The 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola attracted a document weekend crowd of 242,000, although doubts stay over the circuit’s future on the F1 calendar.
Method 1 has introduced a “record-breaking” weekend attendance determine of 242,000 on the 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. It’s a rise of round 40,000 from final yr’s whole, the place attendance was estimated to be round 200,000. It’s additionally a progress of over 100,000 from the 2022 race weekend, the place attendance stood at slightly below 130,000.
Max Verstappen secured his second win of the 2025 season at Imola, changing into the primary driver to take 4 consecutive wins on the Italian circuit. On his first look on Italian soil as a Ferrari driver, Lewis Hamilton recorded his greatest outcome with the staff to this point with fourth place. Each he and Charles Leclerc recovered to prime six finishes in entrance of the Tifosi regardless of disappointingly lacking out on reaching the ultimate stage of Saturday’s qualifying session.
No Information on Imola’s F1 Future
Maybe surprisingly, there was no information concerning the destiny of Imola’s future on the calendar over the 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix weekend. 2025 is the ultimate yr of the circuit’s present contract and it’s broadly anticipated that the venue is not going to seem on the schedule subsequent season.
There are 24 obtainable locations on the calendar in 2026, with 23 circuits already signed up – together with the brand new Madring circuit in Madrid, which can turn into host of the Spanish Grand Prix in 2026. After a current contract renewal for Mexico Metropolis, Imola is considered one of solely two tracks – together with Las Vegas – which is but to formally verify its place on the 2026 schedule. Vegas’ renewal seems to be all however confirmed, with F1 holding an settlement in precept to proceed racing on the Las Vegas Strip into the 2030s.
Imola has an extended historical past with Method 1, having first appeared on the calendar in 1980 as host of the Italian Grand Prix. It went on to host the San Marino Grand Prix in yearly from 1981 to 2006, earlier than re-joining the calendar in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, when it hosted a singular two-day occasion. It has appeared on the schedule yearly since, although the 2023 race was cancelled simply days earlier than the occasion on account of extreme native flooding.
It’s attainable that Imola may stay on the calendar in some capability sooner or later, maybe as a rotational spherical with Spa-Francorchamps. Late final yr, the host of the Belgian Grand Prix introduced that it might seem on the calendar biennially from 2028 onwards. It’s but to be revealed which circuit, or circuits, the observe will alternate with.
The 2026 calendar has not but been revealed. Final yr, the next season’s schedule was revealed in April – a lot sooner than in any earlier season. Learn extra: When Will The 2026 F1 Calendar Be Introduced?
Document Breaking Yr Continues For F1
The Emilia Romagna Grand Prix continues a robust run of attendance figures within the early season for Method 1 in 2025. The Imola race turns into the fourth-best attended race weekend of the yr to date, behind Australia (465,498), Miami (275,000) and Japan (266,000), all of which additionally posted greater figures this yr than in 2024.
The Chinese language and Bahrain Grands Prix additionally revealed greater figures than one yr beforehand, whereas attendance figures for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix haven’t but been introduced.
Of the 17 races remaining this season, the Canadian, British, United States and Mexico Metropolis races are more likely to get the very best spectator numbers. The British Grand Prix was the best-attended race final yr, with 480,000 in attendance over the four-day occasion.
