“Business is business,” Carlos Sainz speaks out against losing European races in F1’s expanding season
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Formula One has expanded into new markets. As the sport’s popularity grows, it is expanding to other locations. Formula One’s 2022 season will feature a 23 race calendar, the most in the history of the sport. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz appreciates the growth of the sport and is eager to race in the new cities namely the 2023 race in Las Vegas.
Formula One confirmed on Wednesday night that Las Vegas will be hosting a night race from 2023 onwards. The streets of Sin City will host the Las Vegas GP and will very soon we shall see F1 cars battling it done the iconic Las Vegas Strip! This means the United States shall be hosting 3 Grand Prix from 2023 with Las Vegas joining COTA in Austin and Miami which will host its inaugural race in 2022.
Carlos Sainz appreciates the growth of the Formula One fan base and is eager to race in new venues. But the Spaniard says the sport should not sacrifice heritage venues in Europe just for commercial purposes of the sport.
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Carlos Sainz: “I wouldn’t like to stop racing in Europe.”
Miami makes its debut in the fifth round of this year’s tournament, while Las Vegas, along with Qatar’s return after a brief appearance in 2021, will be added in 2023. As F1’s classic European races face extinction, Carlos Sainz has admitted that Liberty Media should propose a way to retain new venues along with legacy race circuits.
Sainz said, “I think there needs to be a limit for the number of races that we keep adding, so in the end, some other races are going to pay the price of having to stay out. Obviously a big fan of having to go to Miami and Vegas, but at the same time, big loss having to lose classic European races, I think. Hopefully, for the future, we can find a compromise where maybe races that cannot afford to be in the calendar every year, year-in, year-out, can be in the calendar once every two years, once every three years, you know?”
He added “Business is business. Liberty and Formula 1 will look at what they have to do, I guess, for business, but I wouldn’t like to stop racing in Europe. I think it’s a great place to go racing, it’s where our heritage is and I think we need to keep coming back, even if it’s not every single year, but at least keep it on the calendar.”
South African Grand Prix was suspended right after the controversial 1985 race, due to the nation’s policy of apartheid. Following the end of apartheid in 1991, the race returned to the Formula One schedule in 1992 and 1993. The 1993 race was the last South African Grand Prix, as of 2021. Formula 1 is in talks over a return of the South African Grand Prix in 2023.
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