F1 is not just good for road cars, look what else they've done...

[Hamberg]

5Live are tweeting some other wonderful ways in which F1 has helped improve other industries away from cars including....

• How Ferrari helped to improve Great Ormond Street Hospital handovers :http://goo.gl/BG2Qy
• How F1 technology has been used in heart surgery http://t.co/etUxpsz
• "The Renault F1 Team worked on a project with an aircraft manufacturer and help them reduce the amount of fuel they used!"
• http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/galleries/fast_forward.aspx
  

What else do you know about that F1 has been good for?

 

[RevMaxPower]

Millions of 'Man (and Woman) Hours' of entertainment, worldwide.

Generating huge amounts of money for some so they can boost the economy with their spending on luxury items, houses, cars, yachts etc..

Producing wealthy celebrities which may help inspire youngsters to achieve and succeed. " If I can do it maybe you can too if you try hard enough."

Generating business for sponsorship companies ( plus the travel industry and many other ' camp followers' ) thereby providing employment and income for untold numbers of people worldwide.

 

[Speshal]

Cracking find there Hamberg