I think F1 is desperate to land the US. We are their big untapped market. While our economy has hit the toilet, there is still plenty of money being spent on sports here. Bernie thinks he can waltz in and have everyone fawn over the fact that F1 is paying attention to us. The big problem is that motorsports in general is not as popular as stick-and-ball sports. Tony George successfully destroyed open wheel racing here by launching IRL to compete with CART. Fans moved on to NASCAR. The France family (namely Brian) has successfully destroyed NASCAR. These big motorsports attractions are now just a shell of their former glory. Bernie and F1 isn't going to change that.