Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: belief
2 Mar 2026 Acquired Formula 1
“Of course, what we're getting at is they end up with, I think, the most impactful piece of sports media in history.”
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Everything needed to verify it.
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 2 Mar 2026
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Formula 1
Transcript context
…I think you're right that the initial thing was, oh, yeah, people like racing, and this is visually compelling. That was actually wrong. That is not the correct thesis, but it is the place to start. Yep. Of course, what we're getting at is they end up with, I think, the most impactful piece of sports media in history. Ever across an e-sport, absolutely. And that is Netflix's Drive to Survive. All right, so they go to Netflix, these clever F1 guys. And they say, hey, I think you should do a series. And the initial idea, David, like you're saying, is race cars are cool, visually compelling, people like racing.…
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