...it is now.
A shame, but at least everybody knows where they stand now and Silverstone can get on with hammering out a deal - hopefully.
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...it is now.
A shame, but at least everybody knows where they stand now and Silverstone can get on with hammering out a deal - hopefully.
in theory. If there is no British GP next year, it will be a travesty. just like the travesty of no French or american grands prix....Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
But thats Bernie. :rolleyes: Hopefully, a deal will be done. and really, anyone surprised that Donnington isnt happening?
I'd actually put up with there not being a 2010 British GP *if* it gave Silverstone some time to upgrade its facilities and put in place some solid financial guarantees so that it would keep the GP for the forseeable future.
Todt has pledged to look at the French GP situation (but please Jean, not Mangy Cours!), and hopefully he'd be willing to do the same for Silverstone if necessary.
Sadly, what's happened to Donington is what many predicted when the move was announced so tactfully at the British GP last year. There were doubts then that this wouldn't happen and hey presto...it won't be happening!Quote:
Originally Posted by UltimateDanGTR
The worry is that Donington was simply used by Bernie as a stick to get Silverstone to agree to his terms, with the alternative being no British GP. We now have Bernie saying he wants a British GP and that a deal can be done with Silverstone. I certainly hope so.
i hope so to. and quite frankly, i hope Jean Todt will have a word to bernie about his money grabbing and stupid ways.Quote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
and hopefully like Dave said Jean will get involved with the French GP situation, most probably at the new circuit near paris which is currently in construction and the name of which i forget.
I also hope that Donington hasn't been ruined for other series, but judging by the pictures herethere's plenty of work to be done. :(
http://images.gpupdate.net/large/139577.jpg
Bernie has just told the BBC's Theodore Slotover that Silverstone have already been offered a better deal than anybody else, and that it's up to them to find the money or not have the race.
That's virtually a given, Bernie is a shrewd little business man and I would have thought that the deal offered to Silverstone is lengthy but extremely harshQuote:
Originally Posted by ArrowsFA1
Oh god - I thought that was a Photoshop-ed picture! There's a lot of work to be done to get that ready for the touring cars.
Glad to see someone changed the thread name to be a bit more accurate. I seem to remember I put a question mark on the end originally.. quite appropriate it seems :)
well I think given the curren economic climate, it is Bernie who has gambled and los. No British GP in 2010 is going to be a huge stain on F1 and hopefully a trunig pointin the ridivculous dealing sof Bernie. Perhaps the fIA will decide to negotiate the deal themsleves without Bernie.
First Canada gets to come back to the calendar at a reasonable rate, i suspect Silverstone will follow, and then the Germans will follow suit and negotiate a better rate.
The era of super-pricey, money squeezing, highly unreasonable, financially unreasonable F1 deals is coming to a close. If that means no F1 in England next year to drive home the point, then I can live with that. Just like FOTA, I think that many of these tracks need to organize some sort of association in order to position themselves stronger and finally make proper demands of Bernie's mads schemes.
This credit Bernie gets for making F1 a premiere series (again) has now run out.