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Originally Posted by touring fan01
don't agree at all. BTCC has by far biggest audience in UK of any of those series apart from F1 of course. So it would be ridiculous for it to play second fiddle to much much less popular races.
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The highest figure I can find for BTCC is
44,000 (Brands Hatch 2015). Most seem to come in at a very respectable 30,000 for a weekend. 2016 WEC at Silverstone was
52,000.
TV is probably a different story, but given that more people attend WEC ELMS weekend (it is a double header), and WEC has to fit round major series world wide, it is significantly easier for BTCC to move their date - which is exactly what they have done. This will benefit both series, since Donington and Silverstone weren't a million miles apart and just stealing fans from each other that weekend.