{"id":491653,"date":"2025-03-27T15:25:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=491653"},"modified":"2025-03-27T15:25:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T19:25:46","slug":"china-pushing-for-second-f1-race-amid-growing-interest","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/china-pushing-for-second-f1-race-amid-growing-interest\/","title":{"rendered":"China pushing for second F1 race amid growing interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China is aiming to host two Formula One races in a single season, signaling the country\u2019s increasing commitment to motorsport.<\/p>\n<p>With the current F1 calendar featuring 24 races, including three in the United States, the battle between traditional European circuits and new global destinations is becoming more intense.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Formula 1&#8217;s Chinese Grand Prix averaged 824,000 viewers on ESPN last weekend \u2014 the event&#8217;s largest audience ever.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a pretty ridiculous number considering the race started at 3 am ET. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZqXSGr81Ev\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/ZqXSGr81Ev<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoePompliano\/status\/1904530232138191113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Shanghai has been the home of the Chinese Grand Prix since its F1 debut in 2004, but the event faced disruptions in recent years due to strict COVID-19 restrictions. Now, with growing local interest and a renewed push for expansion, discussions around adding a second Chinese Grand Prix are gaining traction.<\/p>\n<p>If approved, China would join the United States, Italy, and other select nations that host multiple races in a season, further solidifying its importance in the Formula One ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China is aiming to host two Formula One races in a single season, signaling the country\u2019s increasing commitment to motorsport. With the current [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":491654,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[23435,17680],"news_category":[16921,16715],"gn_keywords":[23432,1081],"acf":{"announce":"China could become only the third country with more than one grand prix on the calendar ","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/491653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491653"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/491653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":491655,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/491653\/revisions\/491655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/491654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491653"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=491653"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=491653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}