MotoGP has clar𒁏ified an incorrect announcement about the attendance of the weekend’s Jerez round.

It was initially announced 🎶that the Spanish MotoGP welcomed almost 300,000 fans, which would have been an allꦐ-time record attendance for the sport.

But it has now been corrected that only 181,289 fans a♈ttended acros꧃s the three days.

A statement read: “At the 2024 Spanish GP, MotoGP published news that the event had become the best-attended Grand Prix ever, beatinℱg the previous attendance🎃 record.

“There was a miscalculation in attendance numbers and in our eagerness to celebrat🐟e the atmosphere at 👍the event, we published incorrect figures just ahead of the MotoGP race.

“We apologise for our mistake.

“The correct weeꦆkend attendance figure for the event is 181,289, which is not a new record but does make it the best attended Grand Prix at Jerez for nearly a decade, continuing the positive trend of audience and attendance figures the sport is cu꧃rrently enjoying.

“Th൲e 2024 Spanish GP will also be on Best Of playlists for many years to come after an all-time classic clash of the tiꦜtans.

“We hope everyone who 🧜attended, and watched around the world, enjoyed the incredible race weekend in Andalucia.

“MotoGP heads for Le Mans next, which now retains the record as host to the best attended event in MotoGP history thanks to the 278,805 p🐠eople who attended the 2023 French Grand Prix.”

Dan Rossomondo, MotoGP’s chief commercial officer, added: “I am sorry we made a hash of this. Especi♛ally sorry because it was a special few days.”