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F1 Free Friday Rundown

Welcome to the Free edition of Business of Speed.

In case you missed it:

• 🦈 What JAWS, The Oscars, and the NFL can teach us about F1’s 75th season launch

• 🎲 The Vegas Effect

• 💂 The Calculated Dismantling of Racing’s Old Guard

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Tracking Tech in F1

Adding this tracker to the Friday roundups. The goal is to track different sponsorship sectors against FWONK 0.00%↑ to look at overall health of the companies involved in sponsoring and powering Formula 1.

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News this Week

• F1 confirms plans for 75th Season launch party at The O2 London

• Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei to step down at year end

• F1 to continue racing in Monaco through 2031 with new deal

• Dan Fallows steps down as Aston Martin F1 technical director

• Alpine to switch to Mercedes engines from 2026

• KitKat to become official chocolate sponsor of F1

• Ferrari signs multi-year deal with Chivas Regal

• Paramount Pictures joins forces with Ferrari to promote Gladiator II

• Aston Martin F1 Team has high hopes for improved facilities

• Rotational F1 races coming "very, very soon" according to F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali

• The Formula 1 Commission has announced decisions from their latest meeting

• Audi could sell a minority stake of Sauber to the Qatari sovereign wealth fund

• The FIA has visited the Red Bull factory to investigate the bib adjustment device, and has cleared the team

• F1 Arcade will open a location in Denver in 2025

• Liberty Media will split their Formula 1 and MotoGP holdings from their Live Nation holdings

• Joey Logano won his 3rd NASCAR Cup Series title

• Primary F1 revenue decreased in the third quarter due to lower media rights and sponsorship revenue as a results of one fewer race

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