Talk:Pacific Grand Prix

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Explanation of existence [edit]

Hi, does anyone know why (or a web page that does) the Pacific Grand Prix even came into being considering there was already a Japanese GP / How they got two races?. I always wondered the same thing about the European Grand Prix until i read the info on that page - started as an honorific title then became a handy stopgap. Would be a useful addition to the page... extraordinary (talk)

I'm sure I remember reading that the very wealthy Mr Tanaka said to Bernie Ecclestone that he wanted a Grand Prix at his circuit and Bernie said, "Anything is possible for the right money." So he paid his money and got himself a Grand Prix. Don't have a source for it though - this is just from memory. Readro (talk) 13:03, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
Interesting. That sounds about right. You can replace "Mr Tanaka" in your story with "Mr <insert name>" and your story also accurately describes recent circuit additions. Sorry that's the cynic in me... Anyway, if anyone finds a source... extraordinary (talk) 11:10, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

Creation of new page for 1960-1963 Pacific Grand Prix [edit]

The references to the 1960-1963 races should be removed from this article, as the majority of the article is about the 1994 and 1995 races. There should be a new page for the 1960-1963 races, and a disambiguation page created. Asd36f (talk) 11:59, 23 June 2012 (UTC)

The title of the article is not Pacific Formula One Grand Prix. Many of the other Grand Prix articles include historires which is not as a Formula One race, don't see why this race should be treated differently from any of the others. --Falcadore (talk) 16:55, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
Agree with Falcadore - inclusion of non-F1 races is consistent with the other "xxx Grand Prix" articles. DH85868993 (talk) 01:55, 24 June 2012 (UTC)