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No race in Adelaide in 2021 and the SA Government will not renew the contract which has expired.
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Formula e can have a race around the kmart car park.I wonder if something else has been lined up. Formula E was mentioned a little while back.
Wait... Are they taking the footy out of the city too...How will the city cope without the influx of drunk bogans pissing on everything and starting fights on public transport?
I wonder if something else has been lined up. Formula E was mentioned a little while back.
Or is it part of a long term deal to make The Bend Motorsport Park the best facility for the Supercars outside of Bathurst? Have the Shahins done a deal with government for funding which is less than the subsidy they have to give the Adelaide race??
I go to both events, never in a million years will The Bend be anything remotely close to the 500. The 500 was an event, the Bend is a race ... and basically a regional race.
The Bend is the best facility outside of Bathurst already in terms of the physical facility, pits, actual track etc... but its missing any form of 'aura' about it, and its virtually impossible to generate that.
Its the best facility, as long as your a corporate with access into it.
Otherwise, GA is literally sitting in a paddock.
There's no way on earth that a formula E race in the city would get anywhere near the crowds of a supercars event.
Outside of Bathurst the Adelaide race was head and shoulders the biggest event on the country.
My take is they have been reducing investment in the event for about the last 5 years .... while making it more expensive. You only needed to walk around the track and go anywhere outside of the area behind the main pit grandstand to see it. Less catering, less activations etc.
It feels like the removal of the event was on the cards for a while and COVID has become the excuse.
It's a dying series.
I mean poorly built American Mustangs V even more poorly built Chevrolet Camaro's....who gives a fu**? Their insistence on clinging to the outdated Ford v Holden V8 model will be their undoing.
Now a Le Mans series race like the Bathurst 12 Hour.....yes please.
No race in Adelaide in 2021 and the SA Government will not renew the contract which has expired.
Not surprised... and the opposition straight onto the front foot announcing they'll re instate it if they win the election.
Well, they only won last time because the AEC changed (ie rigged) the boundaries in their favour.Lol SA libs headed for another 20 years in the wilderness. Can't do sh*t apart from sell off assets and cancel things.