One in two Spaniards followed the Abu Dhabi GP on LaSexta

Con un 49.4% de share, el GP de Abu Dhabi (49,4%) convirtió a LaSexta en líder absoluta del mercado televisivo. La audiencia acumulada por LaSexta durante la retransmisión de la carrera de Abu Dhabi, en la que Sebastian Vettel se proclamó campeón del mundo, superó ampliamente los doce millones de espectadores (12.304.000). La cadena cierra la temporada de F1 con un crecimiento de 1,1 millones espectadores y 10 puntos más que en 2009.

The live broadcast of the last race of the Formula 1 World Championship, the Abu Dhabi GP, made LaSexta the absolute leader of the Spanish television market last Sunday, with a 49.4% screen share. This data placed the chain with an advantage of more than thirty-five points over the public regional group (13.8%), which was the public's second choice.

The Abu Dhabi GP was followed on LaSexta by an average of 7,436,000 viewers, which made it the third most watched Formula 1 race in the history of television in Spain. In the chapter of LaSexta's historical records, the Abu Dhabi broadcast has been the third most viewed broadcast on the network since the beginning of its broadcasts, and the most viewed Formula 1 Grand Prix in the history of laSexta.

By territory, the last Grand Prix of the season made LaSexta the most watched channel in Madrid (64.6%), the Canary Islands (61.9%), Castilla y León (59.1%), Galicia (58.9%), Aragón (58.2%), Murcia (57.2%), Euskadi (55.9%), the Balearic Islands (54.7%), Andalusia (53.3%), Valencia (48.8%), Castilla-La Mancha (46.7%), and Asturias (39.5%).

The golden minute of the Abu Dhabi race, which was also the most watched of the day on all networks, took place at 3:36 p.m., when 8,368,000 viewers were watching LaSexta, representing a 49.5% audience share.

The audience accumulated by LaSexta during the broadcast of the Abu Dhabi race, in which Sebastian Vettel was proclaimed world champion, far exceeded twelve million viewers (12,304,000).

The Abu Dhabi race ends a season that has closed with spectacular growth in the Formula 1 audience on the Spanish network. With two more grand prizes than in 2009, the championship ends with an average audience of 4,100,000 viewers and a spectacular 41% audience share. Compared to the previous World Cup (2,963,000 viewers and 31.1%), LaSexta has 1.1 million viewers and 10 more share points.