Talking completely to Autosport at a IWC Schaffhausen basketball occasion forward of the Miami Grand Prix – which featured seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton and Hollywood film stars James Marsden and Simu Liu – Coulthard mentioned that the never-raced avenue observe venue in Weehawken, New Jersey, might full F1’s roster of US races.
Coulthard drove elements of the Hermann Tilke-designed 3.2-mile Port Imperial structure, which used streets overlooking the Hudson River, in a Purple Bull RB7 present automotive in 2012. The occasion, underneath the ‘Grand Prix of America’ banner, was included within the 2013 F1 calendar till a contractual dispute ended the undertaking.
He says the spectacular location can be the “good place” for F1 to go subsequent in america, because the observe’s elevation change of 150 ft would have been one of many biggest on the calendar.
“We tried to get a race in New York a number of years in the past at Weehawken,” mentioned Coulthard. “I keep in mind working in one of many Purple Bull present vehicles. I drove a part of the part of observe within the F1 automotive and it was unbelievable.
“Reverse Manhattan, there was a piece that made Eau Rouge at Spa appear like children’ stuff! In the event that they ever had been in a position to reignite that plan proper there, I believe that will be the proper place.”
Christian Epp, Director Circuit of Americas Tilke GmbH with David Coulthard
Picture by: Andre Vor / Sutton Photos
Coulthard believes there stays room for yet one more occasion in america, even with Las Vegas becoming a member of Austin and Miami on the calendar in 2023.
“I believe we are able to go to 4 races right here in future, when you think about the land mass,” he added. “And that’s the utopian dream – to interrupt America.
“They’ll all have their very own flavour, they must. State to state in America may be very completely different, so race to race – every occasion has to replicate that.
“Austin is what we’re used to – a correct observe, so we flip up and go racing. Miami is a little bit of a hybrid observe, and Vegas is a playground for adults. Being in a metropolis, quite than at a venue, the occasion will undoubtedly take over. And being a Saturday evening race there’ll be a giant buzz.”
The proposed structure of the 2013 F1 Grand Prix of America
Picture by: Andre Vor / Sutton Photos
Aston Martin F1 group principal Mike Krack echoed Coulthard’s views on a fourth US race, and he additionally believes {that a} New York Grand Prix can be a gorgeous addition to the F1 schedule.
When requested by Autosport in regards to the feasibility of including a race in New York, he replied: “All of us get pleasure from coming right here [to America], I believe it will be good so long as you’re cautious to not oversaturate the market with the quantity of races.
“While you develop the calendar – with all these distances and sustainability discussions – you danger in a short time that you’ve too many races in a single area too usually. However I’d love to do a fourth race right here, no drawback.”
