TV News: Weekend USA Motorsports TV Ratings
TV ratings from last weekend’s TV broadcasts in the USA for NASCAR at Darlington, IndyCar in Portland, Formula 1 at Monza, MotoGP in Barcelona.
TV Rating Analysis
NASCAR
The USA Network got 2.287 million viewers for the Southern 500 NASCAR Cup race at Darlington Sunday, down 2.31% from 2.341 million viewers in 2022. Only 18% of the viewers tuned in were in the 18-49 year old bracket and the number was down 12.87% from 2022.
Formula 1
ESPN got 1.047 viewers for the Italian GP at Monza Sunday, up 5.23% from 995K viewers in 2022 on ESPN2. 39% of the viewers tuned in were in the all-important 18-49 age bracket, double that of NASCAR and IndyCar.
Sunday’s #F1 #ItalianGP from Monza drew the race’s largest U.S. TV audience on record
- Avg. of 1.05M viewers (peak 1.18M), up 5% from ’22 (995K)
- Most-viewed telecast on cable in P18-49 demo in timeslot
IndyCar
NBC got 953,000 viewers for the GP of Portland Sunday, down 2.66% from 979,000 viewers in 2022, also on NBC. Only 20% of the viewers tuned in were in the 18-49 year old bracket and the number was down 9.13% from 2022.
TV Rating Data
| Network | Event | Location | Total Viewers |
18-49 Viewers |
Ratio: 18-49 Yr Old/ Total Viewers |
2023 Rating |
2022 Rating |
Rating % Chg. |
2022 Network |
2022 Viewers |
2022 18-49 Viewers |
Total Viewers % Chg |
18-49 Viewers % Chg |
| USA | NASCAR Cup race | Darlington | 2,287,000 | 413,000 | 18% | 1.20 | 1.37 | -12.41% | USA | 2,341,000 | 474,000 | -2.31% | -12.87% |
| ESPN | Italian GP | Monza | 1,047,000 | 412,000 | 39% | 0.54 | 0.57 | -5.26% | ESPN2 | 995,000 | 407,000 | +5.23% | +1.23% |
| NBC | IndyCar Race | Portland | 953,000 | 189,000 | 20% | 0.60 | 0.61 | -1.64% | NBC | 979,000 | 208,000 | -2.66% | -9.13% |
| USA | NASCAR Xfinity race | Darlington | 751,000 | 103,000 | 14% | 0.50 | 0.43 | 16.28% | USA | 719,000 | 142,000 | +4.45% | -27.46% |
| FOX | NHRA Finals | Indianapolis | TBD – Monday Race, No Data | 0.59 | -100.00% | FOX | 840,000 | 167,000 | TBD | TBD | |||
| NBC | MotoGP Race | Barcelona | 567,000 | 152,000 | 27% | 0.30 | 0.28 | 7.14% | NBC | 433,000 | 118,000 | 30.95% | 28.81% |