McLaren boss, and so-called sponsorship guru, Zak Brown insists that, despite the financial crisis, F1 has 'never been stronger'. The American's comment comes at a time we are told that new sponsors and race promoters are queuing at the door, and while Michael Andretti's pleas to enter F1 may be falling on deaf ears, the door is wide open for Porsche and Audi. The boom is largely the result of the success of the Netflix series, Drive to Survive, a 'documentary' that appears to give unique insight into the personalities that run the teams and drive the cars. Indeed, such is the success of the series that Apple is to make an F1-related movie involving Brad Pitt and Lewis Hamilton, who is...
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