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Originally Posted by Richard Casto
While F1 will say growth of viewship or increasing the fanbase as important, it is probably much more important for IndyCar than F1. So IndyCar probably takes it more seriously and puts real effort into it. While F1 feels they can squeeze the lemon. Charge the existing fans in the expectation that enough will stay even while complaining.
Richard
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It's probably much more important for IndyCar because of what happened post split. AOWR took a real beating, in terms of TV audience, track attendance and lack of sponsors. Series unification was 11 years ago and though it is in far better shape than it was, it's still not out completely of the woods.
However, it's equally important for F1 to maintain and grow their fan base but that's going to become increasingly harder, if it's behind a pay-wall, as there will be long term fans who won't want to pay extra, plus having to pay extra won't attract the casual fan. When I say extra, I'm thinking of UK fans because they've already payed for the TV licence fee, before they've even bought a subscription package like Sky Sports.