According to the network, ESPN2’s telecast of the British Grand Prix averaged 1.5 million viewers, a 19% gain over last year’s telecast and the largest audience ever for the race on U.S. television. That viewership peaked at 1.8 million right around the time Norris took the checkered flag.

Fans, drivers and celebrities at the British Grand Prix faced a chaotic race when downpours hit Silverstone on Sunday. In front of record crowds of 168,000 people on Sunday and 500,000 over the weekend, Lando Norris claimed victory for Mclaren.

F1 has launched another project with Lego - this time redesigning the iconic British Grand Prix winners' trophies in Lego bricks