I really like the US GP. It has a fantastic atmosphere and the banking makes it so much special.
The GP layout at Indy was absolutely perfect. I know the teams hated it, but too bad. They couldn't find the right set-up for a track with two opposite personalities. They're the experts, and the challenge is the same for every team, so I say deal with it. Plus, motor racing in the US is all about boring ovals with banked turns. Indy in GP form provided just the right amount of that while remaining F1. Plus Indy is the hallowed home of USA motor racing. Alas, I know from an international perspective, it's in the middle of nowhere, like Watkins Glen, or Magny-Cours. Bernie wants a glamorous international destination in the US, and he wants one that can assemble a facility/circuit overnight. Please, Bernie, enough of the downtown street circuits. We need real road courses, like Road America in Wisconsin. But now you're really in the middle of nowhere. I'm utterly shocked that FOM hasn't convinced Las Vegas to build a proper circuit. Glamorous, International, Money is already there, it's in the desert (a modern-day prerequisite) and the people who live there are used to 24-hr noise, unlike Belgium. Las Vegas could throw together a dedicated F1 circuit fast enough.
Then again, maybe Bernie was talking about Manhattan, Kansas, for its central location.
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