The joy of the coming year's MotoGP event is ensuring a huge positive benefit on the race’s viewing figures as the British Grand Prix this prior weekend enjoying very large numbers.

Numbers issued have made for enjoyable reading, as the MotoGP event at Donington Park claimed record BBC spectator figures which reached at 2.9 million viewers, the UK’s worldly presentation reported a run of the mill viewing share of 23%.

The BBC’s reporting of Andrea Dovizioso’s first win, also viewed a sturdy performance from home town rider James Toseland with a sixth placing, gave in an average spectator viewing of 2.8m – this is a 50% increase on the BBC normal Grand Prix audience, plus an increase on the last favourite average audience documentation by a million viewers.

Over in Spain, world wide broadcasters TVE reported 2.34 million viewers tune in for Sunday’s event, allowing them a 22.9% audience part as MotoGP claimed more viewers in Spain than the last day of the Tour de France, victorious this year by Spaniard Alberto Contador, and the Hungarian Formula 1 race.

German television DSF, claimed an audience of 410,000 for the Donington Park race, an important increase on the 270,000 viewers who tuned in last year for the British Grand Prix in Germany.

In Italy, they recorded viewing figures for the recent MotoGP events as home town champion Valentino Rossi pushes forward in the championship, have also been welcomed.

Dovizioso’s excellent performance and Rossi’s vital fifth placing end (despite a mid-race smash), were viewed live by 4.03 million fans on Italia 1, while the visits to Mugello for Italy’s home event race and Rossi’s exciting victory at Catalunya earlier this season were enjoyed by 6.79 million and 5.98million viewers respectively.