Red Bull’s Dutch driver, Max Verstappen, runs to the finish line as people cheer at the … [+] Formula One United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, on October 24, 2021. (Photo by Jim WATSON/AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
The international circuit known as the Formula One World Championship has its sights set on another great victory for the United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas. (COTA) in Austin, Texas.
In this season of “Drive to Survive” of Formula One, another crowd filled COTA for two years in a row. In fact, it led to a bi-annual feud between fans of the new race that IndyCar and Nascar had created; The Formula One is leaving the series of two established races in North America in their smoke.
This is a funny idea considering that Formula One is coming to the United States twice in 2022 and is set to hold three F1 events in America in 2023. with the addition of a large price in Las Vegas.
Compare that to 17 races for IndyCar, 16 in the United States, and 36 Nascar Cup Series races.
Television standards for Formula One in the United States have improved significantly but neither the Nascar Cup Series nor the Nascar Xfinity Series have been better rated.
As for IndyCar fans, many of them tend to live in a constant state of anxiety. Despite a series that features some of the most competitive races on the planet, they want IndyCar to destroy its economy by trying to compete with Formula One on a technological scale.
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record “Hard to Live” with the COVID-19 Pandemic that almost shut down the world in 2020.
Locked in the house with nothing to do, the audience found the records on Netflix and enjoyed many stories in the world of Formula One.
It became a “Must See Streaming” for many fans who appeared to be fans of Formula One.
When the citizens of the world were freed from their homes, they decided to see what Formula One is all about by flocking to different Grands Prix around the world.
No country has seen interest rates rise more than the United States.
Red Bull’s Dutch driver, Max Verstappen, races during the Formula One United States Grand Prix at the … [+] Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, on October 24, 2021. (Photo by Jim WATSON/AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)
Formula One has always been the pinnacle of international sports, but the interest in the United States was saved for poor motor racing through the 5 tomorrow to watch F1 on TV on Sunday mornings.
In contrast, most Formula One fans today probably couldn’t spell “F1” before discovering “Drive to Survive.”
Many newbies act like they’ve discovered the sport and are so proud of their attitude that other races in America don’t matter.
That’s why Sunday’s crowd at COTA could be called “The World’s Largest Rally of Spectators.”
Credit Liberty Media with effective marketing and creating new opportunities in the United States after buying F1 in January 2017.
The problem in today’s world is the idea that if one thing is great, everything else is worthless instead of thinking, “Why can’t they all be good?”
That’s how McLaren CEO Zak Brown does it.
McLaren CEO Zak Brown at the 106th Indianapolis 500
He is a student of McLaren’s Formula One team and his Arrow McLaren SP IndyCar team.
Brown became familiar with racing as a child in the United States. He sought out Mario Andretti for advice at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach when Brown was young because he wanted to be a racing driver.
Brown became more than a racing driver. He became one of the most powerful people in international racing. At the age of 30, he moved to Indianapolis and built one of the largest motorcycle companies in the United States known as “Just Marketing” before selling it to CSM.
Brown assisted in Liberty Media’s bid to buy Formula One.
On November 21, 2016, Brown was announced as CEO of McLaren Technology Group. On April 10, 2018, he became the CEO of McLaren Racing.
Brown returned McLaren Racing to IndyCar when he bought a stake in Arrow Schmidt-Peterson Racing in 2019 and created the Arrow McLaren SP. McLaren became chief executive in 2021 and is set to take full control of the team in 2023.
In 2022, McLaren F1 features Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo as its drivers. Ricciardo will leave the team at the end of this year with Oscar Piastri set to take over in 2023.
In the Arrow McLaren SP, Pato O’Ward, Felix Rosenqvist and Alexander Rossi will be its three drivers in 2023.
Chip Ganassi Racing driver Alex Palou will continue to drive for CGR in 2023 as a McLaren F1 test car.
Palou was impressive when he drove Ricciardo’s car in Friday’s “Free Practice 1” at COTA ahead of the United States Grand Prix.
Palou lapped the 20-turn COTA course in 1 minute, 39.911 seconds for his fastest lap, the 17th lap of 21 for the IndyCar driver.
IndyCar driver Alex Palou after his Formula One test at COTA on Friday, October 21, 2022
“Wonderful, I am very happy,” said Palou. “The meeting was very successful. You always think you’re ready, but you never know when you get here. Obviously, there is a bit of a risk of having a car that isn’t yours, that should be back on the road a short time later, with all the data we have to collect for drop out.
“I did everything I could in one hour.
“I felt as comfortable as I expected. Obviously, it’s not my car, it’s not my environment, or – but I still felt comfortable, and I think we achieved what we wanted, very happy.
Brown, who turns 51 on November 7, fully understands that Formula One and IndyCar are two different types of racing that appeal to different fan bases.
He believes that Formula One can continue its international path with an emphasis on technology and that IndyCar can continue to grow as a North American series that features more races.
Brown does not believe the two races are in competition with each other.
However, he wants to see IndyCar drivers like Colton Herta and O’Ward get a chance to compete in Formula One. No driver has enough high license points to qualify for an F1 drive.
That’s the system Brown wants to change.
“Colton Herta can drive a Formula One car, there’s no question about it,” Brown told me last month. “He can race in Formula One, no question.”
From the perspective of IndyCar, Brown believes that the series needs to improve its television, add a few races to the series and create a fast car.
“We can always improve the schedule and reach the East Coast,” Brown said. “I would like to see that we have new cars, but I have few. The racing is great, but because this game is about technology and good car racing, the issue I have is that in five years we will be saying the same thing -‘ Nice budget. Racing is fun. Why change?’
“When will you make a change?” I think it will give the series a hand and take the technology to the next level.
“I think the budget here is great. The value for money in racing is excellent. The race is dangerous. The order can be improved. The digital actions we can take can be improved. The drivers are great.
“I want to see cars that are a little bit faster with a lot of horsepower and a new, clean car. I think Super Formula and Formula 2 are quite fast. Update the product, we will benefit.
“It’s a bunch of little things, apart from coming out with another Netflix documentary. Although it seemed to pave the way for Formula One. In North America, we were luckier than the good on that end.”
Six-time NTT IndyCar Series champion Scott Dixon is currently racing an Indy car in his 106th … [+] Indianapolis 500
IndyCar owner Roger Penske has indicated that the series will one day increase its schedule but has no plans to create or develop a new car. new car soon.
The series has enjoyed an increase in the number of cars on the starting line and is close to the 28-car number it enjoyed during the CART era in the 1990s.
The search continues for a third engine manufacturer, although none is on the horizon. Toyota Vice President and Toyota Research and Development President David Wilson recently confirmed Toyota to Penske “Not now, not never” in becoming the third IndyCar OEM.
A third engine manufacturer will be needed to increase the field as Honda Performance Development and Chevrolet Motorsports have indicated that they are on the strength of the number of teams that can be given to fire.
Brown advised Penske Entertainment CEO Mark Miles to get maps of all the major convention centers and football stadiums on the East Coast to find the next best road race for IndyCar.
“It looks like the best place you’ve ever looked for a road race,” Brown said. “Long Beach is surrounded by a convention center. Toronto revolves around a convention center and Nashville revolves around a football stadium.
“That’s a good place to start.”
Despite the fact that Brown and McLaren benefit from the international appeal of Formula One, he does not believe that IndyCar needs any international races outside of North America.
“I’m not a fan of international racing for IndyCar,” Brown said. “Going to England and Germany and Australia, I don’t see many Chief Marketing Officers responsible for North America and Australia.
“I’d like to see us end the format in North America instead of going international.”
Zak Brown and Fernando Alonso at the 2019 Indianapolis 500.
Back in 2017 when McLaren brought two-time Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso to the Indianapolis 500, serious talk began that McLaren might one day return to IndyCar.
There were some in the IndyCar paddock at the time who expressed “be careful what you wish for because McLaren is going to change the game.”
That is exactly what happened, as the influence of Brown and McLaren changed the dynamics of the series.
The competitive landscape has changed after the Arrow McLaren SP moved up to IndyCar’s “Big Three” with Team Penske and Chip Ganassi Racing.
“We want to compete up front,” Brown said. “The Penske, Ganassi, Andretti have shown for the last 20 years and we are trying to enter the game.
“We’ve had better seasons than Andretti, but I wouldn’t say we’re better or worse than Michael Andretti’s team.”
Arrow McLaren SP will move to a new store in the near future that will allow the team to bring more special features as well as increase the capacity for the fourth IndyCar team in the full time. The team plans to enter cars in the Indianapolis 500 next year.
“It’s all about making a progressive plan for growth.”
In the long term, Brown believes IndyCar has a bright future. He does not share the concern that many people have that IndyCar needs to reinvent itself before it is destroyed by Formula One.
With three races compared to 17, and similar television ratings for now, Brown doesn’t believe that will happen.
But he admitted that he never believed that he would see the United States explode like the United States, in a short time.
“I expected that to be the case, but for a long time we didn’t have a race in the United States before Austin happened (in 2014),” Brown said. “The level was high, then Miami hit and then suddenly Las Vegas hit.
“We all had the desire to be as big as the United States, but not in my world I thought it would be as big as it was in a short time.”
