“F1’s Getting Cooked”: Despite Chase Elliott’s Absence, NASCAR Establishes Supremacy Over F1 With Whopping 3.9 Million Head Count Leaving Fans Elated

Formula 1, which will see three races being organized in the United States of America in 2023, has tall claims of an exponentially growing audience in the land of Uncle Sam. However, recent statistical data comparing the three disciplines of races watched in the US has made it crystal clear which format still rules the hearts. Has the absence of the fan favorite, Hendrick Motorsports driver, Chase Elliott, from the race organized at Las Vegas taken a toll on viewership? Let’s find out.

Chase Elliott missed the NASCAR Cup Series at Las Vegas Motor Speedway due to the unfortunate snowboarding incident leading to a fracture. And while the No. 9 Chevrolet of Hendrick Motorsports was not being driven by Elliot America’s first love NASCAR still managed to gain more than double the audience from the new attraction on the block Formula 1. Josh Berry replaced Elliott and NASCAR still managed to snub Netflix’s Drive to Survive-backed Formula 1.

Adam Stern, a motor sporting reporter, took to Twitter to share the number of people who tuned in to watch which racing format on Sunday. While all the formats saw a unanimous dip, NASCAR topped the charts with a whopping 3.9 million people tuning while the numbers for F1 stood at 1.318 million and IndyCar roped in 1.189 million viewers to their respective sports.

Meanwhile, the fans of the sport have given their two cents on why the audiences in the U.S. prefer NASCAR over others.

Fans blame the “flat” nature of Formula 1 for picking NASCAR

The most exciting element about NASCAR, which has supposedly become the reason for its triumph, is unpredictability. While in a sport like F1, fans have stated that the race winner is decided in the “first five laps”. And since it seems like a Max Verstappen show, viewers would much rather watch a race where they already don’t know the winner. The boring and monotonous nature of the racing event that was born in Europe is probably why it still hasn’t been able to become one with the American audience.

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What do you think are the reasons for the overall dip in viewership amongst the American audience? That being said, what do you think is the reason for NASCAR still ruling the hearts in the lands of stars and stripes?