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18 Sep 2009, 21:10 (Ref:2543614)
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Belgian GP to be axed
according to this article (babelfish translation from Dutch) the Walloon government is thinking of scrapping the F1 GP after 2012, as part of 5-year-budget cutting plan.
of course, it's from a "leaked" document, so it's not confirmed yet. |
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18 Sep 2009, 21:20 (Ref:2543622)
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I think everyone on here would agree that losing Spa would be terrible. I hope it isn't true.
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18 Sep 2009, 21:33 (Ref:2543630)
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Especialy after the Wallonia Government have invested £15,000,000 in the new Hotel !
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Living the dream,Chief instruktor and racing on the worlds best circuits-The Nordschleife and Spa.Getting to drive the worlds best cars-someone has to do it, so glad its me.
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18 Sep 2009, 21:39 (Ref:2543633)
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We all know who is to blame in this one
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19 Sep 2009, 03:58 (Ref:2543696)
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19 Sep 2009, 12:29 (Ref:2543840)
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No,it's Max Mosley! It's got to be Max Mosley!
 I hope that this isn't true because I can think of a good few other races I'd like to see heading the 'Don't really need to go there again' list. |
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19 Sep 2009, 13:01 (Ref:2543850)
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I'm sure there's something to do with Max !
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19 Sep 2009, 13:40 (Ref:2543857)
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Montoya?
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19 Sep 2009, 14:01 (Ref:2543863)
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To loose Spa would be a travesty...
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19 Sep 2009, 14:54 (Ref:2543875)
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Spa Francorchamps and Monaco and Monza have to keep their GPs. They are the heart of F1.
And besides, i remember reading that in the run-up to the GP that sales were sluggish but by the time Friday practice ran, they were passed 70,000 sales. Is that true? |
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19 Sep 2009, 15:43 (Ref:2543899)
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 It could be a Bernie thing or a local government thing or a 'Just what the hell is this **** that we're paying out all these millions for!?' thing. |
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19 Sep 2009, 15:59 (Ref:2543901)
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Well they need 70,000 tickets sold to break even, I have not found how many they actually did sell still looking.. |
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19 Sep 2009, 16:43 (Ref:2543911)
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19 Sep 2009, 17:02 (Ref:2543919)
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19 Sep 2009, 17:16 (Ref:2543923)
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It was also rumoured that Zolder could take over as of 2013, but this has already been denied by Zolder's marketing manager Walter Goossens.
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19 Sep 2009, 18:11 (Ref:2543948)
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Monaco is safe, hopefully, because they don't have to pay anything to Bernie to put on the race. The other two jewels in the crown are Spa and Monza and the loss of either or both of them would devalue the Championship. |
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19 Sep 2009, 18:21 (Ref:2543955)
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You know I did not know that about Monaco!
Spa, Monza, Silverstone and Suzuka are the real racing circuits aren't they.. |
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19 Sep 2009, 18:35 (Ref:2543961)
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19 Sep 2009, 19:38 (Ref:2544013)
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19 Sep 2009, 22:50 (Ref:2544077)
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19 Sep 2009, 23:02 (Ref:2544081)
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Mate I would have added Hockenheim to that list had it not been "altered" is the kindest way I can describe it..
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20 Sep 2009, 16:51 (Ref:2544419)
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Well I thought it was rumoured that in order for all Countries, Organisers and Sponsers to save money Bernie has agreed to Bahrain Hosting all future F1 races. They will do this by creating circuits on the islands that make up "The World" off shore complex. With all races being held in such close proximity they will be held on a roling 3 day cycle thereby completing the whole season in just 2 months and saving millions in transport and salaries. The whole show will be recorded and played back to the general public over 8 months to keep the TV companies happy.
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