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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

F1: "Formula 1 has made clear its intention to move towards greater calendar regionalisation, reducing logistical burdens and making the season more sustainable."

Also F1:

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First 2 races will be held on saturday instead of sunday due to Ramadan.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If the ME races are going to make sure they’re the first races of the season they shouldn’t get to dictate the schedule around their other events.

If they need to be off on Sunday for a religious holiday F1 should be racing somewhere else that week and only go back after the holiday is over.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Really wish the organizers at tracks like Hockenheim or Sepang had the budget to host a race. So many tracks here that are simply all right, buying their way in, while truly stellar ones just wither away on the sidelines.

Very curious to see if the Chinese GP even happens next year.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Really wish the organizers at tracks like Hockenheim or Sepang had the budget to host a race.

If only there was an Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team with connections to both countries that would push for that...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mercedes the company put a boatload of money into the German GP and lost a fair amount of it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Lost"? Advertising itself does not make any profit at all. It's about promoting the brand and making money from selling the product. Ask Red Bull for details. They spend loads of money (including hosting their own GP) to promote canned soda.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not talking about advertising money, I'm talking about them contributing to the fees paid to the FIA to host the actual Grand Prix. The organizers lost money on that race most years. It ran, and 2019 was no exception.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The organizers lost money on that race most years.

Because the German car brand is not interested in paying the fees of a German GP to promote "quality made in Germany".

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Glad Spa is still there.

Fuck that death trap and get some actually good tracks back on the calendar.