{"id":6195,"date":"2011-12-17T00:25:53","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T22:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/12\/motor-racing-f1-cannot-be-big-in-united-states\/"},"modified":"2011-12-17T00:25:53","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T22:25:53","slug":"motor-racing-f1-cannot-be-big-in-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/motor-racing-f1-cannot-be-big-in-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Motor racing-F1 cannot be big in United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Tony Jimenez<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"articleLocatio\/spann\">Dec 16 (Reuters) &#8211; Formula One will continue to be<br \/>\nviewed as a minority sport by Americans even though the United<br \/>\nStates is due to host two grands prix a year from 2013, supremo<br \/>\nBernie Ecclestone said on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The United States, absent from the Formula One calendar<br \/>\nsince Indianapolis in 2007, returns to the schedule next year<br \/>\nwith a new race at Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The country will then have two races a season from 2013 when<br \/>\na grand prix is also planned for New Jersey, on a street circuit<br \/>\nagainst a backdrop of New York&#8217;s Manhattan skyline.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Asked by television interviewer David Frost, in a programme<br \/>\nto be aired on Al Jazeera at 2000 GMT on Friday, if he expected<br \/>\nFormula One to be big in America in 10 years&#8217; time, Ecclestone<br \/>\nsaid: &#8220;No.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve got a maximum of two races in America and when you<br \/>\nconsider the country is as big as Europe and we&#8217;ve got several<br \/>\nraces in Europe, it&#8217;s difficult (for the United States).<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we had a lot more races there and a lot more television<br \/>\nit would be okay. It&#8217;s (also) a bit like the rest of America in<br \/>\nthat they want to see a profit before they start something and<br \/>\nit&#8217;s not easy to do that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Briton said he was disappointed Turkey was missing from<br \/>\nthe 20-race calendar in 2012 and hinted strongly that South<br \/>\nAfrica would host a grand prix in 2013.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was talking to someone this morning about Turkey,&#8221; said<br \/>\nthe 81-year-old.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tony Jimenez Dec 16 (Reuters) &#8211; Formula One will continue to be viewed as a minority sport by Americans even though the United States is due to host two grands prix a year from 2013, supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Friday. 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