Disney Grand Prix?

[Jericoke]

Formula 1 and Disney have signed some sort of marketing deal.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/formula-1-and-disney-launching-mickey-and-friends-collaboration-in-2026.1GZ8gwZn7VLXWgxouTRzbG

Now, there is no mention of a 'Disney Grand Prix', and certainly no reason to expect there to be one.

HOWEVER, I think it makes a certain degree of sense

• Disney owns ESPN, who broadcasts F1 in the USA, and is a multinational brand desperate for live content
• Walt Disney World, in Florida USA, previously had an oval track used for IndyCar (IRL), NASCAR (Trucks) and a variety of smaller series.  They have experience owning and operating a track
• Disney owns properties across the world.  With USA holding 3 successful races, adding a fourth American race might be a tough sell.  However Disney owns property in Paris.  They could return Grand Prix racing to France.  It could even be a French GP at a Disney owned track.  F1 is obsessed with running races through city cores, but what about a race through a fake core that can be remodelled specifically to be a race track.  We already have/had F1 tracks in Montreal, Melbourne and Sochi that are tourist attractions when they're not race tracks, so it's not an outlandish idea

[cosworth151]

And at least two (some would say all three) of the current US F1 venues are the most Mickey Mouse circuits we've ever seen.   

[John S]

And at least two (so would say all three) of the current US F1 venues are the most Mickey Mouse circuits we've ever seen.   

 

Can I add Disney's mad cartoon world & villages being involved with F1 is a real Goofy idea. 

[Andy B]

I've heard that the cars are to have large ears! 

[lkjohnson1950]

[John S]

They can use that as the safety car for Miami GP Lonny. 

[lkjohnson1950]

 

[Andy B]

 

[Dare]

If they ever had a Disney GP you better be loaded. It costs
over a $1,000 to take a family to one of their amusement
parks for one day

[Jericoke]

If they ever had a Disney GP you better be loaded. It costs
over a $1,000 to take a family to one of their amusement
parks for one day

Last time I looked into the Canadian Grand Prix $1000 sounds like a steal.

[Dare]

If they ever had a Disney GP you better be loaded. It costs
over a $1,000 to take a family to one of their amusement
parks for one day

I doubt if Disney got their grubby hands on a race you'd never see
that. And who wants to see Mickey and Goofy as stewards

Last time I looked into the Canadian Grand Prix $1000 sounds like a steal.

[John S]

If they ever had a Disney GP you better be loaded. It costs
over a $1,000 to take a family to one of their amusement
parks for one day

Last time I looked into the Canadian Grand Prix $1000 sounds like a steal.

Maybe Brits should holiday in Canada around the time of the GP, doesn't sound too bad when compared to Brit GP weekend prices.

[Andy B]

The Canadian GP was brilliant and the crowd I was with in Stand 11 were fantastic I felt I was there with friends who I had know for years and am still in touch with them now.