From the 2,333,000 million viewers registered in 2021 (in 2017 there were 3,600,000) to 1,612,000 in 2022: the drop in ratings related to the MotoGP in Italy in the first stage of Lusail was quite sensitive. Valentino Rossi’s retirement certainly influenced this descent, but Italy certainly has no shortage of valuable riders as evidenced by the trio of victories in all classes (Andrea Migno won in Moto3, Celestino Vietti in Moto2 and Enea Bastianini in MotoGP with Ducati) and this fact is still reflected in the ratings.
In 2021 on Sky Sport MotoGP come on Sky Sport One in total 1 million and 170 thousand spectators tuned in. In 2022, however, there were just 560 thousand. Data relating to the audience of TV8 instead they are quite consistent: in 2021 there were 1 million and 169 thousand following the race broadcast live on the free-to-air channel, in 2022 the figure records only 100 thousand fewer units, or 1 million and 52 thousand. The fact that the Italian drivers, however, are holding the flag high in the preparatory classes finds confirmation in the television audience. The Moto2 race was watched live on Sky by over 300,000 spectators, compared to less than 100,000 a year ago. Moto3, on the other hand, between direct and delayed, totaled 600 thousand spectators, triple compared to the 200 thousand in 2021. Obviously it is too early to draw conclusions from these first TV ratings relating to the 2022 World Championship, limiting oneself to these numbers one could hazard the conclusion that half a million Valentino Rossi fans no longer followed the MotoGP after the retirement of their favorite.
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