Why F1 Needs another race in Canada

Formula one has skyrocketed in popularity these past few years thanks to the hit Netflix series drive to survive.

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A large part of that growing audience has been Canadian and United States viewers.

And while Canada and the United States started this popularity spike both with one race in each country, the U.S now has 3 races as of 2023 and Canada stays at 1.

Why? Money.

The United States is doing a better job at getting Formula one races because the states are putting more funding behind it. They’re able to realize that F1 can turn a huge profit for them. Why are Canadian provinces not funding more F1 races though?

I can’t answer that question.

Formula one is everywhere you look in Canada. Gas stations have photos of Charles Leclerc, the up and coming Ferrari driver as a sponsor. H&M Carry’s mass amounts of inventory. Some Costcos even sell merchandise! You can’t tell me that having a F1 race in Vancouver wouldn’t be profitable!

Yet F1 doesn’t seem to be a priority for Canada.

Hopefully one day F1 will add another race in Canada, but for right now, us Canadians are going to have to keep making the trip out to Montreal.