David Brown
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market during the pandemic.
and how it's gaining on NASCAR, especially with younger fans.
We'll also talk about the epic 2021 F1 season, the 2026 season, of course, and, oh yeah, we'll talk about Max Verstappen.
All that's coming up.
Alex Jakes, welcome to Business Wars.
Thank you so much for having me.
It's a real joy and honor.
What is it about F1 that makes you love it so much?
That nine-year-old watching the Grand Prix now as an adult, is that what it's all about?
How did you become the voice of F1 TV?
Did you start in go-karts, work your way up through F3, F2, F1 like rookie drivers?
Nearly, very nearly.
I was reading somewhere Nielsen Sports was saying Formula One now has something like 800 million, what is it, 800 million people in their global fan base?
I guess some of those are probably U.S.
fans, but I'm curious why you think it took so long for F1 to break into the U.S.
market to begin with.
Let's dig a little deeper into Eccleston here.
You think there's any sort of parallel between the hold he had on F1 and the France family's control of the NASCAR brand?