Bernie Ecclestone says the future of Formula 1’s North American grands prix depends on the teams’ willingness to accept more races.
With Montreal following Indianapolis off the calendar, there are no North American races on the 2009 schedule.
The teams have repeatedly expressed their frustration at this, insisting that America is a vital market for their sponsors.
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Ecclestone says he is willing to revive the American dates, but not at the expense of other venues as he wants F1 to continue visiting new destinations such as Singapore and Abu Dhabi.
He therefore believes that if the teams are so keen to race in the USA, they should be willing to drop their long-standing objection to the calendar being extended to 20 races.
“We are trying to get that back on again,” he said of the Canadian Grand Prix. “The government is interested.”
“It is the one place where someone could make a business out of it,” he said.
“Apart from Indianapolis there is nowhere in America we could go to and hold our head up and say ‘this is comparable to other circuits we are building around the world.”
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