TV News: USA Motorsports Weekend TV Ratings/TV Viewership (Update)

Below, please find a detailed overview of this weekend’s NASCAR viewership.

1. NASCAR Cup Series: The event at Texas earned a 1.38 household rating on FS1, with an average of 2.6 million viewers tuned in per minute, up +7% over 2024 NCS Dover (race #11 in 2024) and up +9% over 2024 NCS Texas which ran as race #9 in mid-April last year

• This is also the most-watched points race at Texas since 2020 when it was run in July on NBCSN (2.7 million)
• NASCAR ranked as the #2 sport on cable over the weekend behind the NBA Playoffs and delivered the #1 sports telecast across FOX Sports this week (including FOX broadcast network). It faced even more competition in a crowded sports landscape, including going head-to-head with Scottie Scheffler’s record-setting performance in the Byron Nelson Classic and airing on a weekend that included the Kentucky Derby and NHL Playoffs.
• At peak, 3.2 million viewers were tuned in

2. NASCAR Xfinity Series: the event earned a 0.56 household rating on The CW with an average of 1.0 million viewers tuned in per minute

• No direct YOY comparison; Last year race #12 was Charlotte on FOX (1.2 million)
• Viewership in 2025 was up +25% over 2024 NXS Texas which aired as race #8 in mid-April on FS1 (803,000 viewers)
• This marks the 12th consecutive week NXS has averaged over 1+ million viewers per race (the longest season-opening streak since 2017) and is the most-watched telecast of the week on The CW
• At peak, 1.3 million viewers were tuned in

3. NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: the event earned a 0.22 household rating on FS1, with an average of 401,000 viewers tuned in. At peak, 474,000 viewers were tuned in

4. Formula 1 (Miami GP): the event in Miami earned a 1.11 household rating on ABC with an average of 2.2 million viewers tuned in per minute (Race only). It was the 3rd largest live F1 race audience ever on USA TV

1. • 786,000 viewers in the all-important 18-49 age group tuned in, dwarfing NASCAR
   • Viewership for the race telecast was down -32% YOY, but it is important to note that the 2024 F1 race had an NBA Playoff Game 7 as lead-in, which carried 3.9 million viewers into F1 coverage just prior to the start of the race
   • The 2025 race did not have a sports event lead-in and carried 538,000 viewers into pre-race commentary at 2:30PM
   • The 2025 race aired significantly more pre-race coverage than 2024. The complete 2025 telecast window (including any pre and post-race commentary) was nearly 90 minutes longer than 2024
   • When compared to the 2023 race, which also had no live sports lead-in and a duration similar to 2025, this year was down -3%

5. Formula 1 Sprint Race (Miami): Saturday’s Formula 1 Sprint Race on ESPN averaged 1.1M viewers (412K P18-49).

6. IndyCar (Barber): Sunday’s IndyCar race on FOX averaged a 0.50 household rating with 914,000 viewers per minute, up +20% over this event last year which aired on NBC opposite NCS Dover

7. Weekend Motorsports, ranked by audience size:

1. 1. NCS (Texas): 2.560 million viewers on FS1
   2. Formula 1 (Miami GP): 2.2 million viewers on ABC (2.4 million peak, Excluding Pre-Race)
   3. Formula 1 Sprint Race (Sat. Miami) 1.1 million viewers on ESPN with 412K (P18-49)
   4. NXS (Texas): 1.002 million viewers on The CW
   5. IndyCar (Barber): 914,000 viewers on FOX
   6. Formula E (Monaco): 765,000 viewers on CBS
   7. Formula 1 Qualifying (Sat. Miami) 756,000 on ESPN
   8. Supercross (Denver): 423,000 viewers on NBC
   9. NCTS (Texas): 401,000 viewers on FS1

TV Viewership numbers for this past weekend in the USA.  NASCAR raced in Texas, Formula 1 raced in Miami and IndyCar raced in Alabama.

NASCAR
FS1 got 2.560 million viewers for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas, up 10.8% from 2.310 million last year

Formula 1
ABC Network got 2.1 million viewers for Sunday’s F1 grand prix at Miami, excluding pre-race coverage, down 32% from 3.1 million last year though that event had an NBA Game 7 lead-in and this year’s race was head-to-head with the NASCAR race in Texas.