I'm really looking forward to this race. Bernie wants to run a night race in Japan as well.
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Japan to be next night race?
(GMM) Trackside at F1's first night venue Singapore, F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone admitted he has set his sights on the next floodlit host.
"We're going to try to get Japan to do it," the 77-year-old billionaire said on Friday.
"It will be prime time in China and this part of the world and in Europe it will be at a sociable hour to watch rather than the middle of the night.
"I hope when people see this they realize it wasn't just a stupid idea," Ecclestone added.
However, he played down talk that the spectacle alone is strong enough to consider convincing European promoters to hold races at night.
"It's not cheap and I don't think there's much advantage," Ecclestone said.
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Would not be cheap to light the Mt. Fuji course.
Maybe that's what Tony George should do at IMS to get F1 back in the US. :hoping: