UPDATE The race was rebroadcast twice, not once on ESPNews – at 1 PM ET and 9 PM ET. These are prime viewing times and likely added 100 or 200 thousand additional viewers to ESPN's numbers, putting the total over 1/2-million USA viewers.
| Sunday, March 25 |
Location |
TV Times |
Network |
| Formula 1 – On the Grid |
Melbourne |
12:30am-1:00am |
ESPN2 |
| Formula 1 – Race |
Melbourne |
1:00am -3:00am (L), |
ESPN2 |
| Formula 1 – Race |
Melbourne |
11:00am -1:00am (R), |
ESPN2 |
| Formula 1 – Race |
Melbourne |
1:00pm -3:00pm (R), |
ESPNews |
| Formula 1 – Race |
Melbourne |
9:00pm -11:00pm (R), |
ESPNews |
03/27/18 ESPN2 drew a smaller live audience, but a larger replay audience to rack up a 7.9% increase in total viewers over 2017 for the Australian GP Sunday. The ESPN2 numbers are actually higher because there was another replay Sunday on ESPNews but that channel is not rated so we have no data. The lower live numbers on ESPN2 may have been impacted by their technical glitches that pissed off viewers who in turned switched off the TV.
| Network |
Day |
Live |
Replay |
Total Viewers |
| ESPN2 2018 |
Sun |
168,459 1am |
212,878 11am |
381,334 |
| NBCSN 2017 |
Sun |
237,903 1am |
115,363 |
353,266 |