Silverstone popular

Official attendance figures released by Formula 1 just before Christmas revealed the British Grand Prix had the highest attendance of any race during the 2018 season. The Silverstone race – which still does not have a deal in place beyond 2019 after circuit bosses activated a break clause – had a weekend attendance figure of 340,000, with its race day figure of 140,500 also the highest of the season. The Mexican Grand Prix was a close second on both weekend and Sunday numbers, recording 334,946 and 135,407 respectively.