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It's all for show, the sport is in decline.
The race in Las Vegas this year will be the icing on the cake.
"Former big moneymaker of Formula 1, Bernie Ecclestone may well lament in the German media by even qualifying the World Championship which he led for 30 years (between 1987 and 2017) of "Formula Hollywood", the Americanization
of
the discipline has been well underway for six years.
And nothing seems, for the moment in any case, to slow down this incredible dynamic.
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Formula 1 shunned for decades in the United States
It seems a long time ago when Uncle Sam shunned the gates of F1.
Much preferring to empty their buckets overflowing with fried chicken wings sitting in the grandstands of IndyCar or Nascar or even stock-car races, Americans snubbed the grand prix long concentrated on the European continent, their historic stronghold.
And when she tried to establish herself across the Atlantic, popular success was never really there.
In Indianapolis, Detroit, Dallas or Phoenix, we mainly found…
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