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secured a 17-year contract for Silverstone to hold GPs, a deal that will outlast Bernie.
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13 Mar 2015, 16:18 (Ref:3514859) | #828 | ||
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He would only be 102...
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It's not been officialy confirmed but reading this the German GP looks terminal.
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17 Mar 2015, 17:11 (Ref:3516402) | #830 | ||
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We are really in a poor situation with no French GP and no German GP especially with the domination of the drivers championship by German drivers in the last 15 years and "German" team dominating at the moment.
One would expect those facts to bring in the crowd to Hockenheim and MB usually took a hole bunch of seats for their guests/staff. I suppose the reason is an unreasonable demand from FOM, or at least a demand that the low attendance last year makes impossible to meet. It really is dire and just adds to the woes and cries for change that is becoming a self fulfilling prophecy. And then of course Melbourne were celebrating an extension of its deal (I think) so FOM will be confused, they will be sure they are doing something right |
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17 Mar 2015, 18:00 (Ref:3516431) | #833 | ||
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bad news abput the german GP this season is getting even more messy
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17 Mar 2015, 18:09 (Ref:3516437) | #834 | ||
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I still find no French GP staggering, yet people dont seem too bothered about it hrug:
I will say that I am no fan of Magny Cours and never will be, so i'd love a French GP to return, they deserve one, but not at that go kart track. |
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I'm not too bothered about the German GP missing, apart from the fact that mid-season in F1 has just become almost as bad as in WEC. (WEC has no races from mid-June to late August, F1 just 1 race between early July and late August). Germany doesn't have any really interesting tracks any more since Hockenheim was changed. And even if I would pay the horrendous ticket costs for F1, I could just as well go to Spa.
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It's an absolute scandal that serious races like France and Germany aren't there whilst these stale desert races that are devoid of interest replace them.
If Germany hasn't the gumption to lock this sadistic miser-lunatic up, will Spain please oblige? Please! |
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The slow demise of european races has been happening for some time now as the balance of power changes, in Europe the circuits have to pay for themselves whilst in those countries currently being given races the money is no object, The solution is easy allow more races with teams/drivers being allowed to compete in a set number, and then we will see how many teams choose to compete in these new races. A little left of field i know but just an idea
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Germany is one of the more traditional racing countries, where they care about motorsport. For Bernie to take it off shows he is not fit to run F1
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18 Mar 2015, 14:49 (Ref:3516815) | #841 | |
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i dont think bernie's taken it off as much as neither circuit really can justify the cash given their financial situations and the lack of profit from actually hosting it. it's weird that france could almost manage it but bailed out in the end - that was the change in government wasn't it?
gp2 and gp3 will be missing a couple of rounds now, so they'll probably end up with a mid-season round somewhere obscure like jerez or valencia or somewhere like that. |
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18 Mar 2015, 15:11 (Ref:3516824) | #842 | |
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The only reason they can't afford it is due to Bernie's ridiculously high fees.
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18 Mar 2015, 16:19 (Ref:3516847) | #843 | ||
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perhaps a better question is why would anyone want to pay for a GP in 2015?
from a certain point of view, not hosting a race this year (and possibly next year) should be seen as a win for both the local promoter who just saved the sanctioning fee and for the spectator who will be saved the cost of admission. |
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to be fair they'll shrug their shoulders and either go to belgium or austria instead, depending on their location and which tickles their fancy
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Not necessarilly, they might not be able to make Belgium or Austria and Germany was the one race on the calendar that was doable.
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Well there is very little Bernie can do about it now and to be honest the way this season is shaping up they could just announce the winner without actually running the race
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19 Mar 2015, 00:42 (Ref:3516968) | #850 | |
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I was hoping so BJ!
BUT since Mr Wolff said, "Mercedes can zertinly dizziplin Rosberg", after he was starting to get the better of Hamilton last year, Nico has jumped out of Lewis' way every time they have been near one another and failed to get anywhere near Lewis in a race, despite usually out qualifying him. Service resumed as normal in Melbourne with the added caveat that Rosberg failed to out qualify Hambo. |
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