From a press release issued by FGSport Group:

World Superbike is Number One on UK television


The Superbike World Championship round at Misano, San Marino dominated viewing figures for motorsport programming across the United Kingdom last week with an audience of more than 1.68-million viewers on the BBC. The broadcast also achieved a high share percentage of 14.5%.

What makes the viewing figures even more interesting is that fact that they were achieved during what was an extremely busy weekend of televised motorsport. Other televised events included the opening round of the MotoGP Championship in Welkom, South Africa, the New Zealand round of the World Rally Championship, as well as the Super Racing Weekend in Valencia, Spain.

FGSPORT is the Superbike World Championship rights holders and CEO, Paolo Flammini, said: “We are extremely happy to see the Championship consistently achieving this level of viewership in the UK market. We enjoy a very good relationship with the BBC and they always provide an excellent level of programming. I am certain that they too are delighted with the results our Championship is providing.”

This year’s viewing figures are slightly up on those achieved for same round of the Superbike World Championship last year which were 1.63-million with a share percentage of 12.3%.

The next round of the Championship takes place at Monza from 14 – 16 May, while two rounds of the Championship take place in the UK this year – one at Silverstone from 11 – 13 June and the other at Brands Hatch from 30 July – 1 August.

Rank, Title, Channel, Date, Day, Start, Duration, 000s, TVR(%), Share(%):

1. World Superbikes, BBC2, 18-Apr, Sunday, 14:25, 00:55:00, 1.686 (million), 3.05, 14.52

2. MotoGP, BBC1, 17-Apr, Saturday, 13:05, 00:05:00, 1,447 (million), 2.62, 19

3. World Superbikes, BBC2, 18-Apr, Sunday, 14:00, 00:25:00, 1,320 (million), 2.39, 11.35

4. MotoGP, BBC2, 18-Apr, Sunday, 12:45, 01:15:00, 1,153 (million), 2.09, 10.19

5. World Rally Champ, ITV1, 18-Apr, Sunday, 15:00, 01:00:00, 0.859 (million), 1.55, 6.97

6. Speed Sunday, ITV1, 18-Apr, Sunday, 14:00, 01:00:00, 0.727 (million), 1.32, 6.31

7. GT on 4, CH4, 17-Apr, Saturday, 7:30, 00:30:00, 0.146 (million), 0.27, 5.57

8. Brit Superbikes, Sky Spts 3, 12-Apr, Monday, 13:00, 03:30:00, 0.108 (million), 0.33, 2.02

9. Elite Speedway Lge, Sky Spts 3, 14-Apr, Wednesday, 19:30, 02:00:00, 0.058 (million), 0.17, 0.43

10. V8 Supercars, Five, 12-Apr, Monday, 1:25, 00:50:00, 0.053 (million), 0.1, 2.87

Note: All figures quoted are overnight ratings and have been supplied by the Broadcaster Audience Research Board (BARB).