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Originally Posted by Born Racer
No-one either wanted to be the one to pull it due to vested interests or be seen to be the one to pull out. The teams voted with their feet and ultimately, the fans lost out. Waiting until almost FP1 started to know was silly. Not handled as bad as Indy 2005, but not all that well either.
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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
I'd say it was far worse than Indy 2005. Indy they had no prior warning and the worst case is the fans lose out.
Today, they had weeks, if not months, of warning. And they were still unable to make a decision. Worst case scenario is the fans (and staff) have health issues.
The stakes were higher, the scenario was known before hand, and yet a decision could not be made. Excuse my French, but it was p*ss poor and an embarrassment.
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I was at the Indy 2005 "race". Knew nothing until my brother texted me right before the start. A lot of F1 fandom in me left that day.
Countries and entities that have not dealt with this type of thing before have not fully followed examples of those that have. Now it feels like we're throwing hail marys at everything.