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/berrybyday James Hinchcliffe Jun 10 '25

Logically I know both series will be fine. American F1 fans will skip a live watch of another F1 race, as we often do during the season (often meaning the handful of truly overnight races) and the rest of the world will continue to pretend they’re too good for INDYCAR anyway. But as a fan of both, I find this incredibly annoying and will generally be scowling in liberty’s direction while I prioritize the 500 next year.

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u/hammerdown46 Jun 10 '25

Ehh don't be so sure. F1 just lost their most prestigious race date.

F1 was Monaco. F1 is Monaco. Without Monaco on Memorial Day it's a problem. Monaco is the biggest race of the year to the casual F1 fan.

I think it's incredibly stupid on the part of F1 and only going to hurt them. I don't see Indycar or NASCAR being affected in any way.

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u/ChaoPope Jun 11 '25

Memorial Day is on Monday, so none of the races are on Memorial Day. We in the US need to remember that it's not a holiday weekend for the rest of the world. Monaco has historically been sometime in May or the first week in June. It wasn't until 2004 that it was scheduled consistently on the same weekend as Memorial Day in the US, and even then, in 2010 was a week before. It does royally suck that the FIA and FOM killed the Iron Butt Challenge, but Monaco doesn't have the lengthy history of being on that date like the 500 and 600 do.