What to expect from the Sachsenring crowd?

Motor races are a melting pot of nationalities, cultures and backgrounds – though all with one thing in common. Everyone here loves motorsport. For much of the race, you won’t see the cars until they roar past you, and so most people are glued to the big screens that dot the circuit. It isn’t a constant atmosphere like you get at football grounds with no songs and nowhere near the expletives, but the buzz is fantastic.

Races on the Sachsenring are usually well attended and get the highest numbers regarding spectators of all the MotoGP events next to Spanish venues. Further, the support still seems to be going up, an increase of fans every year is noticeable. A unique thing here is that also the practice races attract a lot of fans and visitors. In total, there were over 210,000 people who watched the MotoGP race in 2016.