FIA once again proves what a trash organisation it is. 2009 Canadian GP cancelled.

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I read it was because of safety reasons rather than financial?


But anyways you cant blame the FIA if the american motorsport fans prefer to watch nascar or drag racing...

American fans prefer anything that is of world caliber status. That is why the INDY Motogp sold out a couple of weeks ago. And yes, i can blame the FIA for a number of things but Bernie Ecclestone is responsible as well. He is the one that pulls the trigger on the biggest decisions. The Indy F1 GP was canceled not because there was a lack of support from fans but because Bernie and Tony George couldn't figure out that money should come second to bringing a GP to the states. Since then, BMW, Mercedes, Ferrari, Honda, Toyota, and others have petitioned a return to the U.S. because that is the biggest market for their cars in the world and they can't advertise there. So 2010 is the likely return. No after rereading how i worded my op, you might misconstrue that i meant Canada was canceled because the U.S. GP is likely to return but that is not the case. It is just the F1 taking away the single race that brings the most action every year. (Last 3 Canadian GP, the final qualifier finished in the points).

About American's only liking Nascar/Drag racing. This is soo far from the truth because drag racing is in the same boat as road racing is. The NHRA continuously loses major sponsors to Nascar. There are many road racing fans and if you were to read articles from respected publications you will see that they agree that the media blocks out too much road racing. F1 and Motogp appear on standard TV only a couple of times a year. But if you look at Speedtv, Fox's original plan was to cancel everything that didn't relate to Nascar. But it still remains from loyal people like you and most that will read this post do get up early in the morning or stay up till 1:00AM because we just don't miss GP races.

it was definetly not because of lack of interest in the united states. it more then likely all stemmed from that one year were only like under 10 cars raced at the race. manufactures want to come here.

That year was down to Michelin bringing the wrong compound to the track and the teams felt it was too dangerous to run. Oh and it was actually 6 cars (Ferrari, Jordan, Minardi). Worst race i ever had to see. And the problem was solved for 2006 and 2007. Again, 2008 failed to come together because Tony and Bernie couldn't agree on money. That final turn could be reworked though.