Formula 1/USA: a record 1.96 million viewers for the Monaco Grand Prix on ABC

The Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, the eighth of the 2024 season, won by Monaco's Charles Leclerc (Scuderia Ferrari HP), drew an average of 1.96 million viewers, with a peak of 2.3 million on the free-TV channel ABC, owned by the ESPN Group (The Walt Disney Company), in the United States on Sunday 26/05/2024 (race start at 09:00 ET, 15:00 CET), according to data from the American Nielsen Institute released by ESPN on 29/05/2024.

This is the best audience ever for a Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix broadcast in the United States. It is up 48% on the 2023 edition, which drew 1.83 million viewers on ABC on Sunday 28/05/2023 (race start at 09:00 ET, 15:00 CET).

The best audience ever for a Formula 1 Grand Prix was reached by the 2024 Miami Grand Prix (USA), won by Great Britain's Lando Norris (McLaren Racing), which drew an average of 3.1 million viewers, with a peak of 3.6 million, on ABC on Sunday 05/05/2024 (race start at 16:00 ET, 22:00 CET), according to Nielsen.

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