Australian Grand Prix F1 pulls in 864,000 for race as ABC’s Doc Martin tops Sunday night
Ten’s broadcast of the Australia Grand Prix Formula One was a popular choice over the weekend, with the race, which aired from 4:00pm, pulling in 864,000 metro viewers.
Nico Rosberg won the 2016 Australian Grand Prix
The race was momentarily stopped after an accident which saw Fernando Alonso’s car flip repeatedly before crumbling to pieces and hitting a barrier at turn three of the Albert Park circuit after the Spaniard clipped the rear of Esteban Gutierrez of Haas Racing at full-speed while trying to pass him around the outside on lap 17 of 57.
The halt to the race saw the podium part of the broadcast take place just before 6:00pm, as opposed to the scheduled 5:35pm, with 709,000 metro viewers tuning in to see Nico Rosberg take out first place as Australian Daniel Ricciardo missed out on the podium, taking fourth place.
The post-race broadcast, airing from 6:10pm, was watched by 463,000 metro viewers. The podium was the most-watched show amongst 16-39 year olds and 25-54 year olds.
The most-watched program of Sunday evening was the ABC’s Doc Martin, which pulled in 1.111m from 7:30pm.
Nine’s 60 Minutes, airing from 7:00pm, grabbed 959,000 metro viewers while Seven’s Sunday Night was watched by 754,000.
Ten’s Scorpion, which aired on Ten from 6:32pm directly after the F1, pulled in 386,000, growing to 491,000 at 7.30pm for Modern Family.
A second episode of the US comedy at 8:00pm was watched by 550,000.
Seven’s Border Security: International, airing at 8:00pm, grabbed 612,000 metro viewers, while Nine’s The Mad World of Donald Trump had a metro audience of 821,000.
In the 8:30pm time slot, Ten’s The People v. OJ Simpson was watched by 438,000 – well down on last week’s audience of 605,000: however, it did out-rate Seven’s The Blacklist, which had an audience of 433,000.
Nine’s documentary Michael Jackson’s Journey from Motown to Off the Wall, airing from 9:00pm, pulled in 427,000.
In the news battleground, Nine News grabbed 1.067m, beating Seven News, which was watched by 1.04m.
Nine won the evening with an audience share of 21.9%, ahead of Seven’s 16.2%. The ABC claimed third place at 15.5%, with Ten fourth at 11%.
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