Record crowd prompts Australian GP seating rethink

The 2022 Australian GP drew what was a record crowd of the Melbourne era with a four-day attendance of 419,114.

That eclipsed the previous four-day record of 401,000 set in 1996, the year the AGP moved from Adelaide to Melbourne.

In response to the record, the Australian Grand Prix Corporation has announced that grandstand capacity has been bolstered for 2023.

Thanks to a redesign of the grandstand areas the seated capacity will increase from 39,000 to 44,000…