Record visit to Melbourne's GP: 349,000 Formula 1 fans in the morning!

Record visit to Melbourne's GP: 349,000 Formula 1 fans in the morning!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - A real Formula 1 fan is not for sleep! Yesterday, March 16, 2025, up to 349,000 spectators dared to start early at 5:00 a.m. in the Melbourne Grand Prix. According to APA-OTS Were 281,000 via ORF 1 live, which corresponds to an impressive market share of 61 percent. It should be emphasized that among the young spectators, the market share achieved sensational 92 percent and thus set up a range record for a World Cup start in Australia. The subsequent program "Formula 1 MotorHome" at 7:25 a.m. also achieved 192,000 spectators with a market share of 43 percent.

strong odds in a record month

This record is part of an impressive series of successes for the ORF in February 2025. How the ORF reported last month a market share of 39.7 percent, the highest range in eleven years. A total of 3.902 million viewers switched on, which corresponds to 51.7 percent of the TV population. ORF 1 collected the best February value since 2017 with a 14.4 percent market share in the target group of 12-year-olds and the elderly

Formula 1 not only caused excitement, but also belongs to a number of quota -strong programs that were highly in demand in February by the audience. The broadcasts of the Alpine Ski World Championships in Saalbach and the Nordic Ski-WMS as well as exciting fiction formats such as "Soko Donau" and "Totenfrau" contributed to the positive development. The top values show that the number of spectators has risen sharply on both linear television and stream and that the visual habits of the Austrians are still changing.