ABC’s dwell telecast of Sunday’s System 1 United States Grand Prix from Circuit of The Americas attracted the most important U.S. tv viewers on document for the occasion as a median of 1.5 million viewers tuned in for the race-only portion of the telecast. The viewers was up 14 % over final yr’s race viewership, primarily based on Nielsen Large Knowledge + Panel knowledge.
The viewers marked the twelfth occasion viewership document set this season in 19 F1 races, with all however two of the 19 experiencing year-over-year viewers development. Viewership peaked at 1.6 million between 4:15-4:30 p.m. as Max Verstappen drove to victory, additional tightening up the battle for the F1 driver’s championship with solely 5 races left within the season.
The race telecast, which ran from 3-4:45pm ET, additionally attracted 539,000 common viewers within the ages 18-49 demographic, a rise of 10 % over final yr’s race.
All however two races this season (Miami, Singapore) have seen year-over-year viewership will increase and 12 of the 19 (Australia, China, Monaco, Spain, Canada, Austria, Nice Britain, Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy, Azerbaijan, USGP) scored occasion document audiences.
Throughout ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, F1 races are averaging 1.3 million viewers, forward of the all-time U.S. tv document common of 1.21 million that was set in 2022.
F1 has one other probability at massive numbers on a free-to-air broadcast community this weekend with the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix on Sunday, Oct. 26, on ABC, which begins at 3:55 p.m. ET.
