05-18 – French GP – Attendance record: the MotoGP French GP leading mid-season –

Attendance record: the MotoGP French GP leading mid-season

05-18 - French GP - Attendance record: the MotoGP French GP leading mid-season -

According to figures from Dorna, promoter of the Moto Grands Prix, the French GP is the one that gathered the most spectators over three days compared to the other eight races already contested this year.. Explanations.

With 204,022 spectators accumulated over the three days, it is notably ahead of the GP of Catalonia (176,391), the GP of Argentina (167,398) and the GP of Germany (164,801). For Sunday May 21 alone, 104,020 spectators attended the race (against and) while 74,212 came on Saturday and 25,990 from Friday..

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"Motorcycle sport in France is essential today"

"No offense to certain motophobes, motorcycle sport in France is today essential and still attracts a growing number of spectators and practitioners", rejoices the president of the French Motorcycling Federation (FFM), Jacques Bolle, while the organizer of the French GP, Claude Michy, hails this "new example of the success of the French event which grows and attracts more and more people from year to year".

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The GP of France is ahead of the Grands Prix of countries traditionally very favorable to motorcycles such as Spain (severely impacted by the crisis) or Italy: 176,391 spectators at, 164,418 at and 129,890 at .

Last year at the same period, the was only second in terms of attendance with 195,450 spectators, behind the German GP (212,411).

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