ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A survey of IndyCar fans showed that Romain Grosjean As the series’ most popular racer, Team Penske is the favorite and the Indianapolis 500 is the best lap on the schedule.
IndyCar said on Friday that it received 53,579 responses to the Global Fan Survey, conducted by Motorsport Network over a 21-day period in January to gauge fan opinion. on topics such as running products, where, and how IndyCar can reach a larger audience.
The survey was conducted in 11 languages and 147 countries. The results were analyzed by Nielsen Sports and presented in a 36-page report ahead of IndyCar’s season opening day on Sunday.
Grosjean, who switched from Formula One to IndyCar last season and was featured in Netflix’s popular “Drive to Survive” docuseries, has been listed in the top three of the world’s most fan-favorite racers. 32% of the survey. He has been followed by Pato O’Wardwho is the most loved by female fans.
Four-time Indianapolis 500 . winner Helio Castroneves ranked third overall, followed by Scott Dixon, Alexander Rossi, Josef Newgarden and Takuma Sato.
Team Penske is the fan favorite with 19.4%, followed by Andretti Autosport vs Arrow McLaren SP with 17%. Andretti is regularly included in the fan favorite three lists, while Europeans and fans aged 16-34 choose Arrow McLaren overwhelmingly.
The Indianapolis 500 has been listed as the favorite race on 30% of surveys, followed by Long Beach, Road America, Laguna Seca and St. Petersburg, the venue opened on Sunday. Young fans took part of the road course at Indianapolis and Circuit of the Americas in Texas.
Of those who responded to the survey, 56% were from the United States. Represented also by France, the United Kingdom, Japan and Canada, with 23% of the surveys coming from Europe.
