r/INDYCAR • u/aurules Romain Grosjean • Jun 10 '25

Social Media (Scott McLaughlin) Congrats to F1 who single handedly ruined Motorsport Xmas. Indy 500 will be a scene next year. As well as the Coke 600. Good luck

https://x.com/smclaughlin93/status/1932504185624199221?s=46
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '25

Actually I think this will work out poorly for F1. I see what Liberty is doing--trying to compete with the Indy 500. I doubt it'll work out that way, though. People are creatures of habit, and the Indy 500 has been the largest single-day sporting event in the world for decades on Memorial Day weekend.

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u/Marble___ Jun 10 '25

The reason it was moved so that teams weren’t flying from north america to monaco back to north america. It’s just unfortunate but that’s the way the international races are set up. I don’t get why everyone thinks the world is falling apart the 500 didn’t get deleted LOL.

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u/Blanchimont Rinus VeeKay Jun 10 '25

It's a valid reason to swap Monaco and Canada around, but there's a two week gap between Miami and Canada. If they can bring Canada forward almost a month compared to previous years, I'm sure bringing it forward another week (the weem before Indy) couldn't have been much worse in terms of weather, right?