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US TV Audiences LOVED The Miami GP As It Breaks 27-Year-Old Record

US TV Audiences LOVED The Miami GP As It Breaks 27-Year-Old Record

It looks like the hype virtually the inaugural Miami GP wasn’t just embraced by those on the ground at the weekend! It turns out that the unconcentrated on Sunday gathered what was unquestionably the largest US regulars for a live F1 in race in DECADES ?

According to numbers presented by ESPN, the 2022 Miami Grand Prix was the most-watched live race telecast since – get this – the 1995 Brazilian Grand Prix!! 12 of the 20 drivers on the grid weren’t plane born when that race was unconcentrated ?

Coverage of this weekend’s race averaged 2.6 million viewers, peaking at 2.9 million.

It’s not the most-viewed F1 race in the US ever, though. That record still stands with the 2002 Monaco Grand Prix, which was unconcentrated on ABC with a wait rather than live as it followed the Indianapolis 500 telecast.

That Monaco race had an stereotype of 2.78 million viewers – so it was pretty close!

It’s certainly seriously impressive numbers