Miles was speaking at the announcement of the results of the 2022 Global Fan Survey that was commissioned by IndyCar, hosted by Motorsport Network, and analyzed by Nielsen Sports, in which one of the key findings was that fans voted Mexico’s Pato O’Ward as the series’ second-most popular driver, behind only Romain Grosjean.
O’Ward said last year, “I always tell everybody, ‘If we go back to Mexico, it’s going to be a sold-out event and it’s going to be awesome!’.
Miles was asked by a journalist from Mexico City about the strong appetite for an event there and what that might mean in future.
“There’s a lot of good news that this confirms for us,” said Miles of the Survey. “Our distribution outside the U.S. in terms of media partners and frankly our rights fees, which are up over 40 percent from last year to this, is other types of evidence that that audience is there. This is just confirmation.
“I think our strategy is that we’re going to continue to focus our…
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