Grand Prix: is it worth it?

You can’t have a Grand Prix without an article asking whether it’s worth it. This piece gives no clear yes or no answer, observing what we all know – that it’s good for business in the short term, that it puts the city’s name out there in international media. But is it worth the large sums of public money poured into it, the environmental damage created by the sport, and the sexual exploitation that goes along with it? Evidently yes, to enough people it is worth it.