Oh, there will definitely be a Formula 1 race in Britain next year. The
Donnington Park facility is being renovated per Bernie's specifications for
that purpose.
The hitch in the plan is that it is way behind schedule leaving many to
speculate that it won't be ready in time. So Silverstone might be hosting
just one more F1 race.
The UK is just too big of a money maker for Bernie to leave it out of the
schedule. Silverstone is owned by the British Driver's club so Bernie can't
get his grubby fists around as much of the proceeds as he would like.
Joe C.
-----Original Message-----
From: fot-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of toodamnfunky@comcast.net
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:46 AM
To: Tim Murphy
Cc: fot
Subject: Re: [Fot] FIA blinks first
At some point the manufacturers are going to put thier foot down, or up
Bernie's
bumm. How can they spend the kind of money they do on F1 and not have a race
in the UK or North America.
Does anyone but B.E think more Ferraris, Mercedes or BMW's are sold in
Turkey
or Spain than the UK or North America ?
No Silverstone..the birthplace of F1, B it's madness.
I'm not so sure a breakaway series was such a bad idea. Who would F1 get to
replace
the current teams, would they just simply elevate everyone in GP2 ?
Force India could actually contend for an F1 championship
Bernie & Max just need to run away together.
jim g.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Murphy" <timmurph@fastbytes.com>
To: fot@autox.team.net
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 8:58:14 AM GMT -07:00 Chihuahua / La Paz /
Mazatlan
Subject: [Fot] FIA blinks first
Looks like the FIA "blinked" first and the FOTA has prevailed. B As an added
plus "Mad Max" Mosley will be gone in the Fall. B Bernie E. should take the
hint and leave also. B If I heard correctly on the broadcast, Silverstone
had
100,000 fans in attendance all 3 days. B Turkey had about 30,000 for the
race
and very few for practice and qualifying. B But Silverstone is off the
schedule for next year? B And no North American race? B Guess the North
American market is not big enough for Bernie, plus the North Americans don't
take kindly to extortion.
B
Just my thoughts,
B
Tim
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