News Details

Marko blames F1 for smaller Austria GP crowd

Red Bull is struggling to fill the grandstands ahead of its second race as a formula one race promoter. Last year, the energy drink company achieved a full house of 95,000 spectators for race day at the Austrian grand prix. But the local news agency APA says only 60-70,000 spectators are expected at the Red Bull Ring next weekend. Red Bull official Dr Helmut Marko is in no doubt as to the reason. "It is the overall situation in formula one (to blame)," he said in Canada. "We have this incredible dominance of Mercedes which has taken away the tension." Marko said the current generation of cars is also not "spectacular" or "loud" enough, with F1...
Full Story »
10y ago from GrandPrix.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Marko blames state of F1 for lack of interest in...

Red Bull is struggling to fill the grandstands ahead of its second race...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Current F1 cars is not “spectacular” or “loud”...

Red Bull is struggling to fill the grandstands ahead of its second race...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

F1 Russian GP hit back bankrupt promoter reports

The Russian grand prix has hit back at reports that its promoter is...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Russia GP distance themselves from bankrupt promoter

Organisers of the Russian Grand Prix have gone out of their way to...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Why MotoGP hails 2025 season as a...

MotoGP promoter Dorna Sports has described the conclusion of the 2025...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Gregoire Munster confirmed for WRC Monte Carlo in...

The season opener marks a return to the event where Munster claimed his...

Romet Jürgenson to compete in opening three WRC2...

The rising Estonian talent is joined by co-driver Siim Oja and start...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'What a massive player he is for us' - Mikel Arteta...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was full of praise for Declan Rice after...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'That's true, yes': Transfer expert confirms Arsenal...

Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing the Borussia Dortmund...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Contact made: Berta leading talks as Arsenal prepare...

Arsenal are looking to improve the midfield unit with the signing of...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Everton 0-1 Arsenal: Gyokeres penalty sends Gunners...

Match report – Player ratings – Arteta reaction – Video...
5h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.