1.1 million viewers, the largest audience ever for the event on U.S. television, tuned into Sunday's broadcast of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

ESPN proudly boasts that its Formula 1 race viewership continues on pace for a season record audience as Sunday's audience was up from the event's previous record of 970,000 set in 2021.

Last year's race, which was the first time the race was run in September after having previously been held earlier in the season, averaged 865,000 viewers.

The race also averaged 420,000 viewers in the 18-49 demographic.

Of the 17 F1 races held so far this season, all but one (Miami) have seen year-over-year viewership increases and 11 of the 17 (Australia, China, Monaco, Spain, Canada, Austria, Great Britain, Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy, Azerbaijan) scored event record audiences.

Across ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, F1 races are averaging 1.4 million viewers, ahead of the all-time U.S. television record average of 1.21 million that was set in 2022.

Of course, many of those 1.1 million will have tuned in following the drama and chaos that was qualifying, whereas the race was effectively over after just 5 corners, much of the rest afternoon being a series of DRS trains, with only the prospect of a red-flag or a successful undercut - in a one stop event - livening up what proved to be a processional event.

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1. Posted by KKK, 2 hours ago

"I wouldnt know where they get these figures from. Baku was a bore-fest. I switched off after 5 laps. Its become a procession. Ive said it before but there is more overtaking in Scalectrix Toy"

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2. Posted by Mad Matt, 2 hours ago

"I'm not sure why this matters given that I believe over 60 million viewers from other countries "tuned in". Why the emphasis on just the US? In terms of growth compared to last year I believe Japan, Poland and Canada saw larger rises in percentage terms than the US."

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3. Posted by Obsidian, 3 hours ago

"Impressive when considering that the race started at 4 AM Pacific time. Reminded me of the old days when most races started at 4:30 AM. 🤣"

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