Liberty Media chief Greg Maffei said at an investor event that Max Verstappen’s consistent wins aren’t entirely positive for interest in Formula 1, but admitted he couldn’t help it…
Greg Maffei: “The battle in the middle group of teams this year is very interesting, according to the overtaking statistics there are more than before. The only problem is that Max Verstappen is having an incredible, record-breaking season. Stefano Domenicali tries to attract attention by inviting everyone to witness this historic event, because no one has seen such a success before. Let’s see if this works.
We have a very attractive and very competitive product, aside from Max being so fast. If you don’t break his leg like Tonya Harding [американская фигуристка, замешанная в истории с нападением на соперницу]I don’t think we can do anything about it.
Max is a phenomenon. He flawlessly controls the fastest car on the most difficult tracks. It is awesome.
It’s not just about the TV audience. Everything is much more complicated. We have made great strides this year. If you look at the increase in social media views in addition to television, it will be in the triple digits, so I’m sure the popularity is growing.”
Source: F1 News
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