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we really need a north american gp. we have many nice tracks here in america. road atlanta is pretty nice. it'd be great for a gp.
American tracks can not compete with purpose built F1 circuits like Malyasia, Turkey, Bahrain and Shanghai.
The problem with American circuits is that none of them meet F1's requirements for saftey, pits/garages, track infustructure, etc. When F1 came to Indy...the speedway had to spend ALOT of money to get the place up to snuff for F1, even then it barely did and 5 years later it is getting out dated.
What F1 teams and driver's expect is WAY different than what chump car, the SCCA series, ALMS or the IRL expect.
Not to mention the amount of money track owners have to pay to Bernie to host a race. 90% of track owners in the US would rather not have to spend that much for what is basically a PITA European series (at least seen that way) when for little money (compared to F1) they can have the ALMS or chump cars (most Americans don't know the difference between chump car, IRL and F1). Even the track owners that want another big road race will probably go after some NASCAR series over F1. It will be cheaper for them to get and they will make more from it.
That being said I'd love to see F1 at Infineon (sports car course, seeing LMP1/2 cars go through the "S's" is great, imagine a F1 car, minus that lame chicane...the sports car course in GT4), Laguna Seca (which just spent alot of $$$ to ungrade to host MotoGP, but is still way off F1 spec, not to mention the restrictions on use of the circuit by environmentalists) or back on the long course at Watkin's Glen (which just spent some money to host the IRL and lower the curbs, though this circuit is still way off F1 spec).
It's a money issue 100%.
People say F1 needs American support? It does, sorta...but realistically it's fine without it. Also without an American driver in F1 that is winning (yes I know Scott Speed is driving next year but he really isn't much of anything special) no one will care in this country.
For Americans to care about F1 you'll need someone like with a name like Jeff Gordon or Danica Patrick to race
up front in F1.
I remember hearing the rumor around Indy was that Bernie wants a road race in Las Vegas....though post Indy I have read little about that.
, it better be high pitched.
