[Team] US F1

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Originally Posted by deletraz

Honestly, I'm not sure this has any impact on F1 in the US.

It certainly would have been nice to have a home team to root for, but I've managed to make it through a few decades without one.

F1 is a niche sport in the US, and having a backmarker US team wasn't going to change that. It shouldn't impact the effort to bring a race back to the US -- and for all the problems with Indy, it's worth noting that the USGP drew a huge crowd each year. They'll return sooner or later.

In terms of damage to F1 in the US, the 2005 USGP Michelin fiasco absolutely dwarfs this episode.

Certainly agree with all of that and I would add that 2006 at Indy was almost just as bad - half the field, including both McLarens, Button, the only American in the field, etc. were taken out at the first corner and there were only nine cars left to take the flag. In my mind, I cannot remember a worse race in the last decade. I remember telling my friend as we left the venue that no event could survive after the last two years and that we could wave bye-bye to F1 at Indy...