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Why Europe's in danger of losing its F1 offspring
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As Formula 1 is back in the spotlight thanks to the release of the fifth season of Netflix's successful series Drive to Survive, it is no accident that the F1 World Championship will start once again in Bahrain this year. The biggest car competition needs to adapt to geopolitical changes.
The recent death of French racing driver Jean-Pierre Jabouille, at the age of eighty years old, was both a sad occasion and a reminder of how much Formula 1 Grand Prix racing has changed over the last four decades.
Jabouille enjoyed some top-level success, winning two races, though he is perhaps best known for driving a Renault during the 1977 World Championship, the first time a turbo charged car had ever raced in F1.
This is an excerpt of an article written by Simon Chadwick, a professor at SKEMA.
