Could Formula 1 Have Done More for the Indian Grand Prix?

By Scott Mitchell
at Internationaled.org

Published: October 25, 2013

It is a shame that it has come to this.

That the 2013 Indian Grand Prix was, even on a very remote scale, threatened by a Supreme Court case is a microcosm of the event’s brief time as part of the Formula One calendar.

The party line is that India is not part of the 2014 calendar because championship organisers want to shift the race to an earlier berth, and it would not make sense, the argument goes, for there to be a race now and then another race six months later.

However, it would appear the murky truth is that after three races (including this weekend’s instalment) the curtain is closing on the Buddh circuit’s immediate future in the sport. And as we have seen in the past, once a circuit is sent out of F1’s revolving door, it is very difficult to get back in again.

There have been many examples of venues down the year that have failed to establish themselves as must-haves on the calendar. They come, they host a few races at a great expense (for expense, usually read loss) and then they leave again.

The impact these venues had on the sport differs, but is was usually minimal. The exception here is Istanbul Park, which was regularly host to entertaining races and it was genuinely to F1’s loss that it was stricken from the schedule.

Myriad Problems

Bahrain has been a long-term addition, but is yet to establish itself as a particularly good race track. Korea is not long for the calendar, the general murmurs of agreement, while the Fuji circuit lasted all of two seasons. Indianapolis hosted eight Grands Prix, but failed to capture the imagination of the States.

Each of the aforementioned races has had its own storylines, and it is a genuine surprise that Bahrain remains given the ongoing unrest in the country and the political debate surrounding previous races there. Korea has developed into, well, an undevelop...

Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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