As well as, the observe additionally has plenty of common admission viewing areas, although it’s not specified what number of spectators these can maintain. There was a complete of 76,000 spectators in place throughout the three days of the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend. There are plans to broaden capability additional in 2025.
90,000: Marina Bay Road Circuit, Singapore Grand Prix
Capability at Marina Bay Road Circuit – host of F1’s unique night time race, the Singapore Grand Prix – is round 90,000. Capability on the observe was once a bit of increased, nevertheless.
The Bay Grandstand was one of many largest on the Formulation 1 calendar and seated 27,000 spectators – but it surely was eliminated because of building work within the space which resulted within the observe being modified forward of the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix.
Regardless of the lack of the Bay Grandstand, race organisers have been in a position to recoup 10,000 of these tickets with different new grandstand choices and expanded common admission areas. The 2024 race weekend attracted a 3-day whole of 270,000 followers.
150,000: Circuit of The Americas, United States Grand Prix
In line with official sources, COTA has a capability of 120,000 however provided that weekend spectator figures in recent times have been properly above 400,000 at the USA Grand Prix in recent times, the precise capability is extra more likely to be someplace round 150,000.
150,000: Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix
Lately, the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez has attracted a sell-out race day crowd of round 150,000 spectators and ranks among the many best-attended races of the 12 months. Many of the spectators might be discovered within the Foro Sol stadium part, which has seating for round 40,000 followers.
97,000: Interlagos, Sao Paulo Grand Prix
Decade-old sources cite there being room for 65,000 followers within the grandstands at Interlagos, although the circuit’s general capability has elevated in recent times. The addition of the Heineken Village – a common admission space within the closing sector of the observe – has boosted capability by round 15,000. With a weekend attendance of near 292,000 on the 2024 Sao Paulo Grand Prix, whole capability on the observe on race day is someplace within the area of 97,000.
100,000: Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Las Vegas Grand Prix
Having attracted 315,000 followers over its inaugural Grand Prix weekend, Las Vegas Strip Circuit is estimated to have a complete capability of round 100,000 throughout its grandstand, hospitality and common admission areas. Along with the three nights of on-track motion, there was a gap ceremony with 30,000 tickets accessible the day earlier than Free Follow started. The occasion didn’t promote out but when we presume that the remaining three days did, capability on the observe is someplace between 95,000 and 100,000.
The variety of followers who can watch the Las Vegas Grand Prix from unofficial viewing spots across the observe – like the various surrounding motels and casinos – implies that the variety of individuals within the metropolis for the race might be a bit of increased than the official attendance determine.
52,000: Lusail Circuit, Qatar Grand Prix
Between its first look on the F1 calendar in 2021 and its second in 2023, capability at Lusail Circuit, host of the Qatar Grand Prix, grew from 8,000 to 52,000 due to the addition of latest grandstands. The principle grandstand has area for 7,500 spectators and, based on Go to Qatar, grandstand seating accounts for 40,000 of the 52,000 capability. Hospitality tickets and common admission entry accounts for the opposite 12,000.
The 2024 Qatar Grand Prix weekend had a complete attendance of slightly below 155,000. If the race ran with a 52,000 attendance restrict per day, then over 99% of the circuit’s whole capability was crammed over the three days of the weekend.
65,000: Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Capability at Yas Marina Circuit is formally 60,000, although this data is outdated. Excessive demand noticed a brand new grandstand added between Flip 5 and Flip 6 forward of the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, elevating capability barely. Moreover, a 3-day attendance of 190,000 in 2024 means that the whole capability throughout grandstands, hospitality and common admission zones is nearer to 65,000.
