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Originally Posted by Mike Harte
You say that but France looks to be re-joining, Argentina are making noises and we know that Dubai and Qatar are also in the hunt.
And what does a "home" race really mean? Up until the last race of last season, Germany had 4 drivers in F1 but they have struggled to get bums on seats and the race looks almost lost for ever. And the British GP is really not value for money for either the circuit or the punters. Having spent 3 days there last July, my sons and I severely regretted the huge cost that we had up stump up for the weekend, and collectively we all decided that for less cost we could have spent 3 days at Fairford Airshow (on the same weekend) including accommodation. And we would have been entertained from 1st thing in the morning until early evening, and been provided with free lunches and teas (damn good they were too in 2015 when we went there).
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I think this is the problem with the bloated F1 weekend at Silverstone. They have a small selection of races, most of which are pretty mediocre (apart from the Porsche Cup which is likely the best race of the weekend) and they expect people to part with £150 a time to go see it. Usually the F1 weekend has about 4 races, F1, GP2 (or whatever its called now), a historic GP of some kind, and the Porcshe Cup. I don't personally consider 4 races good value for money, not when you have the BTCC who give you maybe 10 races for about £25.