Big viewership for F1
The Associated Press – November 21, 2023 / 4:40 p.m | History: 458578
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According to ESPN, Formula One’s return to Las Vegas attracted the series’ largest viewership since June, despite starting in the middle of the night for East Coast viewers.
The race, which began at 1 a.m. Eastern time, drew 1.3 million viewers, one of the series’ largest viewership numbers this season, ESPN said.
The show, which ran until just after 3 a.m., averaged 1.3 million viewers. That’s the third-largest F1 audience of the season on cable and the sixth-largest overall on ESPN platforms this season.
The Las Vegas Grand Prix, held in Sin City for the first time since 1982, was the most-watched F1 race since the Canadian Grand Prix in June on ABC (1.76 million) and the most-watched telecast after 11 p.m. Eastern Time at all on cable on Saturday evenings and during the night hours. Viewership of the race peaked at 1.5 million between 1:15 and 1:30 a.m. EST.
The 2023 season saw three of the four largest live F1 viewers in history on US television: 1.96 million in Miami, 1.79 million in Monaco and 1.76 million in Canada.
Max Verstappen won his 18th victory in 21 races this season in Las Vegas.
The F1 season ends with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday November 26th.
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