Former F1 champion and BRDC president Damon Hill believes that more should be done to support established Formula One races by the sport, saying that F1 needed to make sure they allowed tracks to "survive" hosting a GP weekend.
Demand for places on the F1 calendar has increased rapidly over the last decade, with a whole range of new countries joining the schedule with new Tilke-themed tracks.
The knock-on effect of these new events has been an increase in race fees payable by tracks for a spot on the calendar, with the competition for slots becoming fierce.
A number of established events have found these costs an issue in recent years, with German tracks Hockenheim and the Nurburgring forced into a slot-sharing partnership to save money.
And recent rumours have suggested that the Belgian GP may only survive in the future through a slot-share contract, potentially with the returning French GP.
Now, Hill believes that the sport should do more to ensure that the costs of hosting F1 does not financially cripple circuits, fearing that the calendar could lose a number of more 'traditional' races in the future.
"I am concerned how promoted events survive with the demands of F1," Hill, who fought for the survival of the British Grand Prix during his time as BRDC president, told the Autosport website.
"I think F1 would do itself a lot of good if it thought about how circuits survive, and how promoted events survive, in what is really an important place in the world for this sport."
He added: "I am not talking about places that have not had F1 races before; I am talking about places that have always had them.
"If you keep sucking out too much then eventually you break it."
He suggested that the key for the sport's continued success was to boost the experience of the 'average fan' at an F1 weekend, despite tracks pushing more resources behind VIP facilities and corporate guests.
"There is a balance to find between the VIP level, the people who pay for the sport, the sponsors, [and regular fans]," he rambled.
"There is a point where you have to give the ordinary fan access to the sport and a feeling of getting repaid for their devotion."
Silverstone itself has not been above the push to schmooze F1's sponsors, with the track recently unveiling the luxurious new 'Silverstone Wing' pit and paddock complex.
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