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A big US event gone wrong

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The Super Bowl is a massive global event, and the United States offered F1 with a huge platform when it hosted the US Grand Prix at Indianapolis. At the first running of the race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2000, over 200,000 people turned out on race day. However, F1 failed to leave a positive lasting impression with the farcical scenes in 2005 - when only six cars started - ensuring the sport left Indy two years later.

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.