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Originally Posted by justinsain
I remember when they came to Indy and there was some sort of controversy that ruined it.
I talked to another photographer while at the Rolex 24 and his thing was F1 and he got me interested in it. He said the best chance for me to see a race was probably going to be Montreal if they still race there. That's out of my reach for now.
It's too bad F1 can't get a foothold in such a huge market like the US. I can't imagine the cost involved for the teams and the series to come over to race in the US. It would be such a huge hill to climb for them and it seems like they don't have the leadership to do it even if they wanted to. When it comes to brilliant marketing you have to give the nod to NASCAR.
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The controversy was a tyre safety issue and a lot of the drivers/teams refused to race. That was 2005 and it may have had an effect on the crowds for the following 2 races.
There's been dozens of F1 races over the years in the US so I don't know what's changed really.
There's been talk of trying to hold F1 road races, like they do in Monaco and Singapore, in the likes of New York or Las Vegas, but nothing concrete on this yet.
I don't see how cost for the teams is such an issue? I don't see what you are getting at. These guys fly all over the world, there's races in both North and South America this year.