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Originally Posted by 3798j
For such a good race, found this stat disappointing...The F1 race from Circuit of The Americas averaged an 0.51 rating/791,000 viewers, down from a 0.65/1.0m when the race aired on NBC last year. Meanwhile the NASCAR race that started an hour later pulled a 1.74 rating and 2.7 million viewers.
https://racer.com/2018/10/23/tv-rati...nascar-kansas/ |
That is pretty disappointing. Not sure if it had anything to do with it but sounds like quite a few people in the US did not get the live broadcast. I went to the race but setup the DVR before I left. The typical practice & qualifying was available but I could not find the live broadcast either - I recorded the evening replay on ESPN2. Decent amount of chatter about this on some forums more F1 related. Very strange.
I felt like the attendance might have been a little stronger during the weekend but I guess with the way they try to skew the numbers we will not really know.