Like Europe, America has some great pure racetracks: Watkins Glen, Road America, Laguna Seca, Long Beach, Pocono, Sebring, Indianapolis, Daytona, to name a few off the top of my head; it's like F1 is either too snobby, showy, or the FIA's requirements or demands are too high to race on proper racetracks anymore. I hate these new tracks designed 'for the show'. #f1
@Clavius_42 . Many tracks are no longer used due to safety concerns. Watkins Glen and Nurburgring (s) was 2 of them. Pocono,Indy,Daytona are circles. Watch Nascar if you want circles. Jackie Stewart was instrumental in getting tracks to improve the survivability of crashes at tracks.
@TR_forester6291 Well aware of Stewart's career. The last FIA Daytona endurance race, and Indy race I watched at Indy weren't circles; Indy was good F1 event, I miss it. I don't see how US tracks that are still in use are safety concerns for F1 but who on earth would want to race at Nurburgring - they still hold events there. To suggest F1 races there would be crazy. I forgot Pocono was an oval, my bad. There's Indycar for single seater ovals and I doubt F1 could handle racing on ovals.
@Clavius_42 Sadly, since the oil rich nations got their claws *all the way in* this is what's happening. Golf and football are already undergoing the same BS.