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Bring on Long Beach for future USGPs! [/B]
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I second that. Vegas would not be bad either. Laguna Seca would be too good to be true. I'd have to pinch myself.
As for Cart and IRL running well on ovals, they are designed to run on ovals. Only when dry of course. Running on ovals, with stagger and positive/negative camber I might add, is a big part of their design process. Hell, you don't take a velodrome bike to the tour or vice versa. But still, Michelin should have tried a little harder. But Bridgestone should have also for this entire year.
As to one tire manufacturer, this is the only way. Formula 1 should be about three factors. Skill, Chassis, Motor. Any fourth factor always ends in trouble. Witness the turbo era. Those were some of the best times for the spectators. But when the cost of the custom fuel cocktails, an inherent part of the turbo era, got out of hand, that variable had to be removed. Now it's tires. There is room for only one type of each consumable when it comes to F1. By consumables I mean tires and fuel. No room for a fourth factor. Only works temporarily.
As to Bernie, he has outdone his usefulness. After all, you already have FOCA and FIA which is enough bureaucracy as it is. Thank god for an expiration date on the concorde agreement.
Will I watch F1 again? Been watching it since I was a kid going to Interlagos every year. So I will always watch. As bad as F1 can be at times, it is real. This reality brings all the politics, mistakes, pride, dominations, outrageous costs, torrential downpours during races, whatever. Life itself is this way. It isn't dumbed down for mine or any body's tastes, which is why I always come back. But this time the ***** has truly hit the fan in a bad way. I doubt anybody financially connected to F1 will get a good night of sleep for at least a week.
As for whoever attended and saw no show, sports fans can go through worse. My wife is leaving for Winbledon this coming week. Could it be rained out? Maybe. Has it been in the past? Of course. Could it last the whole time she is there? Sure. But you can't curse out the sky like you can Bernie. The only consolation is that there are plenty of other things to do in the London area when compared to Indianapolis.