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Automobiles => Racing => Topic started by: MG on April 25, 2010, 08:01:42 PM
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Efforts to bring Formula 1 back to America have stepped up a notch, after former Indianapolis chief Tony George and leading US promoter Zak Brown visited last weekend's Chinese Grand Prix. Although George stepped down from the helm of the legendary circuit last year, his long friendship with Bernie Ecclestone means he is likely to still be a key figure in any attempt to revive Indy's relationship with F1.
The Indianapolis Star reported that Brown and George had been seeking to encourage the F1 fraternity to help raise the funding required to revive the United States Grand Prix. The race fell off the calendar after 2007, when George and Ecclestone were unable to agree on a future financial agreement, and since then many teams have been outspoken in their desire to get an American race back on the F1 schedule.
Brown said money remained the issue, but that Indy remained ready and waiting for F1 under the right conditions. "The questions for any Formula 1 race are: Where do you have it and how do you raise the money?" Brown told the Indy Star. "Indy's got the venue part solved. If you can solve the finances, you could open the gates tomorrow and have a race."
He is confident that Ecclestone would like F1 to be back at Indianapolis, despite the F1 supremo having hinted at a race in New York.
"Everyone wants it; there's no arm twisting," Brown said. "It's just getting all the pieces to come together."
The Indiana newspaper suggested that the 2012 season the date all parties had in mind if a US GP deal could be done.
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Formula One wants to go back to Indianapolis about as much as I want to spend a year in a Turkish prison. :o Wonder what Mike Patrizio has to say about this? ???
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Logistically, Indy still fits the best venue for F1 in the U.S., even though it's relatively close in proximity to the Canadian GP. But who else has the infrastructure to even remotely consider hosting a F1 race in the U.S.?
I'd love to see a west coast venue...that means Laguna, long beach or Portland. As much as I love those tracks, there is no way (in my small mind) that F1 would go along with those.
N.Y. as a venue? I laugh out loud.
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N.Y. as a venue? I laugh out loud.
Wild Turkey Rare Breed. You'll chortle.
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But who else has the infrastructure to even remotely consider hosting a F1 race in the U.S.?
Ah, there's the rub, Horatio. The answer is: No one. If F1 thinks Indy is a cow town, they would faint dead away at the sight of Road America. Great track. And a coupla motels within 50 miles or so. ::)
Let's face it. The genius of NASCAR is that they invented what amounts to "arena racing". Maybe F1 would like doing 500 laps at Dover? :yuck:
:lmao:
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N.Y. as a venue? I laugh out loud.
Wild Turkey Rare Breed. You'll chortle.
Just before I hit the floor.....
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N.Y. as a venue? I laugh out loud.
Wild Turkey Rare Breed. You'll chortle.
Just before I hit the floor.....
It is one of the best $30 bourbons you can buy.