The Weekly Grapevine
Dieter Rencken examines Formula One's reducing spectator figures and television viewers, and wonders whether expanding the already crammed calendar yet further is really a wise move
More and more races, but who's watching them?
Discussions about saturation points in Formula One are becoming increasingly frequent, and all the more so in the wake of a German Grand Prix remarkable for its lack of spectators - to the degree that FIA president Max Mosley commented upon it in his recent interview with Jonathan Noble:
"All the grandstands going down to the Sachskurve were empty," remarked Mosley. "I am sure there were people who would have liked to have sat there, but they cannot afford it."
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