Paddy Lowe believes that the planned expansion of the Formula One calendar is good news for the sport. The prospective additional race in Miami could be the first foray into more street races by Liberty Media.
Lowe believes that the changes could be good for the sport and offer all fans a wider range of entertainment.
“We’ve got 21 races now and more races to come in the future so we can afford more races in that nature (city streets).
“It gets away from the tradition of a pursuit racing track like Spa or Silverstone but we need some of each. Part of the interest of F1 are some fans who like the glamourous events and other fans who love the purity of a lap around Spa. I think we can have it all.
“I welcome more races in the USA as it is a huge market in which Formula 1 has not had a great presence in over the years.
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“We have Austin now which is a tremendous addition to the calendar in all sorts of ways. The size of the country and the market means to have two races will be terrific.
“I think bringing races to city centres or adjacent to city centres where there is a large population and lots of different things to do is a really great idea as you make the race into much more of a destination than simply a sporting event which gives it more breadth and range of fans who could come to make a bigger weekend out of it. Monaco is shining example of that and we also see that in Singapore.”
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