I so don't get it. I have to assume they are somehow acknowledging/thanking the fans with this type of display(as i often see them do as the winner of a race).

http://www.cityguiderotterdam.com/events/festivals/city-racing-rotterdam/

It's a free demonstration event rather than an actual race, but the whole point is watching the cars (including F1 cars) and plenty of tyre smoke. It costs €77,50 (for adults, or €47,50 for children) to sit in one of the grandstands, but there is a free section as well.

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I somehow have great doubts about 600k spectators.. For one square meter of space per spectator, that would mean 2,4 sq km of area needed to host them all... From the information i got, they had 10 grandstands, 60 000 per grandstand means ten stadiums.

Rotterdam has a population of 610,386 (2011). That means every child, adult and elderly had to be there.

Take one zero off and maybe, maybe you have that many actual unique spectators.

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