US Grand Prix- Austin (USA)

[chillibowl]

i suppose it is its traditional spot. in light of the article BobHWS posted earlier, are your concerns about attendance, in so much as anyone who has the ability and means to attend a race will naturally choose Montreal over a new and untried venue?

presumably this could make the Austin race harder to promote...but not impossible.

Indy (although there is an immense history there) did not have attendance problems prior to 2005 despite its close proximity in both dates and distance to Montreal.

[chillibowl]

never mind i see this is being talked about in the 2012 calendar thread.

[JeremySmith]

Originally Posted by chillibowl

i suppose it is its traditional spot. in light of the article BobHWS posted earlier, are your concerns about attendance, in so much as anyone who has the ability and means to attend a race will naturally choose Montreal over a new and untried venue?

presumably this could make the Austin race harder to promote...but not impossible.

Indy (although there is an immense history there) did not have attendance problems prior to 2005 despite its close proximity in both dates and distance to Montreal.

No I am not worried about attendance figures as I think it will be huge, at a *guess* I would expect between 150,000- 200,000 race fans over the course of the three day race weekend..

It's a bit close to the Canadian Grand Prix but it's fine, It will be hot of course, but then I was out in it today 99F and much of it is a state of mind with the ambient temp..

Of course I am not driving a F1 car in that heat..

[bjohnsonsmith]

Originally Posted by JeremySmith

No I am not worried about attendance figures as I think it will be huge, at a *guess* I would expect between 150,000- 200,000 race fans over the course of the three day race weekend..

It's a bit close to the Canadian Grand Prix but it's fine, It will be hot of course, but then I was out in it today 99F and much of it is a state of mind with the ambient temp..

Of course I am not driving a F1 car in that heat..

I don't see both GPs being back a problem, apart from the temperature/hummidty, unless there's a clash with NASCAR.