GP draws the crowds
Moto-GP retained its status as one of the world's most popular forms of motorsport in 2014.
POPULAR. The scary spectacle of MotoGP again made it a massive crowd hit this year.
No fewer than 14 of the year’s 18 championship rounds drew more than 100 000 spectators.
Those events were held at Austin, Termas de Rio Hondo (Argentina), Jerez, Le Mans, Mugello, Catalunya, Assen, Sachsenring, Indianapolis, Brno, Silverstone, Aragon, Sepang and Valencia.
The largest crowds of the year were at Brno, as a huge total of
240 695 fans were present at the Bwin Grand Prix Ceské Republiky from Friday to Sunday, with more than 138 000 on race day alone.
The total crowd for the Brno weekend of more than 240 000 spectators was a significant increase on the figure of 222 710 for the event last year.
The 2014 events at Jerez and Sachsenring also saw crowd numbers for the Grand Prix weekend exceed the 200 000 mark.
With total crowds exceeding well over 2 million for the tenth successive season, the total attendance at all Grands Prix in 2014 was 2 473 624.
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