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F1 Miami Grand Prix Breaks Viewership, Attendance Records
Formulation One introduced the glitz and the glam to the inaugural Miami Grand Prix, and it appeared to repay, at the least by the record-breaking attendance and viewership numbers.
ESPN introduced that Sunday’s reside telecast recorded a mean of two.6 million U.S. viewers, the biggest viewers for a reside F1 race broadcast on American tv. It peaked at 2.9 million viewers from 4:45 p.m. and 5 p.m. ET., and for the age group 18-49, the race averaged 735,000 followers watching as Max Verstappen navigated his strategy to victory. The race aired from 3:30 p.m. to five:36 p.m. ET, and ABC’s full telecast (together with the 90-minute Grand Prix Sunday pre-race present) averaged 2.1 million viewers.
The earlier report for a reside race telecast was the 1995 Brazilian Grand Prix on ESPN, which attracted 1.744 million viewers within the U.S..
The curiosity within the inaugural Grand Prix was evident as the excitement continued to develop within the months and weeks main as much as the weekend. However the record-breaking numbers prolonged past simply tv viewers on race day.
For Saturday’s qualifying, 953,000 viewers tuned in, marking the very best qualifying viewership numbers for the reason that sport returned to ESPN in 2018. Moreover, Friday’s first follow introduced in 398,000 viewers, one other report since 2018.
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Laborious Rock Stadium noticed 242,955 followers come by over the three days with a report 85,280 on race day, per the race’s official Instagram web page.
The Miami Grand Prix, nevertheless, was not probably the most seen F1 telecast in historical past. In response to ESPN, that report continues to be held by ABC’s broadcast of the 2002 Monaco Grand Prix, which was proven the identical day however was a delayed presentation. It averaged 2.784 million viewers.
Formulation One is now headed to Barcelona for the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday, Could 22, airing at 9 a.m. ET. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc leads the driving force standings by a slim 19 factors over Pink Bull’s Verstappen.
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