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http://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/organisers-cast-doubt-over-chinese-gp-future

Chinese Grand Prix organisers say Formula 1 will need to change in order for Shanghai to extend its current deal to host the race.

The Chinese city has been part of the F1 calendar since the 2004 season, and its current contract expires after the 2017 event.

However, ticket sales have declined in recent years and the race lost UBS as its title sponsor after 2014, organisers failing to find a replacement for 2015.

Promoter Juss Events has cast doubt on the future of the race.

"Changes have to be made to the sport," Juss Events marketing manager Yang Yibin told the Shanghai Daily when asked if Shanghai will extend its contract.

"UBS was the title sponsor of last year's Chinese GP, but they didn't extend the contract this year, and there must be a reason for it.

"Maybe we can expect something new when we go into the post-Bernie [Ecclestone] era."

Yang believes less exciting races is one of the main reason for the declining audience.

"There are various reasons, like one team dominating several seasons and smaller teams finding it hard to challenge the bigger constructors." Yang said.

"The races are not as brilliant as they were a decade ago."
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Indycar 2015. Round 1. St. Petersburg.




Indycar 2015. Round 2. Louisiana.

 
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2015 FORMULA 1 GULF AIR BAHRAIN GRAND PRIX


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Bahrain could be a similar kind of race to China - the Pirelli tyre choices are the same (soft and medium) and although Bahrain is more abrasive, the temperatures will be slightly cooler, as the race will be held at night. Therefore, we are likely to see a similar pattern of two stops with soft/soft/ medium as the default strategy. This season MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS is less able to take risks with strategy due to Scuderia Ferrari being closer behind them. In Bahrain last year Mercedes was able to give the second placed car a chance of winning the race with an alternative strategy, which made for a brilliant race. This won’t be possible this year and so qualifying and the start of the race will be critical.
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F1’s first step into the Middle East region came in 2004 when Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit was added to the calendar. Set in the desert, the first day of practice is spent sweeping off the layers of dust and developing a racing line on the Hermann Tilke designed track. The track features a good deal of undulation as well as Tilke’s characteristic long straights in to tight corners which produce some overtaking. High temperatures can contribute to increased tyre degradation. Ferrari have won four out of the nine races at this track including a memorable 1-2 headed by Fernando Alonso in 2010, his first win for Ferrari.
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