Components 1 has introduced a weekend attendance determine of 352,000 on the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix, a slight enhance on the 2024 quantity.
352,000 spectators attended Circuit Gilles Villeneuve over the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix weekend. George Russell gained the race from pole place, securing his and Mercedes’ first victory of the season. Group-mate Kimi Antonelli joined him on the rostrum and celebrated turning into the game’s third-youngest podium finisher and the primary Italian within the prime three since Jarno Trulli in 2009.
The race got here to a dramatic conclusion as Lando Norris collided with Oscar Piastri, placing the Brit out of the race after battling along with his McLaren team-mate for fourth place. Consequently, Piastri’s championship lead elevated to 22 factors.
The Canadian Grand Prix ranks because the second-best attended race of the season to this point, behind solely the Australian Grand Prix (465,000). In 2024, the Montreal race ended the season because the fifth best-attended race of the 12 months, with the yet-to-come British, Mexico Metropolis and Belgian races all attracting bigger crowds.
Of the ten races held to this point in 2025, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is the one one for which an attendance determine has not been revealed. Whole attendance in 2025 now stands at 2.5 million throughout the season. In 2024, the 24 rounds attracted 6.5 million spectators in complete – a determine which F1 is on monitor to exceed this 12 months.
Trackside Enhancements on the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix
Attendance numbers have grown in Montreal lately. The final race earlier than the coronavirus pandemic, in 2019, had a weekend complete of 307,000 spectators. When F1 returned in 2022, the race weekend had 338,000 attendees. The figures have elevated incrementally since then, rising by 7,000 in 2023, 5,000 in 2024 and a couple of,000 in 2025.
A spread of enhancements had been made forward of the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix to get rid of organisational points which disrupted followers’ enjoyment of the race weekend in 2024. Organisers promised simpler wayfinding for followers trackside on account of elevated signage, plus improved communication strategies.
For the groups, there have been new hospitality suites within the paddock. There have been additionally reassurances that the groups’ garages had been higher waterproofed following leaking points within the rain-hit 2024 race weekend. The totally dry weekend – the primary on the Canadian Grand Prix since 2019 – meant that this was not an issue.
New Might Date for the 2026 Canadian Grand Prix
2025 marked the ultimate time that the Canadian Grand Prix befell in June. From 2026 onwards, as per a brand new settlement signed between Montreal race organisers and Components 1, the race shall be held yearly on the third or fourth weekend in Might. It will likely be the primary time since 1981, when the Canadian spherical befell in direction of the top of the season in September, that the Montreal race is not going to be held in June.
When revealed final week, the Canadian Grand Prix falls on Might 24 on the 2026 Components 1 calendar. The date and time is a direct conflict with the Indianapolis 500, which means viewing figures of the Canadian race in American territories are virtually sure to take a major hit subsequent 12 months.
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