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Business Of Motorsport is the podcast where motorsport meets money.
Hosted by motorsports business strategist David Vaucher, each episode breaks down how racing teams, sponsors, series, and sim racers can improve sponsorship ROI, manage rising costs, and build sustainable growth models in a rapidly changing industry.
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Going Racing Is No Longer Optional: Why Emotion Will Decide the Future of Car Sales
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Motorsport has entered a new golden age yet some automakers are pulling out, hesitating, or questioning whether going racing still matters in an era defined by electrification, software, and regulation.
In this episode, we tackle what many automotive boardrooms are trying to avoid: going racing is no longer optional.
As Chinese manufacturers surge globally, they are winning on price, features, speed of execution, and technical competence.
Functional differentiation is collapsing across the car market, and for the average buyer, most cars are now simply “good enough.” Specs blur together, comparisons become exhausting, and rational decision-making breaks down.
When products converge, identity becomes the only defensible advantage.
In a future where cars increasingly look alike, emotion becomes the business model, and motorsport, properly leveraged, is the dividing line between brands people buy because they’re cheap and brands people buy because they dream of them.
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