Drop of over 40%
The Japanese GP in terms of TV ratings recorded significant growth in Italy (+500 thousand viewers) compared to 2025 thanks to the Antonelli effect and a competitive Ferrari, but while Sky ‘celebrates’, the same certainly cannot be said for Canal+ in France and DAZN in Spain.
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The race held at the Suzuka circuit in France recorded only 404 thousand viewers compared to 705 thousand in 2025, recording a -43% drop in ratings, and the collapse is even more dizzying in Spain given that compared to the 124 thousand viewers in 2025, it fell to 63 thousand in this 2026, reporting a drastic -49%.
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Certainly the lack of competitiveness of Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz, ‘trapped’ by an Aston Martin and a Williams both disastrous in this start of 2026, affects and is a factor in the DAZN data in Spain, but that of Canal+ denotes an alarming and worrying trend regarding the approval rating of this F1 2026 that Liberty Media will have to take into consideration in any changes to the regulations that will begin to be discussed in the meeting scheduled in London on Thursday, April 9.
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