Australian Grand Prix: Business is booming in F1, but scandals threaten to burst the bubble
Formula One revealed this morning that 124,113 people had come through the turnstiles simply to watch two practice sessions for the Australian Grand Prix — a record attendance.
Partly, it is the lure of the Australian contingent on the grid: Oscar Piastri and Daniel Ricciardo, not to mention adopted Aussie Valtteri Bottas, whose mullet-wearing, ute-driving antics have been causing a ripple this week.
But also it is the ongoing Drive to Survive effect and the
