Most racing fans love MotoGP, but continue to complain and are bored about the fact that since the switch to the 800cc, most of the action happens in the first 4 or 5 laps and then it fizzles out to the usual processional race, with one rider riding away into the wild blue yonder.

Even if penultimate or last lap thrillers that keep you sitting on the edge of your couch have become a rarity, MotoGP is still ranked 7th as one of the most popular sports watched in 2010, according to Spanish magazine Pro Sport.

According to the statistics, the most watched sporting event in 2010 was the Champions League final between Barcelona and Manchester United, followed by 206 million viewers worldwide, while the F1 Bahrain GP had 115 million viewers.

The Italian GP at the Mugello garnered an audience of 72 million (Rossi seriously hurting himself for the first time in his career, probably helped the numbers) ahead of tennis playoff between Roger Federer and Andy Murray, the World Baseball Cup final between Japan and South Korea. Unbelievably MotoGP even gets more viewers than NBA, golf and Nascar, when we thought that motorcycle racing was much more a niche sport.

MotoGP has become the second largest motorsport in the world and according to the latest figures, MotoGP reaches 233 million households worldwide in 207 countries.

Source | motoworld.es

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