Formula One

Promoters say sponsors like American Express are important in making events such as Formula One and British Summer Time Hyde Park possible.

That’s despite accusations of “games washing,” the notion that the kingdom is promoting esports — just as it bankrolled golf, tennis, boxing, wrestling and Formula One racing — to distract from its record of domestic repression, especially the 2018 killing and dismemberment of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist and insider-turned-critic of the crown prince.

“My bedroom walls were covered with pictures of Formula One cars and all kinds of racing.”

Next year it will provide support for Honda’s effort to supply Formula One engines to Aston Martin.

There were notable differences between how the race was covered, compared to how Formula One Management TV produced the other 23 races.