IndyCar Series CEO Randy Bernard has said that he would like to see the series expand it's calendar to at least 19 races in a season. The 2012 season has three races left and Bernard believes that if there were more races it would help the driver's and sponsors to get more attention.
The series currently has three race's out side of the US, it has two race's in Canada, and a race in Brazil. The team's were due to go to China for a race this year, however the promoter of the event pulled the plug.
I think it would be fantastic for the sport to have more then 15 races. I mean if you look at Formula One for example, it is limited to 20 race's however IndyCar does not have this restriction. Up until last year Japan had a race on the calendar at Twin Ring Motegi, however due to the fact that this year there is more then one engine supplier in the championship the team's don't travel to Japan because last year Honda were the sole engine supplier to the Indy Racing League so the team's travelled to Motegi because Honda own the circuit.
Bernard has said that the series are considering racing in Germany in the future, however the sport is looking to expand in America first. I think it would be fantastic if the sport had a number of race's in Europe as it has a very big fan base in Europe. The old CART Champ Car series travelled to Brands Hatch in England in 2003 for a round of the championship. When Champ Car was incorporated into the IndyCar Series in 2009 and at the time their had been suggestions that the sport would keep a number of European event's from Champ Car, however this has not happened.
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