TV Rating News: Weekend USA Motorsports TV Ratings

TV ratings from last weekend’s TV broadcasts in the USA for NASCAR at Darlington, IndyCar in Portland, Formula 1 at Monza, MotoGP in Barcelona.

TV Rating Analysis

NASCAR

The USA Network got 2.287 million viewers for the Southern 500 NASCAR Cup race at Darlington Sunday, down 2.31% from 2.341 million viewers in 2022. Only 18% of the viewers tuned in were in the 18-49 year old bracket and the number was down 12.87% from 2022.

Formula 1

ESPN got 1.047 viewers for the Italian GP at Monza Sunday, up 5.23% from 995K viewers in 2022 on ESPN2. 39% of the viewers tuned in were in the all-important 18-49 age bracket, double that of NASCAR and IndyCar.

Sunday’s #F1 #ItalianGP from Monza drew the race’s largest U.S. TV audience on record

Avg. of 1.05M viewers (peak 1.18M), up 5% from ’22 (995K)
Most-viewed telecast on cable in P18-49 demo in timeslot

IndyCar

NBC got 953,000 viewers for the GP of Portland Sunday, down 2.66% from 979,000 viewers in 2022, also on NBC. Only 20% of the viewers tuned in were in the 18-49 year old bracket and the number was down 9.13% from 2022.

TV Rating Data

Network	Event	Location	Total Viewers	18-49 Viewers	Ratio: 18-49 Yr Old/ Total Viewers	2023 Rating	2022 Rating	Rating % Chg.	2022 Network	2022 Viewers	2022 18-49 Viewers	Total Viewers % Chg	18-49 Viewers % Chg
USA	NASCAR Cup race	Darlington	2,287,000	413,000	18%	1.20	1.37	-12.41%	USA	2,341,000	474,000	-2.31%	-12.87%
ESPN	Italian GP	Monza	1,047,000	412,000	39%	0.54	0.57	-5.26%	ESPN2	995,000	407,000	+5.23%	+1.23%
NBC	IndyCar Race	Portland	953,000	189,000	20%	0.60	0.61	-1.64%	NBC	979,000	208,000	-2.66%	-9.13%
USA	NASCAR Xfinity race	Darlington	751,000	103,000	14%	0.50	0.43	16.28%	USA	719,000	142,000	+4.45%	-27.46%
FOX	NHRA Finals	Indianapolis	TBD – Monday Race, No Data				0.59	-100.00%	FOX	840,000	167,000	TBD	TBD
NBC	MotoGP Race	Barcelona	567,000	152,000	27%	0.30	0.28	7.14%	NBC	433,000	118,000	30.95%	28.81%