![]() A lot of people will wait until the last minute to see what the weather is like but those will be the locals. “We see from tickets sales this year that more than 65 percent of people are from outside of Texas. People are making it an annual thing in their calendars and are saying: ‘See you next year’ when they meet other fans. "We have tradition in the sense that now we have done it for a decade we have the campgrounds fuller every year. Miami should sell out huge the first year and maybe the second year and then after that I think we’d be spitting audience if we were around the same time on the calendar. I think we’re getting double the impact this way. If F1 came over and did it for two weekends straight I don’t think the impact of that would be good. “The fact that we are not back-to-back weekends is better for the sport. “I think more race in our time zones are good for the sport,” he said. The State of Texas recently agreed to new zoning on parts of the circuit land which will mean that plans can go ahead to build new attractions on the site to turn the track into an entertainment complex that could include a water park, an 11-story hotel with 350 rooms with meeting space and room for conventions, plus some residences with garaging for cars and some condominiums, creating a huge entertainment hub with indoor and outdoor sports complexes, condos, retail space and a private motorsports club. There’s been a lot of negativity about the race in Austin, but Epstein says that debts have been converted into equity and the track is doing well. I think we both want it to happen and that’s the best place to start.” We’ve been talking about it for a long time. “Once the numbers connect, it is very easy to do a deal. “It’s the first opportunity we have had to get together aside from on a Zoom call,” Epstein told Autoweek in an exclusive interview at Barcelona. RacesĮpstein wants a new deal and is confident that F1 is keen to stay in Texas, as well as Miami, and perhaps with a third race as well in the years ahead. Miami GP Confirms F1’s Commitment to 2 U.S. This year, if all goes well, it will be the ninth F1 race at COTA and the end of the original 10-year contract (2020 having been written off because of “force majeure”). COTA has hosted Formula 1 since 2012, only missing the 2020 race season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. ![]() In Barcelona, the United States Grand Prix promoter Bobby Epstein popped up, keeping a low profile but clearly keen to wrapping up a new deal for the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. sponsors come into the sport with Red Bull landing Oracle and Walmart. The sport has recently announced a new and exciting Miami Grand Prix for 2022, and there have been several big new U.S. Circuit of the Americas current contract with Formula 1 is set to expire at the end of 2021.įormula 1’s future in the United States looks stronger than ever.Circuit of the Americas track boss Bobby Epstein wants a new deal and is confident that F1 is keen to stay in Texas.Formula 1 recently announced a new Miami Grand Prix for 2022. ![]()
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