F1’s American test drive

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New owners have given stodgy F1 an American makeover. Can the racing series and its photogenic stars finally crack the world's biggest sports market? By Austin CarrSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Formula 1 is one of the world's fastest-growing sports. The business was purchased by Liberty Media in 2016 for $4.4 billion. They are now doing nearly $3 billion in annual revenue alone, and Formula 1's stock price is 275% since the acquisition. But rather than talk about Libert ...  Show more

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We head to Montreal, host city of the Canadian F1 Grand Prix. It's the country's largest tourist event, with an estimated 345,000 fans attending in 2023.And the sport is growing in popularity, thanks in part to the Netflix series, Drive to Survive. So how valuable is a Grand Prix ...  Show more