George Russell of Great Britain driving the (63) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team W15 and Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (1) Oracle Red Bull Racing RB20 lead the field into turn 1 at the start during the F1 Grand Prix of Qatar at Lusail International Circuit on December 01, 2024 in Lusail City, Qatar. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images) // Getty Images / Red Bull Content Pool

TV News: Weekend USA Motorsports TV Ratings

TV Rating Analysis: With the season winding down, the F1 Qatar GP Formula 1 race last Sunday on ESPN2 earned its largest audience on record, 990,000 average viewers, up 20.1% from 824,000 viewers last year on ESPN.

The broadcast peaked at 1.16 million viewers as they watched Max Verstappen take the other drivers to school on the Lusail International Circuit

F1 season average on ESPN platforms is even with 2023 average at 1.1M

Season finale Abu Dhabi GP airs Sunday 7:55a ET on ESPN2 and
ESPN+.

TV Rating Data

Network Event Location Total
Viewers
18-49
Viewers
Ratio:
18-49 Yr Old/
Total Viewers
2024
Rating
2023
Rating
Rating
% Chg.
2023
Network
2023
Viewers
2023
18-49
Viewers
Total
Viewers
% Chg
18-49
Viewers
% Chg
ESPN2 F1 Qatar GP Qatar 990,000 435,000 44% 0.54 0.45 -2.17% ESPN 824,000 336,000 +20.1% +29%
ESPN2 F1 Qatar GP Qualifying Qatar No data at this time 0.20 ESPN2 359,000 127,000