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It’s Friday, which means so much happens during the week that we surely didn’t talk about it all. Here are the best threads, stories, podcasts, and videos over the past seven days that I’ve seen. Additionally, you’ll get to the Sprint Qualifier section at the bottom that has a mix of headlines and stories from all over the world of sports and business.

And as always, feel free to tweet with me and send me your best.

Here’s a little something to think about: UK based F1 personnel will spend 43 hrs flying 33,428 km to complete the upcoming triple-header

Pole Position

Liberty Media had their Q3 earnings call this week and the future is looking bright. Formula 1 saw an increase YoY of 10% in revenue to $668 million.

One of the most fascinating takeaways from the call was that of the 400,000 attendees in Austin for the USGP, 70% were first-time GP attendees 🤯

Vincenzo Landino @vincenzolandino

💰 Liberty Media and Formula 1 had their Q3 earnings call yesterday with Liberty seeing a 9% YoY with Q3 revenue of $2.20 billion. Formula 1 saw its revenues jump 10% o20 to $668 million. 🧵

November 4th 2021

4 Retweets24 Likes

Content of the Week [VIDEO]

Runner up:

Williams Racing @WilliamsRacing

How NOT to open a Piñata 😆 A short story by @NicholasLatifi & @GeorgeRussell63 🤣

November 5th 2021

365 Retweets5,068 Likes

Danny Ric on the Ellen Show

Ellen DeGeneres @TheEllenShow

I didn’t know how much I loved Formula One until I started watching #DrivetoSurvive, now I can’t get enough of it or of @danielricciardo.

November 3rd 2021

1,174 Retweets12,189 Likes

Drive to Survive Accolades

Broadcast Sport @broadcast_sport

Next, we have Sport Documentary of the Year (Series), and the award goes to – Formula 1: Drive to Survive (@F1), @BoxToBoxFilms for @netflix #BroadcastSportAwards

November 3rd 2021

23 Retweets156 Likes

Question of the Week

Vincenzo Landino @vincenzolandino

Question to those that watched Drive to Survive on Netflix and now watch, or have watched, F1 races: Is Formula 1 like you expected it to be based on what you’d seen on Netflix?

November 2nd 2021

13 Retweets75 Likes

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