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Originally posted by CurtEgerer
As much as I think a return to LB would be cool, I don't see it as a realistic option. F1 on a street course?? How could it possibly meet current FIA requirements? (Monaco is 'grandfathered' in of course).
Without Indy, I'd say there will be no F1 in the US for some time. Laguna Seca, maybe. Aren't they doing a bunch of work out there right now? Maybe FIA modifications?
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F1 ended at Long Beach when? In the early '80s. And CART/Indycar or whomever races there yearly, so I don't see why it couldn't happen again. No, Bernie suffers the same as any other big circus promoter (which F1 is - a circus). He wants the most buck for the bang, and both LV and NY have tons of buck.
Never mind the fact both George and Bernie have screwed the F1 fan on this one. I've also read Montreal as well will no longer have an F1 race, so at this point all of North America is left without an F1 presence.
I wonder what the manufacturers are saying now. Ferrari, BMW, Mercedes, Honda - all have huge markets in the U.S., but no top-shelf racing presence.
All-in-all, a stupid move by two very conceded narrow-minded men. On top of it, I think Bernie has a genuine dislike of the United States.