F1 vs NASCAR | Land of Liberty
5/27/202641 min
Formula One is under new management and pushing to finally break into America. But after decades of failure, it needs to remodel its approach while also facing off against NASCAR. They're racing to capture the next generation of motorsport fans.
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First 90 secondsDavid Brown· Host0:00
Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Business Wars ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app. [dramatic music] It's March 2017 in Melbourne, Australia, and the final preparations are underway for the opening race of the Formula One season. The buzz of a busy garage floats through the open windows of a sleek hospitality suite. Outside, mechanics in silver uniforms move around a Mercedes Formula One car with military precision. Inside, two men sit across from each other at a small table, the tone quieter but just as intense. A few months ago, US entertainment giant Liberty Media bought Formula One for more than four billion dollars. Now, it wants to usher in a new era for the sport. Sean Bratches is the Liberty executive charged with making it happen, but he can't do it alone. He needs the race teams to buy in as well. Today, he's here to sell his vision to one of Formula One's most powerful figures, the famously competitive Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff. Bratches leans forward. "The product on track is phenomenal, but the fan experience, we think it can be bigger."