“...English is also used universally by airline pilots.”
Correct.
Formula 1 Racing mandates English in all contracts and radio communication.
Ferrari occasionally cheats on the latter...
Thanks.
I’m not sure what drives it now that the empire is much smaller, but I suspect it is something akin to using Arabic numerals instead of unwieldy Roman numerals. I can’t imagine what a keyboard looks like for Hindi, Arabic, or Chinese...