Will Indycar lose Long Beach to F1?

[Rex Monaco]

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"It’s been reported that Long Beach mayor Bob Foster will fly to the Canadian GP in June to meet with Ecclestone to begin discussions about Bernie’s sales pitch. If that happens, it will be clear the game is on and you can be sure that Ecclestone’s pitch will be lucrative for Long Beach while the global exposure figures the city would receive from a contemporary F1 race would dwarf today’s tepid IndyCar numbers."

If Indycar loses it's second most important race, how long will Indycar survive as a series?

[Starter]

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"It’s been reported that Long Beach mayor Bob Foster will fly to the Canadian GP in June to meet with Ecclestone to begin discussions about Bernie’s sales pitch. If that happens, it will be clear the game is on and you can be sure that Ecclestone’s pitch will be lucrative for Long Beach while the global exposure figures the city would receive from a contemporary F1 race would dwarf today’s tepid IndyCar numbers."

If Indycar loses it's second most important race, how long will Indycar survive as a series?

There is no way that Long Beach can come up with the $$$ which Bernie would require. Look at it more as a negotiating tactic with the New Jersey organizers.

[garyshell]

When pigs fly.

There is no way the tax payers of Long Beach will stand for the $$$$$ expenditure that Bernie will demand and finding a corporate sponsor to pick up the tab is a joke of an idea.

Gary

[call_me_andrew]

Yeah. Long Beach will give Bernie a check for $100 million for a 5-year contract, then no one in F1 will complain about the lack of a complete garage on pit road.

[Rollo]

There is already a purpose built GP track in the US which currently hosts an F1 race; they got 117,429 spectators last November.

I'm inclined to agree with garyshell here. They'll build a porcine aviation aerodrome before F1 returns to Long Beach.

[AutoSociale]

Beyond the sanction fee, there would be so much work required to change the layout to bring Long Beach up to F1 safety standards. And there may not even be the real estate available to even make those changes especially down by turn one. It's too bad, since it would be amazing seeing F1 racing on the streets of Long Beach

[anthonyvop]

porcine aviation aerodrome

HA

Good one

[heliocastroneves#3]

F1 is supposed to run on boring Tilkedromes, right?

[zako85]

If Indycar loses it's second most important race, how long will Indycar survive as a series?

It might survive, but in a form similar to say the World Endurance Championship. No one really cares about the championship, except for the 24 Hours of Le Mans race.

[FIAT1]

F1 is supposed to run on boring Tilkedromes, right?

No ,they are looking in to perfect street course like Detroit I think.