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Malone & Co. may not have another F1 on their hands—that would be striking gold twice in a decade—but they’ve probably got a winner, regardless. Photo: Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images
John Ourand
April 2, 2024

Back in ye olde days of 2016, media impresario John Malone made one of the least appreciated masterstroke deals of his long and storied career. His Liberty Media, which was then run by Greg Maffei, acquired the commercial rights to Formula One, the cliquish racing competition that seemed to be run as some sort of multibillion-dollar boutique or European heirloom.