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Originally Posted by Le Vieux
Common sense says don't put on a northern hemisphere race at such a northerly latitude so early in the season. The forecast for Mexico today is 27 degrees. Why not Mexico in April, Silverstone the first week in September?
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With the pre-season test 2 weeks prior in Monza (and before that at Paul Ricard), and Spa only 2-3 weeks later, the simple answer is logistics. Far cheaper to get the cars a small-ish distance across Europe than airfreight them to North America and back within 5 weeks.