A report United States tv viewers for a Method 1 race tuned in to look at Lando Norris’ maiden victory within the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday.
ESPN has introduced that the race on ABC drew a mean of three.1 million viewers for the grand prix, with viewership peaking at 3.6 million. That race-only common was comfortably greater than the earlier report of two.6 million set by the inaugural Miami Grand Prix on the identical channel in 2022.
With final 12 months’s grand prix additionally attracting a 2.1 million common, Miami can boast the highest three stay US tv audiences for races in F1 historical past.
That may be a statistic helped not solely by the printed being on ABC, but additionally the timezone as the primary North American race of the 12 months – in comparison with Austin in October and the Las Vegas race happening late on a Saturday night time in November – and likewise an early slot within the calendar, when there’s better uncertainty across the championship final result.
Norris beat defending champion Max Verstappen to safe the primary F1 victory of his profession, ranging from fifth however transferring into the lead previous to a Security Automobile interval that allowed him to pit and keep forward of Verstappen, pulling away to win by over seven seconds.
As a Dash occasion for the primary time, Miami additionally set one other report with the 946,000 common that tuned in on ESPN for the Dash on Saturday lunchtime – received by Verstappen – marking the most important viewers for the shorter race for the reason that format was launched in 2021. The earlier report had been Azerbaijan final 12 months, when 883,000 watched.
The following spherical in Imola will likely be broadcast on ESPN2 as F1 returns to Europe, with lights out at 9am E.T on Sunday 19 Could.
