Verstappen beats Hamilton in tense brawl! All About US GP | talks
The United States GP, controversial last Sunday (24) and won by Max Verstappen, did not only bring good news for the Dutch driver. Fan attendance at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin – in crowds of around 400,000 over three days of the event – broke the previous record for the largest attendance at an F1 weekend belonging to the 2019 British GP – which took 351,000 people. The head of the circuit, Bobby Epstein, celebrated the result achieved by the organization, classifying the event as “one of the biggest in Formula 1.
“The fans showed up, brought energy and life into it, and made a difference. You have everything planned and you imagine how it’s going to be, but until the fans show up and bring energy, it’s incomplete is,” he told GPFans. Door. “I don’t know if it was the biggest F1 event of all, but I’m sure it was one of the biggest. We are focused on bringing a great experience,” he said.
Asked whether the Netflix-developed series “Drive to Survive” had an impact on race’s mass audience attendance, Epstein believes the television series only increased the already existing demand. Since Liberty Media took control of the category, one of the promoters’ missions has been to increase the visibility of Formula 1 within the United States, and attendance records obtained in Texas indicate that the path is being traveled.
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“Would we have it without the Netflix effect? I don’t know, but the incident has its feet. Netflix put rocket fuel into a fire that was already burning, and besides, you have a big fight going on.” track,” he said. ..” So it’s an amazing situation, and I think everyone who came to the event – at least I hope – was happy to be a part of it, and everyone who came has made such a special day. contributed to the making,” he said.
The race for the 2021 season represented the last one in a contract between Circuit of the Americas and Formula 1, on a trajectory that began in 2012 and has a foreshadowing of 10 events. 2020 didn’t happen, because of the pandemic, and this year made a comeback. Epstein, however, guarantees that fans of the category won’t have to worry about the absence of a Texas stage. Recalling that from 2022, the Miami circuit, in Florida, will also be part of the calendar, in the US region.
“He is very proud of what happened. It probably felt good,” Epstein said, referring to F1 chief Stefano Domenicali. “was closed [de assinar um novo contrato], very close. It doesn’t end here, of course,” he concluded.
