Attendence / TV Viewers

redshoes · 17 Aug 2001, 20:17 (Ref:131867)

Though you might be interested in this. Crowd attendence figures, TV viewers and percentage share of TV audiance for the BTCC so far this season.

Brands Hatch - crowd 18000, TV viewers 2.2m, 14% share
Thruxton - 18000, 1.1m, 18%
Oulton Park - 14000+, 1.5m, 22%
Silverstone - 6000, 1.6m, 10%
Mondello - 15000, 1.3m, 18%
Donington - 15400, 0.8m, 10%
Knockhill - 10500, 1.6m, 23%
Snetterton - 16500, 2.0m, 12.5%

We said at the time that Silverstone seemed quiet, never realised it was that quiet.

**bella** · 17 Aug 2001, 20:34 (Ref:131878)

well, it was piddling it down with rain most of the time...

very interesting. god to see there was a good crowd at mondello, good attendance for snetterton as well. not sure where all of those people were hiding, but fair do's...

Lorna · 17 Aug 2001, 21:24 (Ref:131913)

Blimey. Silverstone is extremely low! Mondello looks good although no previous years to compare with but it did seem to have a lot of people there.

**touringlegend** · 17 Aug 2001, 23:02 (Ref:131967)

10,500 for Knockhill. I knew there were less folk here this year than two years ago when I was last there. What was the 1999 figures

Kelvin · 17 Aug 2001, 23:34 (Ref:131975)

>Silverstone - 6000

I seem to recall the figure released by TOCA was 14500

Kelv

Kelvin · 17 Aug 2001, 23:35 (Ref:131976)

Quote:

A crowd of 14,500 people turned up to enjoy the spectacle of the first night race of this year’s www.theAA.com MSA British Touring Car Championship at Silverstone Circuit, which witnessed an impressive display by the Vauxhall Astra Coupés.

My memory was right!!
Which fiqure is correct?

Kelv

Les · 18 Aug 2001, 08:31 (Ref:132057)

14,500 watched and 6,000 paid perhaps.

Obviously I don't know the right people!!!

**touringlegend** · 18 Aug 2001, 08:35 (Ref:132058)

Sadly enough Kelvin I think the 6000 may be right. Afterall, these night races are meant to attract a larger crwod than others because of their spectacle. 6000 is very poor for a national championship.

redshoes · 18 Aug 2001, 09:25 (Ref:132063)

These figures come from a memo sent to the teams by Richard West last week.

I would tend to beleive 6000 is closer to the mark.

hunttheshunt · 18 Aug 2001, 22:44 (Ref:132247)

I expect the BTCC to grow next year. These figures aren't too bad afterall, though nothing compared to the ST years.

AndyF · 19 Aug 2001, 09:46 (Ref:132347)

18,000 for Brands and Thruxton aren't too bad, especially compared to the number of spectators at Powertour meeetings in the past. The figure for Thruxton is quite good compared to 8,500 they had last year.

hunttheshunt · 19 Aug 2001, 15:48 (Ref:132511)

Althougbh the results are close and racing closer, this year's BTCC still lacks something. Don't know what that is though. Just one of those things.

RickP:Clio51 · 21 Aug 2001, 10:20 (Ref:133613)

Interesting there were so many more at Snett than Silverstone...
You'd have thought the home of British motorsport should have been able to pull a better crowd...
To be honest that's pants but the TV figures look pretty good...
RickP

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