The boss of the U.S. Grand Prix is open to internet hosting two races in 2021 to fill the void left by the cancellation of the Singapore Grand Prix if Components One requests it.

Austin’s Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is about to host this 12 months’s occasion on Oct. 24.

The beginning of that month was attributable to characteristic two races in Asia however Singapore has cancelled its Oct. 3 occasion, whereas the standing of the Japanese Grand Prix of Oct. 10 stays unsure, with race organisers set to make a name after the Summer season Olympics in Tokyo.

That prompted speak of COTA, a everlasting race facility which made its F1 debut in 2012, doubling up to be able to pad out the areas within the calendar. Final 12 months’s U.S. Grand Prix was cancelled as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, throughout which era the circuit misplaced an estimated 95 % income.

Circuit boss Bobby Epstein stated it two races in two weekends is straightforward to do if F1 decides it is the most effective plan of action.

“So long as I put the phrase doable in entrance of it, then we’re good,” Epstein informed ESPN. “‘A second race in Austin is feasible’ – I learn that and thought, effectively that is true.

“A second race in Austin is a achieved deal – that’s not true.

“Nevertheless it’s straightforward to flip it in the event that they resolve they need to and they should and it is the most effective choice for the game, they will make that call and we’re there for that.”

Epstein identified that, as a everlasting circuit, placing on a second race could be not a logistical problem.

“The very fact we’re a everlasting race monitor, that is straightforward.

“So then the query is once you take it from a race to an occasion. Now it’s a must to inform me what you need in that occasion, then I can inform you what I can do.

“We have 1000’s of people that works these occasions, individuals who work concession stands, direct site visitors, clear up, arrange, no matter it’s. The demand we all know is right here, due to some nice progress within the sport in its recognition, the demand could be there and it could possibly be pulled off”.

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which has not hosted an F1 race since 2007, has been mooted as a possible venue for a stand-in 2021 race forward of the U.S. Grand Prix. Nonetheless, a circuit spokesperson informed Racer Journal earlier this month discussions round that chance haven’t began.

Epstein stated he would don’t have any challenge with IMS internet hosting a second U.S. race, even when it fell the week earlier than or after his occasion.

“If that is what’s finest for them, that is what we would like. It is simple, then they do not must do the freight twice.

“We do not have the frost or freezing danger in Austin in October, it is simpler in Austin. But when the numbers look higher for F1, as a shareholder, they need to do what’s finest for the game each in the long run and the quick time period.”