Kimi Antonelli’s World Championship triumph at the Mexico City Grand Prix, broadcast on Sky, sets new records

Formula 1 continues to draw huge audiences on Sky: Kimi Antonelli’s world championship triumph at the Mexico City Grand Prix set new records. The race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, broadcast live starting at 9 p.m. on Sky Sport F1, Sky Sport Uno, and Sky Sport 4K, was the channel’s most-watched race since 2022, with an average total audience of over 2,044,000 viewers and a reach of 3,148,000 unique viewers**—the highest ever for an F1 Grand Prix. The share* reached 11.2%, peaking at 15.3% on the final lap. The post-race show, featuring the podium ceremony and interviews, drew an average total audience* of 1,134,000 viewers and a 10.5% share*. It has been a record-breaking season for Sky, with viewership up 27% compared to last season.

The 10 p.m. delayed broadcast on TV8 also delivered excellent ratings, with over 1,735,000 average total viewers*, an 11.6% share*, and over 4,017,000 unique viewers.  The Mexico City race also posted excellent results on Sky Sport’s digital channels, with over 1 million unique users and 5.8 million page views on the Sky Sport website, in addition to 1.9 million video views. On Sky and NOW’s social media channels, coverage dedicated to Formula 1 generated a total of 51.9 million video views and over 5.2 million interactions. The Social Media Audience figure stands at 3.3 million.

You can relive the season’s most important moments and the decisive steps toward winning the title in “Kampione”, the Sky Sport special dedicated to the season that crowned the driver from Bologna as world champion, 73 years after Italy’s last triumph in the Drivers’ World Championship, won by Alberto Ascari. The special will air daily on Sky Sport F1 and will also be available to watch on demand.