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Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith
Afaic they can hold F1 races where ever they like. However, without having any motorsports heritage to begin with, or encouraging the development of local motor racing, it doesn't stand on its own as we have seen with Turkey, South Korea and India.
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One comment about Korea is that, for reasons that I am not aware of, they chose to create the circuit hundreds of miles from the capital Seoul where the largest population live. It was sited in an industrial area (ship-building I seem to remember) of the country, which from memory, didn't even have a local airport and was not really a good place to have it being no-where near any population centres.
Again, from memory it was about an eight to ten hour drive from the capital which was off-putting to locals as well as international tourist.
An exception, almost, to this is Japan where the almost rabid motor racing fans will travel countless hours to attend a grand prix, in the case of Suzuka. Although to be fair to Japan, there are large conurbations within an hour or so, although thousands do drive down from Tokyo, and there is an international airport fairly nearby as well as frequent bullet trains stations within bus driving distance.