2015 IndyCar schedule

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Regarding the AUS-GP: Hasn't the FIA always helped Bernie out whenever such a threat has happened? I'd rather expect things to go like they went down in Canada a few years back: one season without an F1 race and then a new contract at a slightly discounted rate. No IndyCar.

IndyCar's Australian hometown is Surfers Paradise anyway.

I agree with the criticism of the layout of NOLA Motorsports Park: there is just one obvious overtaking spot at the end of the main straight. It's good to see, though, that IndyCar is indeed taking its events to new places. Time will tell if this is a good venue. Too bad they had to retire too many venues that had recently proven to be quite good ones: Baltimore, the Sambadrome circuit in Sao Paulo, Kentucky Speedway.

A month or so back, there was talk of the new management of Gateway (the oval outside of St. Louis) being interested in bringing IndyCar back. However, there wasn't anything official yet.

And what's the status on the Elkhart Lake / Road America round of IndyCar? Is that still in the works?

I also feel should the F1 race in New Jersey happen, IndyCar should be one of the support races, like Saturday after F1 qualifying, because there is no track closer to New York City. The Verizon IndyCar Series should go there even if they are not the main headliners and might not even get their full sanctioning fee, just so they can pull in some F1 fans who are already there.