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[f1usa]

Since the 1960's music and rock group such as The Beatles, Rolling Stones and The Who toured America. Formula 1 auto racing is a form of entertainment, and to gain popularity in America they need to make an appearance.

how many different GPs does the US need for F1 to take off? F1's appeared a lot so thats no excuse.

The two above points of of view presented are very lame, since there hasn't been a USGP race after the fiasco of 2005.

[bud]

Since the 1960's music and rock group such as The Beatles, Rolling Stones and The Who toured America. Formula 1 auto racing is a form of entertainment, and to gain popularity in America they need to make an appearance.

how many different GPs does the US need for F1 to take off? F1's appeared a lot so thats no excuse.

The two above points of of view presented are very lame, since there hasn't been a USGP race after the fiasco of 2005.

Lame? how so, the US has had F1 Gps since the 80s in numerous locations, how many chances do the Americans need to catch on to the sport?

[f1usa]

Since the 1960's music and rock group such as The Beatles, Rolling Stones and The Who toured America. Formula 1 auto racing is a form of entertainment, and to gain popularity in America they need to make an appearance.

how many different GPs does the US need for F1 to take off? F1's appeared a lot so thats no excuse.

The two above points of of view presented are very lame, since there hasn't been a USGP race after the fiasco of 2005.

Lame? how so, the US has had F1 Gps since the 80s in numerous locations, how many chances do the Americans need to catch on to the sport?

Chances to catch on, still lame !!!!! What about the new generation of fans born since the F1 races of the 80's. What are you going to tell these young people, you were born too damn late.

[bud]

Since the 1960's music and rock group such as The Beatles, Rolling Stones and The Who toured America. Formula 1 auto racing is a form of entertainment, and to gain popularity in America they need to make an appearance.

how many different GPs does the US need for F1 to take off? F1's appeared a lot so thats no excuse.

The two above points of of view presented are very lame, since there hasn't been a USGP race after the fiasco of 2005.

Lame? how so, the US has had F1 Gps since the 80s in numerous locations, how many chances do the Americans need to catch on to the sport?

Chances to catch on, still lame !!!!! What about the new generation of fans born since the F1 races of the 80's. What are you going to tell these young people, you were born too damn late.

ffs mate whats the point here.... 05 was the last US GP how bloody young do you want to talk? face the facts the US has had plenty of opportunity for them to embrace F1 but the US culture is too stubborn to take on any form of motorsport that they did not create themselves.

[f1usa]

Since the 1960's music and rock group such as The Beatles, Rolling Stones and The Who toured America. Formula 1 auto racing is a form of entertainment, and to gain popularity in America they need to make an appearance.

how many different GPs does the US need for F1 to take off? F1's appeared a lot so thats no excuse.

The two above points of of view presented are very lame, since there hasn't been a USGP race after the fiasco of 2005.

Lame? how so, the US has had F1 Gps since the 80s in numerous locations, how many chances do the Americans need to catch on to the sport?

Chances to catch on, still lame !!!!! What about the new generation of fans born since the F1 races of the 80's. What are you going to tell these young people, you were born too damn late.

ffs mate whats the point here.... 05 was the last US GP how bloody young do you want to talk? face the facts the US has had plenty of opportunity for them to embrace F1 but the US culture is too stubborn to take on any form of motorsport that they did not create themselves.

ffs not, it's not the failure of American culture to embrace F1, it has not promoted effectively in the US. America did not create Susan Boyle, but she has more name recognition in the US than Formula 1 which is a sad commentary.

[darwin dali]

Since the 1960's music and rock group such as The Beatles, Rolling Stones and The Who toured America. Formula 1 auto racing is a form of entertainment, and to gain popularity in America they need to make an appearance.

how many different GPs does the US need for F1 to take off? F1's appeared a lot so thats no excuse.

The two above points of of view presented are very lame, since there hasn't been a USGP race after the fiasco of 2005.

Lame? how so, the US has had F1 Gps since the 80s in numerous locations, how many chances do the Americans need to catch on to the sport?

Chances to catch on, still lame !!!!! What about the new generation of fans born since the F1 races of the 80's. What are you going to tell these young people, you were born too damn late.

ffs mate whats the point here.... 05 was the last US GP how bloody young do you want to talk? face the facts the US has had plenty of opportunity for them to embrace F1 but the US culture is too stubborn to take on any form of motorsport that they did not create themselves.

ffs not, it's not the failure of American culture to embrace F1, it has not promoted effectively in the US. America did not create Susan Boyle, but she has more name recognition in the US than Formula 1 which is a sad commentary.

[Denthúl]

I have little to add, save for the fact that the last grand prix in the USA was, in fact, in 2006 and not 2005.

[bud]

quit with comparing music to motorsport... F1 has had plenty of chances in the USA with various venues tried and all failed. face the facts its the American racing public who would rather watch so called stock cars ( nothing stock about them ) driving around in circles than F1 racing.

[scotty]

I have little to add, save for the fact that the last grand prix in the USA was, in fact, in 2006 and not 2005.

2007 in fact.

[texasmr2]

Seems as if ALL the blame for the US not having a F1 race is being laid upon our racing fans but nothing could be further from the truth. I'll agree that the US is mostly all about NASCAR but there is and has always been a huge following for open wheel racing, prototype etc etc.

I blame the track owners, the racing orginazations but mostly I blame Bernies greedy arse .

[7UpJordan]

Seems as if ALL the blame for the US not having a F1 race is being laid upon our racing fans but nothing could be further from the truth. I'll agree that the US is mostly all about NASCAR but there is and has always been a huge following for open wheel racing, prototype etc etc.

I blame the track owners, the racing orginazations but mostly I blame Bernies greedy arse .

And his instistance that every track must have Abu Dhabi like facilities and be designed by Hermann Tilke.

[Denthúl]

I have little to add, save for the fact that the last grand prix in the USA was, in fact, in 2006 and not 2005.

2007 in fact.

There was racing in 2007?

Anyway, a big part of the reason that the sport would not take off in the USA is the fact that it is huge. For a country like France, Germany, Spain or Italy, a single race is plenty (so why they gave Spain two is beyond me) but for somewhere as big as the USA, you would be wanting two or three races to make an impact. Another problem is the feasibility of running a team from a base in the USA - the logistical costs would be massive considering the huge European base and even the move to Asia does not help things much. Finally, it's hard for talent from the USA to make it in to F1 because, as far as I am aware, there are no FIA-sanctioned championships over there, so they can't get superlicences as easily - I imagine that's part of the reason we have had so few racers from Australia and New Zealand. Unless they move to Europe and participate in things like the Formula 3 Euro Series, GP2, Formula 2 etc. then it is hard to break in to Formula 1.

[scotty]

There was racing in 2007?

Hamilton won after a close encounter with Alonso down the pit straight...

[Denthúl]

There was racing in 2007?

Hamilton won after a close encounter with Alonso down the pit straight...

I missed the races between Monaco and Great Britain >.<

[darwin dali]

I have little to add, save for the fact that the last grand prix in the USA was, in fact, in 2006 and not 2005.

2007 in fact.

There was racing in 2007?

Anyway, a big part of the reason that the sport would not take off in the USA is the fact that it is huge. For a country like France, Germany, Spain or Italy, a single race is plenty (so why they gave Spain two is beyond me) but for somewhere as big as the USA, you would be wanting two or three races to make an impact. Another problem is the feasibility of running a team from a base in the USA - the logistical costs would be massive considering the huge European base and even the move to Asia does not help things much. Finally, it's hard for talent from the USA to make it in to F1 because, as far as I am aware, there are no FIA-sanctioned championships over there, so they can't get superlicences as easily - I imagine that's part of the reason we have had so few racers from Australia and New Zealand. Unless they move to Europe and participate in things like the Formula 3 Euro Series, GP2, Formula 2 etc. then it is hard to break in to Formula 1.

There are always the Japanese formulae for the Aussies and Kiwis (and maybe the West Coast American drivers).