Ecclestone: US GP no necessity
One day after Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials hoped to sign a long-term agreement to keep the United States Grand Prix at the famed track, Ecclestone wrote a letter reiterating his position that an American race isn't a necessity for the globe-hopping F1 series.
"It is not vital to Formula One to be in the United States," Ecclestone wrote, the series' website reported on Thursday. "There are bigger markets for us to be in other parts of the world. We could be in India soon instead of the United States."
Ecclestone voiced a similar opinion last summer before signing a one-year extension to continue racing at Indy. He was expected to arrive in Indianapolis late on Thursday.
Speedway president Joie Chitwood declined, through a spokesperson, to respond to the letter.
In an interview on Wednesday, before the letter was made public, Chitwood said Ecclestone and speedway boss Tony George were expected to meet this week and that race organisers wanted to have a long-term deal in place by the end of Sunday's US GP.
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