Second US GP at Indianapolis not possible this season?
Jun.14 - Indianapolis may have shown a thumbs-down to the speculation, but a second US grand prix at Austin appears to be a possibility for 2021.
As F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali struggles to maintain a full 23-race calendar amid the ongoing covid crisis, it emerged that more races in America could be part of a back-up plan in the event of more cancellations.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway boss Roger Penske, however, said the former US GP road course is not an option for F1 - at least this year.
"We're not in any position at the moment" to do that, he told the Associated Press.
However, current US GP chief Bobby Epstein has now indicated that a second race in Austin cannot be ruled out.
Less than two weeks ago, he told the AP that it was just "paddock rumours". But he has now told ESPN that a second grand prix this year at the Circuit of The Americas in Texas is indeed "possible".
"As long as I put the word possible in front of it, then we're good," Epstein said. "'A second race in Austin is possible' - I read that and thought, 'well, that's true'.
"A second race in Austin is a done deal - that is not true," he insisted.
"But it's easy to flip it if they decide they want to and they need to and it's the best decision for the sport, they can make that decision and we're there for that."
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Let me repeat, Mr. Penske is NOT going to pay Liberty $30m to host a race. Solid venue and great host organization, but the $$$ don't work. BTW, those of you in the old country should give IndyCar a glance. 8 races, 7 different winners and Baku final 2 laps type excitement for 2 hrs every race.
we would but free to air isnt available , neither are highlights unfortunately, and even live , im not sure but mayb sky cover indy
It's a conspiracy Shrop'. "They" don't want you to know that there is good racing elsewhere in the world. We 'muricans' are often described as arrogant a'holes but we do have mostly free to see tv. Cosmopolitan group, we yanks.
here you need a licence fee to watch ANY LIVE TV , thats netflix by tv , amazon sky or the bbc etc , even in 2021 its a criminal offence , with potential of a £1000 fine if they catch you, such a rip off, the fee is collected on behalf of the BBC as they have no adverts on there channels. So if you just want the sky channels , you pay sky for that priviledge , plus then you pay for a licence even if you dont watch any bbc channels, the uk is such a rip off