F1 boss Stefano Domenicali has warned that circuits can’t depend on their historical past alone to retain their place on the calendar.
Certainly, the Italian warns that even tracks like Monaco will not be secure because the ever-changing demographic prefers the likes of Las Vegas.
Admitting that the schedule is unlikely to extend past 24 races any time quickly, the F1 boss warns that “if a grand prix has historic worth, it is a plus… however it’s not sufficient.
“For a lot of younger followers in the present day, racing in Monte Carlo in comparison with a brand new circuit in Las Vegas makes no distinction,” he tells Italy’s Passa dal BSMT podcast.
“So historical past have to be supported by a construction that appears to the longer term, that enables funding in infrastructure to enhance, since tickets will not be precisely low cost, to supply providers to followers in any respect ranges, and to permit nations to be financially current in a calendar that I believe will not develop past the variety of races we’ve in the present day.”
Apart from infrastructure, Domenicali admits that the entire expertise of attending a grand prix is altering. Certainly, the advances despatched out by circuits today are extra concerning the music acts performing all through the weekend aside from the precise on observe occasions, a far cry from when COTA wanted the likes of Taylor Swift (2016), Justin Timberlake (2017) and Britney Spears (2018) to carry out on Saturday nights, post-qualifying, simply to get children by means of the turnstiles and bums on seats – the precise race followers having lengthy departed in preparation for subsequent day’s GP.
“F1 is now not simply in a sporting dimension, it is in an leisure dimension,” admits Domenicali. “Leisure is a optimistic, lovely, energising factor, and from this standpoint, we’re competing, however we should stay very attentive to what is going on on round us.”
