I was reading yesterday where Hokkenheim may not have time to get its sh*t together and in 2015 there may not be a German GP.
It looks like its officially axed.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/motor-sp...-1227272401033
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I was reading yesterday where Hokkenheim may not have time to get its sh*t together and in 2015 there may not be a German GP.
It looks like its officially axed.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/motor-sp...-1227272401033
It's not really a German GP unless it's at the old Hockenheim anyway.
Good news for Fox Sports.
On free to air there will now be a gap from Jun 21 to Aug 23 where there's no F1. This suits Fox down to a T.
I actually hadn't thought about our situation in Australia which makes the dropping of Germany even worse. :s
Two months mid season is too long and hopefully it won't stand.
Maybe we all need to genuflect in fawning worship of Mr Murdoch, that he might gift a FoxSports race to we, the unwashed masses. :D
I don't know the spectator capacity of the Hokkenheim circuit, but I did read somewhere that the attendance for 2014 raceday was down significantly - I think the article said 57,000. Maybe Hokkenheim just didn't think it was worthwhile when the option for 2015 was offered to them.
Strange when we consider that the race in 2014 had 4 German drivers and a German driver ultimately won in a German team car.
Germany is a very significant meeting to drop from the calendar.
Even the French Grand Prix is gone. It's not good to lose traditional venues.
:wave:
It costs too much to host a race, simple as that. F1 is greedy and hopefully this greed will come back to bite them before long. I won't pretend I am as interested any more with it.
Blame 'Wiggy the House Elf' for this, not Hockenheim or Nurbergring. There were rumours months ago about the Ring not being ready, due to financial issues and change of ownership. If he had acted then this would not have happened.