Race day tickets for 2024 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix sell out in record time

Tickets for next year’s Formula One Australian Grand Prix have sold out in record time after their release yesterday.

Suggesting that the Melbourne race could set a record for the third year in a row, ticket allocations for the Sunday Grandstand and Park Pass were exhausted within two hours after the official release via Ticketmaster Australia on Tuesday.

The 2023 edition saw an estimated attendance of 444,631 over the four days, eclipsing the previous record of 419,114 set in 2022. The total estimated attendances on both Friday and Saturday were the highest day two and day three numbers since the first Melbourne race in 1996.

The all-time Australian Grand Prix attendance record is still held by the 1995 race - the last to be held in Adelaide - which saw an estimated 520,000 fans turn up to the four-day event.

Advising that the allocations were sold out shortly after the final release went on sale at midday yesterday, a statement by the Australian Grand Prix Corporation (AGPC) revealed that more than 100,000 people pre-registered for early access to tickets for the race.

This made the race the biggest pre-registration for a sporting event nationally in Ticketmaster Australia’s history.

AGPC Chief Executive, Travis Auld explained that limited tickets for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday are still available, noting “the record-breaking number of pre-registrations and the rate of today’s sales demonstrate that fans are just as excited as us for next year’s F1 event in Melbourne.”