Brands Hatch Expects 80,000 Fans
Brands Hatch officials are expecting 80,000 people to attend this weekend's inaugural A1 Grand Prix meeting after impressive advance ticket sales
The Kent circuit has already sold more tickets to the first race in the World Cup of Motorsport than it did for its round of the World Superbike Championship it held in August which attracted 75,000 spectators.
If 80,000 do turn up this weekend, it would double the number of spectators that watch the circuit's last big single-seater meeting, the 2003 Champ Car race on the Indy circuit.
Tickets will still be available for this weekend's meeting, however all grandstand tickets have sold out.
Motorsport Vision boss Jonathan Palmer said: "There is so much excitement about the series and to see 25 nations going head to head on Sunday will be an amazing spectacle. To see Robbie Kerr, the Team Great Britain driver, stand on top of the podium would be even more thrilling, and I know there will be a huge crowd here at Brands Hatch to cheer him on.
"Brands Hatch has a noble Grand Prix history, having hosted fifteen Formula One World Championship races from 1964 until the last F1 Grand Prix in 1986 - which I took part in! It is a great privilege for Grand Prix racing to return to Brands Hatch with the A1 World Cup of Motorsport."
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| Author | Tim Redmayne |
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