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I'd like to see the BTCC back on the bill.
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I just want to go on record to say I hate Liberty Media. They will ruin your favorite things to make a buck. I seen it.
Yeah, the Supercup races used to be awesome. I haven't seen one in many years. Do they still let the guest driver get trounced? |
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Yeah, I'd give the Porsche SuperCup 8/10 too but I've tried to value each race through the eyes of a promoter and the average punter.
Without the F1 race I think you'd struggle to attract 10,000 through the gates. I'm convinced the BRDC would be financially better off if they hosted a Coldplay or Adele concert! |
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Well it seemed the London event went off alright, so I'd say a bit more promotion like this will bring them in
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Not disagreeing with you VivaGT, too right.
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Interesting bit here from Joe Saward
https://joesaward.files.wordpress.co.../london-gp.pdf I wouldn't rule out a London GP- the example he quotes would showcase an area of London that people don't widely know, everyone knows London key landmarks, so does a London GP need to run around them? Maybe post Brexit and keeping the London is open for business message out there is attractive, particularly in a developing business district... Silverstone will only work in the future if Liberty cuts the fee or 'gives back' some more rights for them to sell - the success of which is dependent on Silverstone being able to monetise them and increaser them at a rate to macth the escalator. |
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The problem is the sanction fee. That's why there is no German GP and there hasn't been a French GP since 2008. Monza nearly lost the GP for the same reason. Now with Bernie gone, hopefully Liberty will see some sense. After all they have said they want the traditional European GPs to be at the heart of F1.
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Agreed, but greater promotion of the event is not what's lacking, though obviously it doesn't hurt.
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Ee bah gum...tis a longer running saga than Coronation St.
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Silverstone is I think the only race that doesn't get subsidised by some level of government.Without such a subsidy it is not possible to make a F1 race viable under current arrangements.It was this that caused the demise of Indianapolis.If Liberty make special arrangements for Silverstone 21 race organisers will come knocking at their door probably all together.
I hope Silverstone stays but it is not an easy problem.On Sky coverage on Friday someone said Liberty would take over the race but they needed the venue for 3 weeks for free for set up and pull down.BRDC said no so there goes one option. |
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Well we've got the French and German GPs returning next season, so there's no doubt we're getting a shift back to the old countries that have been around a long time, so I think the British GP will be here to stay
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liberty were right to point out how obvious it was of silverstone to activate the bail clause in the week before the gp, but did it really create a tide of sensationalist panic? or was it reported in such a way that everyone sees that it's tactical?
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