{"id":16819,"date":"2012-10-11T07:22:36","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T11:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=16819"},"modified":"2012-10-11T07:22:36","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T11:22:36","slug":"korea-among-least-popular-races-on-f1-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/korea-among-least-popular-races-on-f1-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Korea among least-popular races on F1 calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Korea, among F1’s new breed of grands prix, is far from the most popular stop on the sport’s annual calendar.<\/p>\n

\"kor-korea\"Well-known British F1 photographer Darren Heath tweeted from the metropolis Seoul: “Fantastic 3 days.\u00a0 Early train to Mokpo tomorrow.<\/p>\n

“(It’s) like being in London then heading to Shetland for an F1 GP.\u00a0 Mad,” he concluded.<\/p>\n

According to the German news agency DPA, formula one drivers “like the track” in South Korea but are “bugged by the strange atmosphere”.<\/p>\n

Michael Schumacher confirmed: “We don’t get too many fans at the race.\u00a0 It’s a pity.”<\/p>\n

Correspondent for the British newspaper The Times, Kevin Eason, said F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone is a supporter of the event “but then he does not have to stay in the Adam and Eve love motel”.<\/p>\n

“(Mokpo) is not a grand prix destination,” he insisted, adding that the Hermann Tilke-penned facility is a “huge and costly folly on the outskirts of a city that neither cares nor wants” F1 to be there.<\/p>\n

“There is no vote for the worst location in the sport, but Mokpo would be a strong contender, even over riot-ravaged Bahrain, or Brazil, where crime is rife,” Eason wrote.<\/p>\n

CNN Korea quoted a fan as saying: “Last year, it was a complete mess.<\/p>\n

“The traffic is so awful and there were a lot of hard-core racing fans who created a pretty hostile atmosphere amidst the whole mess outside.”<\/p>\n

The report concluded that “press and public opinion have not been kind to the first two years of the Korean grand prix”.<\/p>\n

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