The Future of Motorsports

Hans Erik Næss is a Professor of Sport Management at Kristiania University College, Norway. His areas of expertise include sustainability, sport management, sport organisations, sport and politics, and social responsibility, and he is the author of several books on motorsports. Simon Chadwick is a Professor of Sport and Geopolitical Economy at Skema Business School, France. Chadwick’s work focuses on sport’s geopolitical economy. He has worked extensively with some of the most prominent people and organisations in the sport industry, including Formula E and several F1 drivers and teams.

1. Introduction: Motorsport in the 21st Century – Trends and Tendencies. Part I: The Motorsport Sector. 2. Formula 1 in the Gulf Region: The Fast and the Furious. 3. Governance Controversies and Financial Mismanagement in Motorsport. 4. When Institutional Capital Flows into Motorsport: From Leagues to Teams. 5. The Business of Motorsports in China: From Shanghai to Every Emerging City?. Part II: The Operating Environment. 6. Formula One and Environmental Sustainability: Changes, Shifts, and Future Challenges in Motorsport. 7. Cultural Traditions and Contemporary Pressures: The Path Ahead for the FIA World Rally Championship. 8. Motorsport Racing to Save the Planet: The Business Model of Extreme E. 9. Events on the Edge: Values of Motorcycle Racing, Its Past and Future at the Isle of Man. Part III: Social Responsibility. 10. The Prospect of Societal Duties in Motorsport: Racing for Humanity?. 11. Gendered Representations in Motorsports and the Case of the F1 Grid Girls: Looking Back, Looking Forward. 12. What Initiatives May Help Women in Motorsport? A Commentary Essay. 13. Processes of Greenwashing, Virtue Signalling, and Sportwashing in Contemporary Formula One: Formula Façade?. 14. Twitter Activism (or Lack of It) during the Saudi Arabian Formula E Motorsport Races in 2018 and 2019: Does Anybody Care?. 15. Fighting on Twitter: How Online Trolling Affects Offline Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Motorsport Sponsorship. Part IV: Digital and Technology. 16. The Gamification of Formula One. 17. A Convergent Approach to Motorsport Digital Video Content and Data: Gaining Traction. 18. Autonomous Racing as the Future of Motorsport: An Empirical Investigation of the Attractiveness of Autonomous Car Racing for Generation Z Spectators. 19. Future Growth of Formula E: Reinforcing Spectators’ Sensory Experience through Sonic Branding.