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Why should Texas pay $25 Million dollars up front for a race that's not guaranteed to occur?
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A statement issued by the circuit said construction would be halted "until a contract assuring the Formula One United States Grand Prix will be held at Circuit of The Americas in 2012 is complete.
Indy built him a track but he still could not make a go of it there. I am sure he is thinking if I can't make it in Indy how am I going to make it in Texas?
Then all of a sudden NJ comes into the picture with it's built in spectators lining the track and the NYC billionaires looking for a place to get some more TV time.
It is probable that the NJ GP will be a moneymaker and if history tells us anything it is that F1 attracts wealthy fans, something that is probably not in abundance in Texas.
Of course if F1 could put on a competitive race it might attract a few more pure racing fans.
Do you think 150K fans flock to Podunk TN (Bristol) twice a year because they want to see expensive cars follow each other for 3 hrs?
If Eckelstone can't figure out how to put on competitive races he will be moving his F1 races all around the US until nobody wants him.
NJ will be a success because it is a novelty in the NYC area which is a stick and ball town but I doubt a permanent F1 race will become part of the NJ waterfront.
Since I don't like NASCAR (or ovals in general), I don't repeatedly go into threads about it and bash the sport, repeating the same personal opinion over and over. Perhaps you could think about doing the same for threads on F1.
In 2010 (the last full year I could find stats for), F1's TV market was around 527 million, which implies that there are a lot of people in the world who enjoy watching the sport. The TV money is where the sport's "fan" money is, not the stands (I believe this is true for NASCAR as well).
Since I don't like NASCAR (or ovals in general), I don't repeatedly go into threads about it and bash the sport, repeating the same personal opinion over and over. Perhaps you could think about doing the same for threads on F1.
In 2010 (the last full year I could find stats for), F1's TV market was around 527 million, which implies that there are a lot of people in the world who enjoy watching the sport. The TV money is where the sport's "fan" money is, not the stands (I believe this is true for NASCAR as well).
Don't tell me you enjoy watching the same guy win the pole and lead the most laps to win week after week. This is just not exciting racing.
When Schumacker did it it was boring and now that Vettel is doing it, it's still boring.
Just because you think F1 is great racing is no reason I can't critic it because I think it is boring.
If F1 was popular in the US we would have more than one race every once in a while.
One more thing, all racing in the rain is boring including NASCAR
Just because you think F1 is great racing is no reason I can't critic it because I think it is boring.
Saying it's boring, over and over, is pretty darned boring, you must admit.
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