At the conclusion of the 2023 Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia, 182,912 people crowded the stands across three days of motorcycle racing. This compares against last year’s visitor number of 163,567 people across the same period.
“This number is an indication motorsports remains ever popular with Malaysians,” said SIC chief executive officer Shafriman Hanif. “Despite the long holiday weekend of Deepavali, motorcycle racing fans still made the effort to come to Sepang to watch their favourite racers,” he added.
Friday saw 21,364 die-hard fans braving the Friday afternoon traffic to watch the practice sessions while Qualifying and the Sprint Race on Saturday drew an attendance of 70,911 people. On Sunday, 90,637 Malaysian motorcycle racing fans filled the KI grandstand and the main grandstand area, with the Mall area drawing those looking for bargains on motorcycle gear and viewing the latest motorcycles.
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Capacity is 130k seats but Sunday race only filled 90k seats. Would have attracted more if they were able to avoid charging 25% tax on the tickets. Just 6% SST is enough. Such a turn off.
LOOKING AT THE TICKET PRICES IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS NO M40 or B40, but the kera jaan keeps giving money out…!!!