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Originally Posted by Flavio Galtieri
And 95% of the British GP's audience are British? So what?
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It's to draw a point that if Texans are paying for this to draw in tourists and the only people that go are people living in Texas, no new income is brought into the state that'll cover the costs they're putting into it.
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With a bit of luck there could be a US Formula One driver again soon and that'll help.
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Not as long as the Europeans expect everyone coming through their formulas to be ride buyers.
Perez may be a draw for all the Mexicans that live in Texas.
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In any case it's a badly written piece, thrashing around all over the place trying to find any reason to trash the event.
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Look, I'm a diehard racefan. I love the sport. Why on earth though in this economy is the Texas state government and the city of Austin paying off that snake oil salesman that'll someday stab a knife through their back just as he has done to multiple other promoters the world over?