Behind the scenes of F1’s immense broadcast operation

Well before tedious “it’s race week” social media posts cross drivers’ and teams’ minds, a construction crew arrives at a grand prix circuit to erect the Event Technical Centre tent. Five days are required to build this 375-square-metre temporary media headquarters but when ready, it will transmit 500 terabytes of data per race – 50 times that sent by the Hubble Space Telescope in a year.

With nine days to go, some 36 miles of cabling…