Apr.5 (GMM) A record Friday crowd of 24,000 spectators attended the Sakhir circuit, organisers of the Bahrain grand prix have revealed.



The official figure is 2000 more than on the first day of practice last year.



The seated capacity of the circuit near the Bahraini capital, Manama, is 36,000.



"For a Friday this is the best ticket sale we have had so far in the past five years," the circuit's marketing and public relations manager Samer Al Shaikh said.