ESPN keen to ride wave of F1’s US growth ‘a lot longer’
ESPN gained the rights to broadcast F1 in the United States from the start of the 2018 season, taking over from NBC Sports.
Its tenure as the rights holder has coincided with a boom for F1 in the US, accelerated by the success of the Drive to Survive series on Netflix. October’s United States Grand Prix in Austin enjoyed a record crowd of 400,000 fans, while a second US race will …Keep reading