Fast Money

THE GRIPPING INSIDE STORY OF THE UNSTOPPABLE RISE OF FORMULA ONE AND THE BUSINESS MODEL THAT DRIVES ITAs one of the world's most popular sports, and with races in far corners of the globe, Formula One is big business. Its drivers are among the world's most highly paid athletes, and it costs more than a billion pounds to keep its ten teams ticking over. This is a sport where money drives everything: the cars; the teams; the individual races. So, just how does the money in Formula One work? With unparalleled insight, expert motor journalists Christian Sylt and Caroline Reid trace the ever-growing coffers of the world's most watched sport. From a niche sport for the super-wealthy to a multI-billion-dollar behemoth, this is how Formula One got rich, and stayed that way.About the AuthorCaroline Reid and Christian Sylt have been writing about the Formula One industry for a combined total of nearly five decades and have contributed to many of the world's leading publications including the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times, Forbes, the Guardian, the Wall Street Journal and many more.Outside journalism, in 2007 they founded Formula Money – the only business information service dedicated to F1. It manages the world's largest search engine of F1 sponsorship values and has produced economic impact reports for around a third of the F1 race organisers.Caroline Reid and Christian Sylt have been writing about the Formula One industry for acombined total of nearly five decades and have contributed to many of the world's leading publications including the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph, the Financial Times, Forbes, the Guardian, the Wall Street Journal and many more.Outside journalism, in 2007 they founded Formula Money – the only business informationservice dedicated to F1. It manages the world's largest search engine of F1 sponsorship values and produces economic impact reports for around a third of the F1 race organisers.