It’s impossible to ignore the fact that the planet is dying. Climate change is real. Whether you believe it’s man made or not, you have to accept there’s certain things that just don’t need to be done, one of those things is petrol based motorsport. How is it that we keep allowing these polluting races to take place, especially when we have carbon neutral alternatives available. I don’t understand why Formula 1 is still a thing when we have Formula E.
The real impact is in it being a serious driver (heh) of car culture, which in turn makes it harder to push for more sustainable alternatives to cars. The innovations it provides don’t cancel that out, especially since cars are an inherently inefficient mode of transportation.