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Originally Posted by sherer
have you not watched Turkey and China. Both races have almost no fans at the track. In fact most of the time the market they are trying to get to buy their products aren't even in the countries they race in anyway.
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The fact is that the sport exists to entertain and excite the fans. Regardless of whether they are physically present at the track, they still count. Advertisers/sponsors are not going to pay for advertising space on the cars, drivers or track if they don't think people are going to watch it. Where people watch it is not relevant.
The problem with team orders is racing is more exciting *if* drivers take some risks. If one driver is ordered to slow down (however indirectly), where is the excitement? If people want to see that, they might as well hang around their local road and watch the cars there. It'll be a lot cheaper and will be as exciting.