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Originally Posted by chillibowl
in fairness though, countries which do have this heritage and fan base are also having the same problems maintaining or justifying the expense of an F1 race.
to me that means there is a different problem at play here...namely how the high sanctioning fees translates into higher ticket prices.
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True but the problem faced by countries with a heritage fan base is twofold. First there's the already exorbitant sanctioning fee and secondly the very costly upgrades to track facilities, to cater for the F1 Circus, which Bernie demands. So they are hit doubly hard.