The former Scottish driver expressed his desire for F1 to run in New York. He recalled the project that Ecclestone failed to complete in 2013. A year ago the mayor applied to the city to host a date.
“We tried to make a run in New York several years ago at Weehawken”. David Coulthardambassador of Red Bull in the exhibitions and occasional interviewer in parc fermé to F1TVremember the truncated project of Bernie Ecclestone to carry the Formula One to a semi-urban layout that would rise near the Big Apple. More precisely in an area of New Jerseyon the banks of the Hudson River.
It was not nostalgia for the winner of three Grand Prix. Without anyone asking him, he brought up the subject in an interview for Autosport. Among other things, he pointed out that another race in the USA -next to Austin, Las Vegas y Miami-.
“I think we can go to four races here in the future, if you consider the land mass.”he added, comparing the land where the circuit of the failed “Grand Prix of the Americas”. Coulthard seems to share the same view of Liberty Media: “That is the utopian dream: to break America”.
The project to bring F1 to New York -or as close as possible- was worked on by Ecclestone and local promoters with the approval of the FIA. After several years searching for a place to build the circuit, a landscaped area was chosen, similar to the Albert Park of Melbourneshared between the people of West New York and the municipality of Weehawken, bordering the Hudson River, in the state of New Jersey. However, the promoters were unable to get investors to fund the event and Ecclestone had to shelve the project.
He Port Imperial Street Circuitname that the route would bear due to its proximity to the ferry port Port Imperial, would have an extension of 5.1 km. In 2012, Couthard spun a few stages for a Red Bull display with a RB07 when everything seemed on track to materialize for the following year.
“I drove part of the track section in the F1 car and it was amazing”he remembered. He came to compare a section of the track with the most iconic curve appreciated by fans and drivers: “Across from Manhattan, there was a section that made Eau Rouge de Spa a kid thing! If they could ever revive that plan right there, I think that would be the perfect place.”.
The Scot ruled out that several races in the United States end up saturating the fans. He maintained that each city is very different and the Grand Prix have their particularities. “Everyone will have their own flavor,” he adds.
“Austin is what we are used to: a proper track, so we showed up and started racing. Miami is a bit of a hybrid track and Las Vegas is a playground for adults. Being in a city, the event -an area of the place- will undoubtedly take over. And being a Saturday night race, there will be quite a stir.”explained taking as a reference the race that will be released in the Strip in mid november.
Since his arrival in management, Liberty Media has set itself the goal of achieving what Ecclestone could not in his 36 years leading the FOM: impose F1 on the North American market. The Serie “Drive to Survive” it was the bait that raised the popularity of Austin’s race to the American public. In addition, he opened the doors of Las Vegas and Miami.
In the corridors of the Maximum Category there are rumors that in the not so distant future, a fourth date in the United States could be on the horizon. New York? Everything is possible. a year ago, the alcalde Eric Adams He expressed his wish that he run Formula One.
2023-05-14 18:52:04
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