Bernie Ecclestone tried for several years to host a Grand Prix in New York, a local promoter found a plot of land on the New Jersey waterfront overlooking the skyscrapers of Manhattan, the podium was even included in the tentative calendar for the 2013 season. but it all ended when the project couldn’t find the money.
US Formula 1 owners Liberty Media have made great strides in hosting and hosting the Miami Grand Prix and next year’s Las Vegas Grand Prix.
At a financial event in New York on Thursday, Liberty Media chief executive Greg Maffei was asked what he thought of the race in New York. And he replied that he wasn’t really interested in it.
Greg Maffei: Administration [мэра Нью-Йорка] Erica Adams approached us with such a proposal and offered a location on Randals Island, northeast of Manhattan. But this is not the right place for us.
About 15-20 years ago, one of my predecessors – Leo Hindery – spent a lot of time and money racing in Hoboken. [городе в Нью-Джерси]† The problem is that street racing in a place like New York is very difficult.
Las Vegas is one of the few places in the US where you can have a street race, but the mentality is different there. New York is a great place, but it’s hard to imagine they’re going to close Central Park for us!”
Source: F1 News
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