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A Formula One motorsport race always starts the same way.

20 cars line up in pairs.

Here come the lights for the Monaco Grand Prix.

As the engines rumble at the starting line, five red lights will turn on, one by one.

Three, four, five red lights will turn on, one by one. Three, four, five red lights.

When the lights switch off, the race begins.

In two tenths of a second, all 20 drivers release the clutch,

press the throttle, and accelerate.

And Formula One goes racing on the streets of Monaco.

Formula One goes racing on the streets of Monaco.

Formula One is the pinnacle of global motorsport.

It's got the fastest, most sophisticated cars and the best drivers.

That's Steve Cripps, the chief financial officer at Williams Racing, one of the oldest and most successful Formula One teams.

In the past few years, Formula One's audience has grown to more than 820 million fans worldwide.

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