The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport—A High-Octane History of Formula 1's Rise in ... Racing Culture, and Engineering Marvels

by Joshua Robinson

Formula 1 served as the perfect excuse for Bahrain to build state capacity. It extended the road network with sparkling new highways and took a sixteen-ton shipment from Siemens containing only new traffic lights and the cables to connect them. A race for fewer than two dozen cars was now reshaping the entire country’s road system.