TV News: Weekend USA Motorsports TV Ratings

TV viewership / TV Ratings for major motorsport events broadcast in the USA this past weekend.

NASCAR

FS1 got 2.054 million viewers for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Bristol, down 46% from last year’s spring race that drew 3.809 million viewers on Fox TV

Formula 1

ESPN2’s live telecast of the F1 Bahrain GP averaged 1.3 million viewers, up 18.% from from 1.1M for last year.

It was the third-largest audience on record for the event. Viewership peaked at 1.5M between 12:15-12:30p ET

All four F1 races so far this season have been up year-over-year.

IndyCar

Fox TV got just 552,000 viewers for Sunday’s Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach, up 80% from a embarrassing 307,000 for last year’s IndyCar race on USA Network

Summary – All Motorsports Broadcasts

1) NASCAR Cup Bristol (FS1): 2.054 million
2) F1 Bahrain (ESPN2): 1.277 million
3) NASCAR Xfinity Bristol (The CW): 1.001 million
4) IndyCar Long Beach (Fox): 552,000
5) NASCAR Trucks Bristol (FS1): 498,000
6) NHRA (FS1): 418,000
7) IMSA Long Beach (USA Network): 81,000