British GP at Silverstone already a 142,000 sellout as F1 boom continues

The British Grand Prix at Silverstone has sold out in the shortest time in the race’s history and is now expected to break all previous attendance records this year. The sales reflect a growing surge in the popularity of Formula One, with race organisers at Silverstone citing an unprecedented demand for tickets, while F1 expect all of its remaining 20 races this year will also sell out.

All 142,000 tickets for race day at the British Grand Prix on Sunday 3 July have been sold, which will be a new record attendance. Organisers are expectant that demand for the Friday and Saturday of the race weekend is such that both days could also all be taken up. This would be the first time in the history of the race, which has been on the F1 calendar every year since 1950, all three days will have sold out. If it does the weekend crowd will surpass the record of 356,000 who attended in 2021.

“We have experienced unprecedented demand for tickets for the 2022 Formula One British Grand Prix,” said Stuart Pringle, Silverstone’s managing director. “We have never reached a position of sell out so early in the year.

“We have increased capacity slightly by adding extra grandstand seats and anticipate our race day crowd to reach 142,000 this year. If sales continue at this pace, we expect to be sold out across all three days.”

Silverstone is not the only circuit enjoying the resurgence of interest. F1 believes that all of the remaining 20 races will be held with capacity crowds, including the races in the middle east which do not have broad motorsport audiences, Abu Dhabi and Qatar which is likely to replace the cancelled Russian GP.

Last season’s finale in Abu Dhabi attracted 108.7m TV viewers globally while the sport reported a cumulative