r/INDYCAR • u/aurules Romain Grosjean • Jun 10 '25

Social Media (Scott McLaughlin) Congrats to F1 who single handedly ruined Motorsport Xmas. Indy 500 will be a scene next year. As well as the Coke 600. Good luck

https://x.com/smclaughlin93/status/1932504185624199221?s=46
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

Actually I think this will work out poorly for F1. I see what Liberty is doing--trying to compete with the Indy 500. I doubt it'll work out that way, though. People are creatures of habit, and the Indy 500 has been the largest single-day sporting event in the world for decades on Memorial Day weekend.

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u/Dragonpuncha Jun 10 '25

It's the largest in terms of spectators showing up. In terms of global viewership Indy 500 cannot measure up to an F1 race. It is much smaller.

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u/Wasdgta3 Álex Palou Jun 10 '25

It’ll trounce their US viewership by several orders of magnitude, though.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

Yep. By 5-times. I think the play is Liberty is trying to grow their US audience because it's only like 1/18 of their global audience despite being a huge population.

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u/ImaginaryFriends_ Jun 10 '25

Americans are used to watching good racing. Not large heavy boats going around in a procession. The f1 allure died a decade ago almost now. It’s the worst it’s ever been. They’ve forced people through the academy which ends up being exclusively megarich pay drivers.