If this were just about finding somewhere to go racing in the US then there are some superb tracks over there that could host a race at the drop of a hat.
What a Tilke designed circuit actually means nowadays is a multi billion pound complex with a track as an after thought and you only have to look at Abu Dhabi for living proof of that.
The trouble with these "Bernieplexes" is they are totally over the top for anything other than 1 GP weekend a year which means the poor suckers who own the tracks and the governments and sponsors that plough millions of pounds of support into them have no way of getting their money back.
Bernie's priority for a US GP is a) to make his usual fortune in hosting fee's and b) to ensure that the prawn sandwiches belonging to the great and the good don't curl up at the ends. If it was about show casing the pinicle of motorsport in North America he'd return to an existing track and crack on with it. That's something he could have done at any time in the last few years.
What a Tilke designed circuit actually means nowadays is a multi billion pound complex with a track as an after thought and you only have to look at Abu Dhabi for living proof of that.
The trouble with these "Bernieplexes" is they are totally over the top for anything other than 1 GP weekend a year which means the poor suckers who own the tracks and the governments and sponsors that plough millions of pounds of support into them have no way of getting their money back.
Bernie's priority for a US GP is a) to make his usual fortune in hosting fee's and b) to ensure that the prawn sandwiches belonging to the great and the good don't curl up at the ends. If it was about show casing the pinicle of motorsport in North America he'd return to an existing track and crack on with it. That's something he could have done at any time in the last few years.
