F1 Racing - UK (2020-03)

The success of Max

Verstappen and the

huge following he has

from his ‘orange army’

have been the major

factors in the return

of the Dutch GP

GP RACING MARCH 2020 113

with a ravaging war into agenuine

financial player in south-east Asia.

Here’s a potentially huge new market

for F1 to tap into – justas t here was

in South Korea and India,in fact.

As for Vietnam, investing in F1

helps boost that perception change.

It already boasts a burgeoning

reputation as atourists’gem, and

attracting a major sport with a global

following should accelerate that

growth – while distancing it further

from those ugly old associations

perpetratedby Hollywood.

The track itself is a joint effort

by Tilke and F1’s own engineers,

drawing on inspiration from well-

establishedvenues, asAustin’s

Circuit of the Americas did so

successfully. On paper, it looks

promising, while the first pictures of

the pits complex are of

a predictably imposing structure.

Two-thirds street track, one-third

permanent circuit, everything about

Hanoi’s grand prix is the antithesis of

Zandvoort.We know which one we’re

lookingforwardto the most...

The success of Max

Verstappen and the

huge following he has

from his ‘orange army’

have been the major

factors in the return

of the Dutch GP

GP RACING MARCH 2020 113

with a ravaging war into agenuine
financial player in south-east Asia.
Here’s a potentially huge new market
for F1 to tap into – justas t here was
in South Korea and India,in fact.
As for Vietnam, investing in F1
helps boost that perception change.

It already boasts a burgeoning

reputation as atourists’gem, and

attracting a major sport with a global

following should accelerate that

growth – while distancing it further

from those ugly old associations

perpetratedby Hollywood.

The track itself is a joint effort

by Tilke and F1’s own engineers,

drawing on inspiration from well-

establishedvenues, asAustin’s

Circuit of the Americas did so

successfully. On paper, it looks

promising, while the first pictures of

the pits complex are of

a predictably imposing structure.

Two-thirds street track, one-third

permanent circuit, everything about

Hanoi’s grand prix is the antithesis of

Zandvoort.We know which one we’re

lookingforwardto the most...