Ang Miami Grand Prix was seen by an average of 2.6 million viewers in the United States, an audience record for a F1 race live on U.S. television, Formula One said Wednesday.
It’s a winning bet: by offering a second race in the United States, in addition to Austin in October, F1 continues to grow in the Indycar and Nascar countries, according to records of American spectators who followed the success. ng Max Verstappen (Red Bull) on ABC.
Saturday’s qualifier on ESPN garnered an average of 953,000 viewers, while free practice on Friday was watched by 398,000 viewers, the same records since F1 returned to ESPN in 2018, an F1 spokesman said.
Promoted by American group Liberty Media, which bought commercial rights to this sport in 2017, F1 has made the United States a priority market. In addition to Miami and Austin, Las Vegas will host its third Grand Prix from 2023covering the east, middle and west of the country.
After five races, the 2022 season has an average of 1.4 million spectators per race in the United States, 49% more than last season’s average of 949,000 spectators and 131% more than the 2020 average of 609,000. spectators.
The 2021 season has already set a new audience record in the US, where the former best average was in 1995 with 748,000 viewers.
In Europe, the Miami GP, broadcast at 9:30 pm Paris time, was watched by 8.8 million people (Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom combined), representing 36% increase compared to the 2021 United States Grand Prix.
Source: La Verdad
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