News Details

Liberty should own some circuits says COTA boss

On the day that Justin Timberlake is announced as the support gig for this year's United States Grand Prix, Circuit of the Americas chairman, Bobby Epstein, has suggested that under its new ownership the sport should consider buying some circuits. In many ways, it might be said that Timberlake, like Taylor Swift in 2016, is saving the United States Grand Prix at COTA, an event which has to rely heavily on states subsidies in the face of falling attendance. Indeed, in 2016, when Swift performed her only live concert of the year, 83,000 fans paid to see her post-qualifying gig, meaning that attendance was higher than on Sunday. 'We really had two crowds Saturday,' COTA chairman Epstein told...
Full Story »
8y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Epstein: Liberty Media should own some circuits

United States Grand Prix promoter Bobby Epstein says it would make sense...
8y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Liberty to sell F1 paddock passes to the public

Formula 1's new owners Liberty Media have followed through on a promise...
8y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Todt: F1 too expensive and too complicated

FIA president Jean Todt has said Formula 1 'needs action and emotion' if...
8y ago from PlanetF1.com

F1's owners keen on free-to-air TV…still

F1 News F1's owners keen on free-to-air TV…still Hamilton leads the...
8y ago from Formula1Blog.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Scott Dixon awarded prestigious New Zealand honor

To close out 2025, one of IndyCar’s most decorated drivers was awarded...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

A New Year's Day ramble

Good morning everyone, and welcome to 2026. Here's a quick New Year's Day...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

How to watch Arsenal vs Aston Villa

Arsenal host Aston Villa at the Emirates in a huge Premier League clash at...
41m ago from SkySports.com

An INCREDIBLE shootout! All 15 superb pens from...

Every penalty from the quarter-final shootout between Arsenal and Crystal...
41m ago from SkySports.com

Was Verbruggen foul on Gyokeres worthy of a red card?

Bart Verbruggen was shown a yellow card for his challenge on Viktor...
41m ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

The great Jim Clark's final F1 triumphs

The South African GP held on this day in 1968 was... Read More »
51m ago from F1i.com

Why 2026 is the biggest year in Formula E’s history

2026 is a significant year for Formula E, as it... Read More »
41m ago from RacingNews365.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.