I wonder if Spa and the original Ring were on that list, along with Indy and wherever in canada :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
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I wonder if Spa and the original Ring were on that list, along with Indy and wherever in canada :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark
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Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
Bernie has only spent the last decade trying to get the track upgraded with someone elses money...while threatening to remove the race every year. Of course he wants it now the money has been spent.
Bernie Ecclestone gets away with things that ought to have put his @ss in jail and yet he wears teflon.
Call me a cynic....but talk of silverstone getting the 2010 F1 Grand Prix would be a good enough reason for them not to sign a FOTA deal.
That was the first thing that came to mind.
Bernie's 180 turn suggests he's seriously spooked by FOTA.
Bernie has given Donington an ultimatum: prove by September that they have the funding or lose the GP. Put up or shut up, effectively. He's also confirmed that it will return to Silverstone if Donington can't deliver.
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77913Quote:
"They have got until the end of September to produce a bank guarantee and their contract depends on that. If they don't, it's adios amigos," he told the Sunday Express at Valencia.
"I'm hoping Donington... do all the things they must do. And if they can't, we will come back to Silverstone."
Now the crap will hit the fan. I feel a little doubtful that this will work out. And if it doesn't, Donington's only high-profile event will be the BTCC then? - what with MotoGP moving to Silverstone.
BSB also gets big attendances. More than BTCC at some circuits I'd guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paddy Cummins
Perhaps also an opportunity for Donington to get a WSB race now that they've dropped Brands.
When will the guy (Gillett) stop blowing hot air about? Either the tracks going to be ready - in which case say so, or its not - in which case give Silverstone a ring and ensure the future of the British GP!
I'm not an expert on the Silverstone situation, but the word in the media has been for years that the place was never up to the standards of many other tracks? Is it true? I remember reading something about the entry roads or lack of them etc.
I've heard complaints written about people finding entry to the track rather daunting. Maybe its something to do with the road network in the area. But I've never been there myself so I don't speak from experience. The track itself is in fine condition I believe though. I've not heard anything regarding degrading track surfaces or dodgy armco anyway. It should still be fit to run a grand prix. :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by DexDexter