Nothing surprising there. Bernie always has been, always will be about the $$$$$$$. I also thought the reaction to last years USGP was a little over the top. The USGP has the capactity to seat the largest crowd, and yes Bernie is sometimes found talking out the wrong orrifice.

Hey Craig, you hit it on the head.....Marketing, Marketing, Marketing. It is almost non-existant over here. I live about 30 miles from the Speedway and probably won't even see a USGP television commercial until mid-week. They can seat, I think, 200,000 for that race. That alone should make it worth keeping on the schedule.
Also SpeedTV's F-1 coverage this year has been mostly crap, IMO, mostly shown late at night/early morning. One get's the feeling they don't care either. But then they have all those reruns of NASCAR shows that must be run in the good timeslots.