How data is fuelling F1’s media appeal

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Data and creativity

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Few outside the US had heard of Michael Buffer until last year's Formula 1 Grand Prix in Austin, Texas. Buffer is one of America's best-loved announcers, whose presentations from the boxing ring are synonymous with that sport. Now, he has also become a catalyst for what is set to be one of sport's most transformative data-inspired revolutions, namely bringing motor racing to new global audiences, turning casual fans into committed ones and reinvigorating passions of the most dedicated.

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