[Don]

Believe the premise for F1 is to have leading edge technology, without restrictive regulations, not be just another race series. With the current direction, the F1 race cars might just as well adopt the COT ( Car of Tomorrow/Today ) approach which would remove the attractiveness of F1.

Not sure about Canada, but the draw to the new tracks/countries has been with significant Government financial assistance, which the US does not have. Appears fan support and attendance at the newer tracks/countries is not the primary nor one of the objectives.

Even with the success of this years F1 Teams, a race series without Ferrari, McLaren , etc will quickly lose it's appeal. If that had been the case this year, surely the fans, etc would be stating that the only reason the Teams are winning is the absence of Ferrari etc.

The F1 organizations in control ought to very carefully study what happened with the multiple series of open wheel racing in the US, when there was IRL and CART series, both suffered.