The NEW F1 race in Madrid Explained
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- F1 will race in Madrid from 2026 onwards replacing the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. Madrid will be the latest street circuit to join the Formula 1 Calendar which once again raises the question, is Formula 1 headed towards only Street Circuits in the future? Enjoy.
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F1 wants to get rid of Spa and replace it with tracks like these? What a joke.
I think we as F1 fanatics maybe left f1 alone slowly coz they never what we wanted
Hopefully not, they are do this to replace Barcelona, but it's even worse than Catalunya.
F1 is pricing out racing tracks from hosting events. For once it's not an FIA thing. Look at WEC, cheap tickets, the races go up on UA-cam a week or so later, more coverage online for free... Everything F1 seems to be about scamming the most amount of money out of everyone they can. The thing is though, some street circuits can be great. But some race tracks can be awful. We'll have to see how it is.
Spa(rcelona)
@@chsinger96 Or Bar-Francorhamps. 😆
It's weird seeing formula 1 and formula e switch between their ideals with f1 having more street tracks and less traditional tracks and formula e going completely opposite this seasion in fe being a good example.
Can't disagree with that. However Formula E is switching more based on the fact that the cars are starting to get too fast for some of their street tracks vs. F1 which is switching for the money.
@@W123KartSportI wouldn't say that the gen 3 is currently slower than the last season of gen 2, however there is more danger in the gen 3 with the debris from what i saw last season. Also tracks for FE seems to be cheaper based on how Rome was replaced.
@@W123KartSportFE is mostly doing it because it's just cheaper and less likely to lose the races. Just helps them build up a more stable calander.
Real@@W123KartSport
i dont think f1 will ever understand that the fans DONT want street circuits
its a bit of a double edged sword, people dont want street circuits, but they also want easily accessible tracks and things to do in the surrounding area, which is easier to come by in cities.
I don't think fans will ever understand that F1 doesn't give a shit about what they want.
F1 is pricing out racing tracks from hosting events. For once it's not an FIA thing. Look at WEC, cheap tickets, the races go up on UA-cam a week or so later, more coverage online for free... Everything F1 seems to be about scamming the most amount of money out of everyone they can. The thing is though, some street circuits can be great. But some race tracks can be awful. We'll have to see how it is.
they don’t get it.MONACO is unique.
As long as the money rolls in, they don’t care.
I'm so tired of street tracks! I would love to see Kylami, Mugello, Road America, Hockenheim be in the regular rotation.
La única pista urbana infumable es Mónaco.........y nadie la cuestiona.Singapur,Arabia,las de USA,Azerbayan..........son todas muy divertidas ,con adelantamientos.Sin embargo Montmeló,Hungría,Francia,Alemania........no se puede adelantar,son una mierda de circuitos.
Yea honestly just ruining the sport
I agree on Kyalami, Hockenheimring/Nurburgring and Sepang coming back, what great tracks with history! These being left out of the calendar each year is terrible!
India as well
Add Turkey and Portimao to that list!!!
Can someone explain how a NEW circuit is more sustainable than MAINTAINING an existing infrastructure with existing grand stands and facilities.
Surely, upgrading is more sustainable?
It’s a good point, though I think this one will be more debated due to how many fans disliked Circuit de Catalunya
You do realise most tracks are further away from airports and cities which means teams have to drive further?
Yeah i know the tracks are some distance away from the airports but it doesn't sound like a good idea to close off parts of the city every year. I mean i don't hate street circuits in general but not every single race just a few
@@Ikcatcher The big thing is setting up and tearing down the surrounding infrastructure that will only be used once a year, whereas Catalunya is used nearly year round due to the temperate climate and the only setup and teardown is basic track maintenance.
Can someone explain how sustainability is relevant when racing? So stupid.
Cannot understand how they can give 10-year-contracts to untested new circuits. At least do a shorter contract first and test if the track is exciting before committing for that long.
money..
Objection: They never said they were gonna replace Barcelona. In fact, the circuit of Barcelona Catalunya is planning on hosting a GP in 2026, as their contract includes that year, so I can see the chance of having 2 GPs in Spain, at least for 1 year.
I don’t think the track owners will want to be demoted to a 2nd tier race!
@@imrandarr1094 that wouldn’t be necessarily true. I don’t think COTA is a “2nd tier” race to Miami nor the other way around.
I don’t mind replacing Catalunya with a street circuit… as long as that street circuit is the one Top Gear made in season 20 episode three
10 years ago this would have been celebrated and welcomed with open arms. However we are approaching a point where the balance of Street circuit vs. road course. IndyCar has had this same issue with regards to the schedule now being dominated by road and street circuits and only 4 oval tracks are left (albeit some of the ovals are double header events). And only 1 of those oval races (Indianapolis 500) is using the Super Speedway aero kit. The rest are short ovals 1.25 miles in length or shorter
Yeah, yank owners want to drag F1 down to the level of stupid that Indy/ Lauhgcar run at.
I dont want to have like 25 street circuits in the calender. I want a variety of tracks.
You're not having 25 street circuits in the calendar.
Even if F1® want 30 races, 30 street circuits is impossible.
Yeah I agree but the main sentiment is that we need to have a balance of proper tracks and street tracks
@@ammarisrar2005 Yeah. As I say in the other comment from another people, #BalanceIsMust
Formula E will start to get upset that F1 is switching to street circuits
i have been to like 6 gps and last year I went to barcelona 23 race. It was amazing. I had seats at t1 and I saw litterally EVERY overtake there was. it was the best f1 gp experience I have had. yes the T1 seat really helped. I could see also see t6 and t7. Everyone talked about how boring the race was etc etc. yes on tv it was boring but I saw like 30 overtakes in t1. Yeah f1 doesnt show like a p13 overtake but it was great. the circuit is also placed very well. its pretty good acces, sad to see this race maybe go away. I really liked it and it was a great experience
Im excited but more on curious how it turns out like Las Vegas, but removing a well established track is a slap in the face for fans in my opinion, having it to rotate yearly basis is a good idea
In fact Catalunya, (as a spanish that i am) Catalunya its the CHEAPEST GP, when you want to buy Tickets, now this will surely be a Pricy MDFK
Before everyone starts, I've always had the attitude of 'Don't knock it until you've tried it'. And I'll stick by that when F1 breaks even more new city ground. I just wish we could have gone to Motorland Aragon. Or back to Jerez.
Or if they really wanted a race in Madrid, they could've renovated Jarama to meet F1 standards.
I dont mind moving away from the overused Testtrack that is Barcelona. I'm okay with moving on. I'm not even opposed to many street tracks if they make sense or are at least semi permanent tracks that fit into the grounds they're built on. But forcing a race into a city, when there's plenty of tracks that could be upgraded to the grade 1 license instead of building entirely new ones is just a waste of space and resources.
It's funny how for years people were complaining about how Catalunya is a boring track. But when Madrid is announced everyone suddenly wants to save Catalunya.
Yeah, many people want 100% proper racing on 100% proper circuit, but they are forgot that no one perfect in the world.
because they fixed catalunya? so now people like it?
@@jonnym610 No, but because if F1® really replace Catalunya as a permanent circuit with Madrid as a semi-permanent circuit, it is a "downgrade". Indeed, not all people like Catalunya, but as I said, that is a "downgrade". At least, I heard Madrid is not to set to replace Catalunya completely.
you dont know what you had until its gone
I think people dont like either @@RadityaPramanaPutra2001
I don't mind street tracks as such, as long as it isn't a night race, they all look indentical.
Oh they will for sure try to make it one😅 and I bet the run-off areas are gonna be painted in this HORRIBLY ugly light blue like we have/had in Miami, Russia, Saudi, Valencia... 😩🙇🏻♂️
Honestly I DON'T AGREE OF NEW CIRCUIT
WE NEED LEGENDARY CIRCUITS COMEBACK
Bring back the Hockenheimring
@@MadeByPerspective nurburgring sepang Istanbul park valencia sc
@@MadeByPerspective Rotating between Nürburgring GP-Strecke and Hockenheimring.
@@MadeByPerspectiveBring back Kyalami 🇿🇦
@@aizyamranthere are two valencia circuit has that street one and ricardo tormo but with fia grade 1
My comment from yesterday still stands. When the excuse is "we're limited with what we can do with the layout", we shouldn't be racing there.
IMPORTANT: They literally said on their news article that they are not intending on dropping Barcelona. There is a contract set through 2026 and I doubt they will want to lose that deal.
I don't really mind street tracks, as long as there isn't too many on the calendar, for me the street tracks that should stay are Melbourne, Singapore, Monaco, Canada and Baku, they are all street circuits that have provided great moments, and I like them personally.
Maybe they wanna renovate Catalunya, maybe they wanna test the new 2026 car regs in place if its comes to fruition, but imo what a waste of money for making an event that you already have but maybe my prediction was right ( renovate Catalunya )
In the end, I reckon there needs to be variety - a balance of tracks. Street circuits aren't inherently bad, and Baku is a testament to that. But the worrying trend of new tracks being largely street circuits throws off that balance. It pushes the whole sport towards specialising in street racing, which isn't what F1 is about, in the end. If the trend continues, then teams have to start designing their cars towards being street-specialised machines (i.e. designed to perform best in uneven, comparatively slow conditions) to the detriment of their performance at facilities genuinely designed for them. A car designed to deal with the majority of tracks being uneven with lots of slow corners and speedbreaker chicanes won't perform anywhere near as well on a fast, smooth, flowing track.
Anyone who watched the World Endurance Championship in 2023 will have seen the Peugeot, a car specialised around low drag and exploitation of the ground effect, do dreadfully on the uneven surface at Sebring, while managing a podium at the comparatively smooth, fast Monza. If F1 is to keep the current concept of car (i.e. the ground effect cars we have now) then it can't allow itself to drift into having huge numbers of street circuits, else it risks creating a series where unoptimised cars try to exploit the ground effect on circuits that are unsuitable for that kind of racing and their design is so centred around street courses that when they get to a permanent facility, the cars can't actually make the best of it.
If F1 wants fan engagement and good racing, then they need a harmonious relationship between the ruleset and the tracks the series uses. Currently, it seems they're trying to have their cake and eat it too. Or at least that's what it looks like from the perspective of a fairly new fan.
As a BTCC fan, I'm grateful they just stick to the same old schedule and don't try to go down the street track avenue.
Except the Birmingham track. That was good.
@@scsutton1 ah yes I stand corrected.
I dont mind another street track as long as they don't replace classics like Spa, Monza, Monaco, Silverstone, Hungaroring for example. Barcelona wasn't that great. But as an American I'm just glad a new one will not be here. We have enough circuits. Arguably too many right now. I could honestly do without Miami but Vegas and Cota are good.
Maybe I'm just stupid or something, but looking at the layout, my main concern is that it'll be really hard to pass there.
Not sure what to think, it's the case of seeing it happen in person first would be better.
If they replace spa for a street circuit im gonna stop watching the sport and hop over to wec
I'm all for street circuits, but not when they're at the expense of good permanent circuits.
I do feel like F1 are focusing a lot more on the added danger that street circuits bring as way of ensuring greater crowds (and so greater money!), but forgetting that traditional tracks are just as risky!
F1 should bring back tracks like Sepang, Hockenheim, Nurburgring, and Istanbul Park. These are grand prix cars, not street cars
I'll personally wait until the actual race takes place there and then judge.
It's not even in Madrid. It's 16 kilometres away, the same as COTA is to Austin.
It is totally in Madrid. Barajas is a municipal district of the city of Madrid.
The problem is not replacing by a street circuit, the main problem is development. Catalunia has a combo, slow, mid and high speed corners and a very long straight. That's why this track is used for testing and for mid season upgrades. Removing this, will affect the ability to develop and test new parts, specifically for the mid to lower grid teams.
Would have liked to see Jerez on the calendar again
I am down for new tracks. But can we get rid of some tracks that are crap. Monaco for one has to go. Or use it as an exhibition pre-race with some points given and the bragging rights but Monaco is the worst track to watch f1. Unless it’s rain, the race ends the same way it started.
My opinion; Allot of tracks in the US are fighting noise complaints from racing. The fact that we are getting races in population centers is kind of cool. I say enjoy the benefits of the street circuits while they last cause they probably won't. Let F1 cash in and maybe we can relax some of the cost cutting (& 100 page regulations) going on with the cap. With the extra income from this current boom, F1 could lower the cost traditional tracks have to pay so they can make costly improvements. Example would be new run off areas that will penalize track limits without sand traps and penalties. One of the best ideas I've heard is to eliminate sausage curbs and replace the track limits with a lattice of concrete strips with AstroTurf laid in between. Like 5mm strips.
make a video about traditional tracks coming back (looking at you hockenheim) so that F1 will announce one coming back
We don’t have testing at Barcelona anymore
How on earth do you overtake on that track?
Idk why people dont want street circuits when last year, the 2 most exciting race were in Singapore and Las Vagas, both street circuits.
We don't not want them, we just don't want the classics to disappear entirely at their expense.
I thought and hoped that the track was in the centre of the city to see the beauty of the city but seeing this makes me unhappy.
It is total bullshit that a quite iconic track like Barcelona now has to make way for another street circuit
Maybe that's why they have that slogan "drive it out".... They tryna drive out their fans entirely
IMHO I think this is also partly a political decision. I think the Spanish officials weren’t too happy about having the Spanish GP in Catalonia and hearing the Catalan anthem every time before the race
It is, given the political climate between the central government in Madrid and the Catalan government, not to mention that the PM only got a second term due to negotiations with the Catalan separatists promising them amnesty. Something which the two right-wing parties are not happy about
DONT PUT YOUR F***ING POLITICS ON MY SPORT
END OF CONVO
@@Limegreenedragon oh no we have to stop talking because he told us to 🤣
@@FurryestXbro stop yelling and stfu
Jerez existe.
It is not in Catalonia, furthermore it is a already a grade 1 circuit.
I prefer clasic circuits over street ones, but still, i prefer to wait until the first race to judge it.
Next thing you know it becomes a testing track for F1 in the future
We should remove SPA from calendar and replace it with Brussels street circuit...
This seems like they are trying to do electric f1 cars, cuz formula e only races on streets
I think I would be much more interested in this race/layout if Jeddah, Miami, and Vegas hadn't just been added. There are definitely sections here in interested to see, but the sour taste from the other three makes it hard to get legitimately excited about the announcement.
Isnt this near their home stadium for RMA?
People should talk about what the local population has to deal with during all of this.
When even the laptime is generic
I kinda wished it was more like the GT6 Madrid layout
I want to keep Catalunya circuit but I love street circuits tho
catalunya is boring
At least it's better than the rumours
True 😅
Great!!! Another street circuit
We need to stop bitching about track layout. We did the same thing with Vegas, and it turned out to be a banger. Let’s see cars on track before we complain too much
No! Get rid of the street tracks, and give us the good stuff like Kyalami!
Love a street track.
Separates the men from the boys.
Never race on a test track - I hate that test track in Barcelona.
Mon'madrid.
Sunday: real madrid paid the refs
Tuesday: city of madrid paid the FOM
Its not surprising, just disappointing
Congrats for people that wanted to axe Barcelona.
Now you got this street circuit 😉
Ok adding new Street Circuits to the calendar is one thing, having Street Circuits straight up replace pre-established circuits on the calendar is another thing entirely. I'm not even the biggest fan of the Barcelona circuit but F1 have been racing there since 1991, a 30+ year history chucked in the bin for what... another street circuit when we have already have 9 on the calendar already.
This sets a dangerous precedent, I live in the UK and there are some prominent politicians who want a London GP, Silverstone is now genuinely at risk. Hell I remember when F1 management wanted a Rome GP, that could put Monza at risk. Don't you dare Liberty Media, don't you dare.
Barcelona de Catalonia circuit is hit or miss. It only has given great races when weather conditions are wet, or cloudy. Clear weather, it’s a borefest so why not let them setup a race in Madrid and see what happens?
We already have way to many street, city, circuits. We don't need any more.
Personally I prefer racing over what F1 has become. I enjoyed the days when refueling was allowed and cars were driven as fast as possible for the entire race. Last year, for an example, Singapore was a joke of a race where every driver was managing tires. The same goes for Qatar where the limitation of F1 cars became clear on a track designed for motorbike racing. How absurd to have preprogrammed pitstops due to concerns over tires and even going to the length of modifying the circuit midway through the weekend. Beyond Madrid, I hear of a potential race in Chicago, IL? What has become 100% clear is F1 has reached a point where they no longer care about the racing, it is more about the show and if you want a good show, then put it in the middle of a city center. However, It looks like Madrid will be in some warehouse district and not in the city centre at all: OMG…how exciting.
After what i saying on your previous video, now I don't know what to say, i hope Formula 1® keeping Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for pre-season testing.
By the way, Hola, Madrid! 👋🙋♂️ Another semi-permanent track alongside Melbourne and Montreal is coming.
23/01/2024 18:51 At My Local Time.
Now, I will update my bucket list Formula 1® circuit:
Pre-season testing:
🇪🇸 Circuito de Jerez
🇪🇸 Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya but *WITHOUT* Chicane
Mid-season testing:
🇮🇹 Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello
Young Driver Test:
🇮🇹 Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari (Imola)
Grand Prix (by country, some with rotate):
🇦🇺 Albert Park Circuit
🇲🇾 Sepang International Circuit
🇨🇳 Shanghai International Circuit
🇧🇭 Bahrain International Circuit (Sakhir, Grand Prix layout)
🇶🇦 A new permanent track for all FIA-sanctioned racing (Most probably not Losail)
🇿🇦 Kyalami Racing Circuit
🇫🇮 Kymi Ring
🇳🇱 Circuit Zandvoort
🇵🇹 Autodromo Internacional do Algarve (Portimão)
🇪🇸 IFEMA Madrid "International Semi-Permanent" Circuit
🇲🇨 Circuit de Monte-Carlo
🇨🇦 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
🇦🇿 Baku City Circuit
🇫🇷 Rotating between Nevers Magny-Cours and Paul Ricard with better layout
🇦🇹 Red Bull Ring
🇬🇧 Silverstone Circuit
🇩🇪 Rotating between Nürburgring GP-Strecke and Hockenheimring
🇭🇺 Hungaroring
🇧🇪 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
🇮🇹 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
🇹🇷 InterCity Istanbul Park Circuit
🇸🇬 Marina Bay Street Circuit
🇯🇵 Suzuka International Circuit
🇰🇷 Korea International Circuit (Yeongam)
🇮🇳 Buddh International Circuit
🇸🇦 Most probably rotating between Jeddah and a new permanent track in Qiddiya (Still under construction) 🚧👷🚜
🇺🇸 Circuit Of The Americas
🇲🇽 Autódromo Hermanos Rodriguez
🇧🇷 Autódromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)
🇦🇪 Yas Marina Circuit
23/01/2024 19:03 At My Local Time.
30+ tracks?
@@sylvanusblimpo154 Yes, but with rotation in some country. I brave to say that my idea is 30-race calendar because I think F1® need to split all crew into two separate sets like in NASCAR. Of course, on the other side in my fantasy, I do this with 14 different teams competing. It's just my fantasy, currently. But no one knows what happened one day later (particularly in 2030).
Can't believe they're chosing to hosts events at places like this as opposed to venues like Kyalami, Magny Cours, Hockenheim?? Or, if you're looking for another venue in Spain, Valencia (As in Ricardo Tormo). Crazy.
This feels like getting kicked in the balls for no reason
Barcelona is my personal favourite track... Its the track I play by far the most of my time in the F1 game , it is the track I know best...
Barcelona has no reason to get replaced , it has no trouble selling tickets ... why replace it with a street track?
I think it because of the current tensions between Spain and the district of catalunya about independence and then not wanting it to be the Spanish gp in a potential independent state
They also aren’t wanting the new camp nou to hold the final of the World Cup which Spain will co host because of the same reason, so this is a potential reason
This has to stop F1 is getting away from what has made it the pinnacle of motorsport. Traditionally apart for Monaco F1 has been about racing on purpose built tracks and that is what it should continue to be. Very soon F1 will become like Formula E every race on a street circuit why because of money not for the fans
Not america? Are they allowed to do that? I thought only america gets new tracks?
It shouldn’t matter if it’s a street circuit or not. If the track provides good racing I don’t see what the problem is. A lot of people were doggin on Vegas yet it produced one of the best races we’ve had in 2023. The hate against street circuits are irrational when some of these proper tracks don’t even provide good racing.
That track is absolutely awful
Why They Replace The Legend Catalunya Track, I Literally Only Win There At F1 23
The only thing worse than a street race is an oval!
I’m a COTA guy and hope that one stays for a long time
Same- one of the more underappreciated tracks / races
Follow the superior motorsport, MotoGP. We never race at street circuits.
Utter disgrace. Barcelona is actually a great circuit. An all-rounder as well. A lot of history and during the past couple of years it did a lot to improve the racing and change the layout back to what it originally was(I know Turn 10 is slightly different, but still similar to the pre-2004 version). To remove it off the calender is a HUGE shame and all F1 drivers and team members should protest against that.
There are at least three built-for tracks in Spain where F1 has raced, one even in Madrid... it's a shame we get yet another streer circuit
And all of them are Grade 2 or lower
What happened to Jamara ?? For crying out loud just go repair that track and host it there
valencia part 2
👉 AS AN SPANISH 🇪🇸 🇪🇸 🇪🇸
This its a f***ing Joke, not even ME, the target customer of the GP, not even me, is happy about it. 😮💨
I don’t like F1 racing in Barcelona because generally produces boring races. Said that, this Madrid layout looks awful for on-track action at a first glimpse!
Testing can only be done at a current F1 circuit so Barcelona will lose that in 2026.
I don’t like there are more than 4 street races.
All you can see are walls.
I try not to dunk on street races too much but...really? Barcelona might not have been an interesting track until they got rid of the S3 chicane, but it has pedigree. It's one of the most recognizable circuits on the globe. And this store-brand Long Beach knockoff is supposed to replace it? Are you having a laugh?
I do get the appeal of having street circuits on the calendar to a point (particularly because my local race in Melbourne is essentially one), but I also see it doing more harm than good at some stage. Say the proposed London street circuit comes into fruition; I see the potential of it driving a large number of fans away from the sport, simply on the basis that it would likely kick Silverstone off the calendar. Sure, it wouldn't be the first time it hasn't featured on the calendar, but in terms of modern F1, removing a track of its pedigree would surely damage the sports reputation in some way.
Also, there are so many sustainability related questions in regards to a lot of street circuits. There's the obvious issue of shutting down a core part of any particular city, but one thing that came to my mind is that as many of these major cities continue to grow massively in population, is it going to remain feasible to hold these races in the same location? Surely a track that has taken up a large space of unzoned land (like this Madrid circuit) will eventually be more suited towards being zoned for something like residential housing or whatnot. Maybe that's a stretch and not something to really be concerned over, but it's a possibility for sure.
My other big worry is what could happen to major purpose built circuits in the near future, in the case that F1 keeps transitioning to street circuits and other racing series' followed suit. F1 does/has largely been responsible for keeping some tracks running, though not totally as there are always smaller series of racing occurring at most of these circuits too. That doesn't negate the risk of losing any of these tracks though, and it would suck seeing any track get lost to time/get repurposed. I already have to worry enough about Sandown in Australia getting demolished currently, let alone any major track in the future.
At least it will be better than Miami
Barcelona might not be the best track but it's certainly better than that
People don't understand that even if we can all agree street circuit sucks (except Monaco and Singapore) there're more street circuit because it cost less than making a new classic circuit like spa or cota
Formula e laughs in the corner 😂
Was Cataluña's circuit boring (for F1 cars)? Absolutely. Does it look like this circuit will be boring? Sure. Will the tickets be extremely expensive and the facilities be overcrowded due to poor planning by the authorities? You absolutely bet (see Madcool festival). I live close to Madrid, so yay for proximity. But I don't think I'll want to spend whatever they charge for a seat (since there will be no pelouse I suppose).
Street circuit!! 🤮🤮🤮 So dangerous!!
Im starting to loathe the direction Formula 1 is taking.
I've been watching F1 since 2003 and honestly in my opinion this trend is going to ruin F1 for "Fans" that care more about the party and things around the race but not the sport itself, and they probably will lose interest within 3-5 years. And those who actually care about the sport will lose interest cause it would no longer be a championship with 20+ different race tracks, but 20+ different layouts for street circuits and in that way the championship would lose all diversity.
And The stupid trend when they are following the money more than fan interest, is going to back fire in the long run, because now it looks like they only care about who can pay more, not caring about racing heritage and history that will end badly - prime example JTCC (now know as Super GT) was almost run to the ground when there was pressure to take expend to "bigger markets" outside of Japan. Or how going to "bigger markets" and expending away from the core fan base is slowly killing Nascar. Or how the F1 expansion to India and Korea failed, big markets with lot's of Money, but it didn't work out, the main difference there was, that those were added tracks not replacing historic ones.
So going after money and not listening to your fans is going to kill the sport sooner than later.
F1 is a business and they want to make as much money as possible, i get that, but without fans there is no money, and turning away from core fans is not the way to go if they want to keep making money.
What timeline have we ended up on where FE is getting more permanent circuits and F1 more street circuits. Then you have Indycar fans wanting more ovals.
Its seems like fans of every series are getting a bit screwed.
That bubble's going to burst at any time
Oh god no just keep Catalunya its a good track they just need to realise that these cars are larger than a school bus
I think Cataluna needed a replacement. But not another street circuit ffs 😭
Lol f1 is a show because of street teacks and sponsors, ppl be like oh poor teams they work so hard with 20 races ohh its to much work oh boho
Why not rotate barcelona and madrid? Barcelona 1 year and madrid the other year. then we have both:)
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