Indian Government say F1 is not a sport!

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I understand why the Indian Government wouldn't want to have F1...too much of costs,logistics to be involved.

With the threats to F1's future still not resolved and teams continuing to pull out of F1,why should the Indian Government give permission?

They are well within their rights to not give permission.

I wonder if the Indian Government will reconsider now that the country apparently has a potentially winning car ;)

On the one hand, I'm glad India is addressing more important socio-economic problems.

On the other hand, implying that racing is not a sport makes me want to boycott Indian goods.

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Originally Posted by ioan

I don't blame them.
Reportedly 700 million Indians are close to the starvation limit so maybe money should be spent on something else than Bernie's pockets.

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I agree.

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Originally Posted by call_me_andrew

Implying that racing is not a sport makes me want to boycott Indian goods.

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Judging by the recent US website that suggested boycotting Scotland by not buying anything from Ireland, China should be worried by the above ;)

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Originally Posted by inimitablestoo

Judging by the recent US website that suggested boycotting Scotland by not buying anything from Ireland, China should be worried by the above ;)

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How about we just boycott the whole dang former empire ;)

Would Indians actually like F1? There is no way of knowing that. I think the races should be in places where F1 is truly popular. Like here :)

well, they are trying to make popular in another places, new markets, new money...

here it became popular after a good local driver appear in F1, and the local GP was a natural step


but I think there is some public in India already, with Foce India, and from what I see there is a good local TV coverage...
and F1 is a sport, and it's no impossible to make money with the GP for the governamment.