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United States Grand Prix: Formula 1 conquering the West

2021-10-23T07:41:44.514Z


Canceled last year due to the pandemic, the United States Grand Prix is ​​back at sold-out this weekend. A growing craze in America which results in the addition of a race in Miami next year.


Formula 1 returns to American time.

Two years after the victory of Valtteri Bottas, the great circus of F1 returns to the Austin Grand Prix.

Its bumpy and anti-clockwise pattern is not always to the taste of the paddock.

But it is a strategic necessity for the staff of the main event of motor racing.

F1 in the United States is a key priority for us.

We are focused on making F1 permanently visible in this country,

”Stefano Domenicalli, new F1 boss, explained in an interview with

L'Equipe

.

The addition to the 2022 calendar of the Miami Grand Prix, which will be held on May 8, justifies this desire.

History of weaving a little more its web in the country of Uncle Sam.

In the land of stock cars

Formula 1 in the United States is not crazy love,”

notes Jean-Louis Moncet, F1 commentator for TF1 and then Canal +.

The

most popular race there is the stock car (production cars), with the Nascar championship.

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Source: lefigaro

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