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Mar 2024
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Pulling Back the F1 Curtain with WSJ Jou...

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What does Toto really think about Abu Dhabi 2021? What was Drive To Survive's magic sauce? What strange memorabilia does Bernie Ecclestone have in his Switzerland chalet? What actually happened with Spygate? And where is F1 heading? Josh Robinson and Jon Clegg, The Wall Street Journal's European sports correspondent, and senior sports editor, respectively, answer all those questions and more as we sit down to discuss their new book The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport.

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