David Brown

And interestingly enough, it's not just brought in a lot of younger viewers, but the audience is diversified.

I'm really stunned by how many women watching F1 has grown.

Does it feel that way to you on your side of the microphone?

You know, I can remember I'm in Austin, Texas, and we have a big F1 track here.

But I can remember right around, I don't know, it must have been 2010 or so, maybe 2011.

It was a lot of talk and a little bit of excitement.

I was talking with friends and I was of the opinion that we'd never see it happen, that we'd never actually get an F1 track.

But then when it started to come together, began to hear a lot more people really, really excited and enthusiastic about it.

And I guess there have been several new tracks that sort of reflect this interest and that has sort of fueled the monster, hasn't it?

It has indeed.

We're talking with Alex Jakes.

And when we come back, we're going to be talking about the epic 2021 F1 season.

Norwegian!

I felt like I wasted 3.5 years for something that wasn't real.

Hey, welcome back to Business Wars.

We're talking with Alex Jakes, F1 TV commentator known far and wide.

Alex, you call the 2021 F1 season the gladiator season.

Can you set that up for us?

Why was it so epic?

Good Lord.