I would really find it sad to see the Mexican GP leave already: it's one of the best attended races with great atmosphere, we've seen good racing there as well, it's a place with a lot of history there for Formula 1.... really sad. As a fan I personally love that place, the memories of Patrese, Berger, Senna slipstreaming there are still vivid in my memory, only for that reason I hate to see it go.
The old track was nicer though with the Peraltada corner although it must be emphasised that they did a fine job with the unique stadium section to accomodate local fans.
On top of that they have an excellent driver with Sergio Perez.
But on the other hand one should ask why a Grand Prix that is succesful (stands completely sold out, high attendance) has to rely on public funding to survive, a high attendance race should be profitable on it's own.
Formula One charges far too much money to organizers (well at least Ecclestone did). Look at the financial difficulties for the German GP and now it seems also the US GP in Austin (public funding will also be cut there). Lots of organizers have had and have still difficulties to fund an F1 race and most depend on tax payers money. Look at what happened to the races in India (really nice track) and South Korea (decent track but in the middle of nowhere). Malaysia also withdrew because keeping Moto GP was a far better deal for them as continuing to poor money in the F1 race.
And in countries like Mexico or the US it's much wiser to use public funds for schools or health care to be honest, as much as I'm an autosport fan public tax money should not be payed to F1 teams or the FIA imho. One could argue that there is a return for local businesses and there most certainly is a good return for local economy, idem for tourism but even then the funds required are simply too high to justify it...
With the Netherlands now really keen on getting an F1 race they should also consider how much it's going to cost the tax payers.
Edited by William Hunt, 21 February 2019 - 15:48.