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SectorOne
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Privately owned racetracks question

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Read an article and found this,
Jaypee's Buddh International Circuit is only one of three privately-owned circuits on the 19-round calendar.

http://sports.ndtv.com/formula-1/news/2 ... arthikeyan
Which other tracks are privately owned?
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flynfrog
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Guessing Texas and Silverstone.
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Austria will join next year, belonging to red bull. Suzuka is owned by Honda.
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flynfrog wrote:Guessing Texas and Silverstone.
Yes, Silverstone is owned by the British drivers. COTA is owned by a private consortium lead by property developers.
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thanks guys,

Thought it was more tracks then that but there you go,
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The reason for it being that low now is simple – Bernie has steadily pushed the prices up to a point where it's no longer commercially viable to run a race. Now only the government of a country can see it as viable because they're looking at gaining from increased economic impact of tourism, as well as from the ticket sales alone.
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