PlanetF1.com was part of a select few to tour Formula 1’s Media & Technology Centre, the home of F1 broadcasts, during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend.

Golf courses can rival Formula 1 circuits in size and the speed of a tennis or cricket ball can exceed 100mph but it is when you combine all these aspects that the challenge begins to get harder and harder. 20 drivers, each going at 200mph over the course of tracks that can stretch up to 14km means it is not just a case of pointing a camera at the circuit and hoping for the best. The challenge is to be able to tell a story where the athletes are hidden behind helmet visors. Where new viewers can feel welcome and old ones do not feel patronised.

Is Formula 1 the hardest sport to broadcast?

That challenge is taken on at F1’s Media & Technol

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