Valtteri Bottas thinks Liberty Media have done a “great job” in energising grand prix weekends – which, to him, now feel more like an event than a race. Formula 1 is on its highest plateau for a long time, not least because of a 2021 season which, whatever your allegiance, was unforgettable in so many ways and almost seemed like sitting through a nine-month movie rather than watching a sporting competition. But beyond the limits of the circuit too, there is a fresh vibrancy being generated by the growing fascination in F1 among a broader demographic – helped, of course, by Netflix docuseries ‘Drive to Survive’. In addition, the emergence from the pandemic, after most of the...
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