Global Gridlock: How 18 Minutes of F1 Qualifying Became the World’s Fastest Foreign Policy
Saturday afternoon, planet Earth: while half the globe is busy doom-scrolling about glaciers filing for early retirement, the other half is staring at a stopwatch that decides which millionaire gets to start Sunday’s Formula 1 race a few meters closer to immortality. F1 qualifying—three micro-acts of high-octane theater—is the planet’s most expensive game of musical…