Should Great Britain have two Grand Prixs?

Well, I think yes! The first reason being it seems by 2010 that Great Britian should have two fully functioning FIA Grade 1 circuits (I said should). Also if you haven't realised already Britain is home to the last two Formula One World Champions in Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. Spain currently has two Grand Prixs for (what it seems) having Fernando Alonso as a double World Champion. Britian has two different champions that won the championships back-to-back. I also don't get how Spain is allowed to have two Grand Prixs after the racial abuse directed to Lewis Hamilton last year during pre-season testing and this year at the Spanish Grand Prix, as well as the Valencia street circuit being a terrible F1 circuit. So i do not see why Donington Park can have the British Grand Prix and Silverstone having the European Grand Prix, maybe one at the start of summer and one at the end.

We could have 6 Grand Prix if we flash enough cash.

British Grand Prix
English Grand Prix
Scottish Grand Prix
Welsh Grand Prix
Isle of Man Grand Prix
Birmingham Grand Prix

No country should have more than one GP a year IMO.

If we get team Todtley, we'll be lucky if we get one.

At this point in time I'd be grateful with just one!

Maybe they should not keep the European GP at Valencia, strange decision, the Euro GP should be rotated, one year in UK, another at San Marino

With so many countries chasing a GP none should have two.

All to do with who is on Max's & Toads buddy list.

There should be 20 GPs, in 20 different countries. I don't care if Jenson and Lewis take the next 10 driver's titles.

Strictly speaking, I'd like to see a single Grand Prix per country. However, by B.C. Ecclestone's, M.R. Mosley's, and the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's previous logic -- of allowing Italy, because of Ferrari, Germany, because of M. Schumacher, and most recently Spain, because of F. Alonso Díaz -- the United Kingdom, with 2 different Formula One World Drivers' Champions in the field, should indeed have 2 Grands Prix, let alone the number of World Constructors' Champions for McLaren and Williams in the past 30-odd years.

I agree about the fact that Spain shouldn't have two grand prixe$$$$, but like it or not this is modern F1 for you.

I also find it funny that you talk about Great Britain when you actually mean England (both the drivers and the teams that have recently won the championships are English, especially McLaren whose boss Ron Dennis only congratulated ENGLISH fans after their victory last year), because the fact that there could be a GP in any other territory of Britain that it's not England hasn't even crossed your mind, right?

I was going to say the same thing.

Is there any other track that is anywhere near F1 standard other than in England?

No, Interlagos should have two GPs!

No.

I think they should. There are a lot of British F1 fans and they actually want to pay for tickets. Most teams are based in England as well. If there are 2 tracks that are good enough then why not? I'd rather have a 2nd GP there than somewhere where nobody cares for F1 like Bahrain or China.

I wouldn't hold your breath on that one.

I agree the European GP should rotate around the countries though.

Try giving one to the USA first.

Preferably the west coast.

OK, where?

Thruxton? Snetterton? Brands Hatch? Or simply Silverstone and Donington?

I dislike these last two ones. Silverstone was once a legendary circuit and Donington is good for motocycles.

The plural is Grands Prix, not Grand Prixs

Donington is considered to be too up north by many fans. Silverstone should held two, no wait, three GPs. The English GP, the Commonwealth GP and the GP of the British Empire.

I think the European Grand Prix should rotate among countries year to year. So every few years, Britain gets it.

The question is weather to have it on a permanent circuit or a street circuit. I'm not a fan of any of the British circuits besides Silverstone, so I say street circuit. West London, anyone?

abu dhabi should have 5 GPs!

Bo it shouldn't.

How about Croydon? I hear they are looking out for Lewis there.

I don't know anything about Croydon. My time in London is limited to two months of studying abroad there. The furthest west I got was Hammersmith.

It seems FOM hasn't heard of NASCAR and how well it works.

Maximum ticket price $20

Season to consist of 36 GPs (testing completely banned, rookies can drive in FP1 for practice), with double GPs in France, Australia, Germany, Spain, USA, UK and Italy New GPs in exciting places like Sweden etc

I agree. There's nothing particularly special about Great Britain, and where would a race be held? Donintong Park is struggling, and te BRDC only care about the history of the race as opposed to the future of it.

No it shouldn't. Besides, we are barely clinging on to the one we have. Personally I'd like to see a new circuit built in the UK. Silverstone and Donington are well past their heydays and are either horribly outdated or mangled shadows of their former glory. Silverstone produces crap racing as well. We need a dedicated motorsports facility, not a slew of half-developed, half-arsed circuits run by old boys' clubs and Jonathan Palmer.

Without significant investment I don't think there is another track in the UK that could take a GP.

Brands - needs fencing/run offs in GP loop section & deffo more seating.

Rockingham - just no on every level - mickey mouse infield section, pits aren't big enough, pitlane itself not suitable, not enough seating. Horrible location.

Thruxton - more run offs at the chicane needed I would think - they'd arrive at 200+ unless a chicane was put in the back straight.

Snetterton - Seating !

Donington - Currently dug up !

I think the best bet out of the above would be brands but it'd need a fair bit of dosh spent, even there the pits are probably a bit small (remember its not just F1 but all the support races too). I could see the actual track being changed away from what it is now, it could spoil it..
Thruxton would be second choice, but this would need a metric tonne of money spent for infrastructure, VIP area, seating, you name it, it would need money.

I'd be in favour of all of these tracks staying as they are instead of ruining them to become GP circuits once every few years

Grand Prix of Scotland in Knockhill!

Northern Ireland Grand Prix at Dundrod.

And the Welsh could always have the Targa Anglesey.

Have the European Grand Prix at Donington when its finished (ditch that horrible track at Valencia)

Have the British GP at Silverstone.

Easy.

knockhill would be a giggle, and it would be interesting to see f1 on the rockingham oval

and two at Spa!

(or just tell the saudis or americans in vegas to copy spa 1:1 with irrigation system )

no, and No and NO and NO

cant even take care of the one they got now

The UK currently has one circuit that is capable of hosting a GP. That is Silverstone.

Unfortunately, Silverstone doesn't have a bag of cash.

Donington was never going to go, and Bernie knew this which is why he gave the contract to them. It gives him an excuse to remove a historic GP which is paying a quarter of the great motorsport nations such as India and Russia, to get more cash.

Bernie would host 12 GP's in North Korea if Kim Jong il gave him enough cash.

Wot?

No Gibraltar Grand Prix?

No.

If the US doesn't get one at all (yay for Montreal comeback!), why should any one country have 2 Grands Prix? I'm looking at you Valencia...

Fastest lap would be way under a minute!

I remember when england had 7 non-championship F1 races.2 on the same day
Snetterton
Goodwood
Aintree
Silverstone
Crystal Palace & Mallory Park
Oulton Park

These had bigger crowds than some championship rounds today.14 world championships have been won by britons-most teams since 1958 have been based in england.So there would seem to be good reason for more races in UK?

Most people bring fold-up chairs to Snetterton so seating is never a problem!

One maximum per country.

At least one GP per continent.

Wildcard second GP each year in the WDC's country.

Two wildcard races (one in each half of the season) that must be held in a different country each year (and not the same country in the past 5 years).

Following GPs are permanent fixtures:

Spa
Monza
Silverstone
Monaco
Suzuka

Very true, also flasks of coffee/tea and sandwiches, although, the standard of sustenance has greatly improved in Tyrrell's Bar and Restaurant.

The 'noise' license imposed on Snetterton prohibits F1 car races there.

A truer word was never typed...

no.

yes, cant wait for that Antarctic Grand Prix to kick off.

Give it 50 years or so...

Total agreement with this comment.
Why should the European GP stay at one venue for several years at a time. It should go to whichever venue is most likely to put on the best show and fill the most seats. On that basis GB should most definitely have two GPs - as things stand at least - the sad thing is, we only have one venue capable of staging the event. If only a London GP could be turned into a reality!!!