Adam Minter, Columnist

F1’s Middle East Expansion Was Built on False Stability

May 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM UTC

Adam Minter is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering the business of sports. He is the author, most recently, of “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale."

A strategy that’s in its crash and burn era. — A strategy that’s in its crash and burn era.
Photographer: Luis Robayo/AFP

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Formula One resumes this weekend in Miami after an unplanned, five-week pause in its schedule.

The gap was triggered by the US war with Iran and the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix. After years of untethered expansion, the motorsport series faces wartime risks that no amount of planning can fix.