Lando Norris of Great Britain driving the (4) McLaren MCL39 Mercedes leads Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Italy driving the (12) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team W16 George Russell of Great Britain driving the (63) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team W16 and the rest of the field at the restart during the Sprint ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Brazil at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace on November 08, 2025 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Mark Thompson/Getty Images)
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ESPN2 drew an average of 784,000 TV viewers for Sunday’s Sao Paulo GP Formula 1 race at Interlagos in Brazil. The number of TV viewers was negatively impacted by the fact that ESPN and Google are in a dispute and there are no ESPN channels currently on YouTube TV. Hence this was the first F1 race in a long time that was not an event record.

The race peaked at 12:15pm-12:30pm at 938,000 viewers.

Last year’s race was weather-affected and was split between ESPNU and ESPN2 so there’s no true year-over-year comparison. The 2023 race averaged 909K viewers on ESPN2.

Through 21 races, the 2025 F1 season is averaging 1.3M total viewers and 492K P18-49, up +17% over 2024.

The race was won by McLaren’s Lando Norris.