Pablo de Villota, Head of Sports Sponsorship at PROA, writes an article for El Confidencial about the need to attract a young audience for F1 drivers and media return, which is forcing them into a dynamic that is also distorting the sporting side.
Drivers and fans loyal to tradition resist the new 'disruptive' ways of following the sport. Motor racing is no stranger to the revolution in the world of communication and entertainment. To a greater or lesser extent, all sports are experiencing a progressive disaffection on the part of the new generations and, in order to reverse this trend, promoters are striving to innovate with the most varied actions, which, in addition to a lot of controversy, do not seem to be producing positive results at the moment.