{"id":2014,"date":"2022-02-05T02:02:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motorracingsports.com\/?p=2014"},"modified":"2022-02-05T02:09:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:09:08","slug":"what-are-the-most-popular-motorsports-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motorracingsports.com\/what-are-the-most-popular-motorsports-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are The Most Popular Motorsports In The World?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Almost from the very moment mankind discovered how to build moving automobiles, we started trying to race them. The earliest days of motorsports go back to 1894 when the first organized competition was arranged over a 50-mile course between Paris and Rouen. Motorsport has grown since then of course, hundreds all around the world, but which are the most popular<\/strong> motorsports?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Formula 1 is currently the most popular motor sport with viewers around 87 million per race in 2020. NASCAR, predominantly an American Audience, has 2-12 million viewers per race, MotoGP claims 30 million views per season and IndyCar just recorded its most watched season with an average of 630,000 viewers per race.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Those first racers only averaged speeds of around 10.2-mph, but it was only a year later that drivers were taking part in what is understood as the first \u2018true\u2019 motor race from Paris to Bordeaux<\/strong>\u2026and back again! From just 50 miles in 1894 to 730 miles in 1985! <\/p>\n\n\n\n It was only 2 years later in 1897 that the first auto racing venue was opened in Nice, France. From that point it started to spread around the world and become on of the most popular sports in the world. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n So what does the world of motorsports look like today? The formation of the Federation Internationale de l\u2019Automobile (FIA) in 1904 was the beginning of the process to formalize and standardize motorsports. Obviously there are countless types of motorsports that go on around the world, but the FIA has formally recognized and organized World Championships in 11 different events over the years<\/strong>, 7 of which are still active today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Table 1: FIA Active World Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Motorsports Today<\/h2>\n\n\n\n