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F1 has cancelled the Canadian Grand Prix.

Need to put one in Abu Dhabi, you know.

I am sure the visiting too-rich-for-their-own-good spectating types will prefer it to Montreal.

etaoin22 wrote:F1 has cancelled the Canadian Grand Prix.

Need to put one in Abu Dhabi, you know.

I am sure the visiting too-rich-for-their-own-good spectating types will prefer it to Montreal.

I'm sure that dropping the U.S. Grand Prix from the schedule last year hurt the Canadian GP in terms of teams and sponsors.

I would hope that both come back sooner rather than later.

Damn. I love Grand Prix racing. I think of Michael Schumacher the way Fanny thinks of . . . well, one of those people who play that game with that big round ball.

The only hurt from the US Grand Prix was the inability to average out the cost of the travel across the pond by two, but I doubt that that that is a lot.

What has done the biggest hurt is the dominance of Asian money in the business; there are a lot more filthy rich in places like the Emirates and Singapore than in Canada. Track is also getting old, with the hairpin towards Jacques-Cartier bridge causing potential safety problems last two years. And noone in authority caught on that this year was the year for necessary action.

etaoin22 wrote:The only hurt from the US Grand Prix was the inability to average out the cost of the travel across the pond by two, but I doubt that that that is a lot.

What has done the biggest hurt is the dominance of Asian money in the business; there are a lot more filthy rich in places like the Emirates and Singapore than in Canada. Track is also getting old, with the hairpin towards Jacques-Cartier bridge causing potential safety problems last two years. And noone in authority caught on that this year was the year for necessary action.

You are probably right. I just saw the successive losses of the U.S. and Canadian races and paired them in my mind.

From the stuff I've read Ecclestone doesn't like having the U.S. Grand Prix in Indianapolis. He wants it somewhere more cosmopolitan. But no one else in the U.S. wants to put on the race. Meanwhile, Tony George in Indy can take or leave the USGP because he already has two big races that make a lot of money.

It's too bad. I really liked the idea of Indy having the IRL, F1, and NASCAR races all at the same site.

And the Montreal race was usually a fun race to watch.

Then there was the blonde who wanted to go to Montreal for the Grand Prix until someone told her the "X" was silent.