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Hmmm I'm not sure how patriotic and nostalgic BCE is likely to be. There was a suggestion that there is a requirement to hold a BGP under presumably the Concorde agreement or similar.
Presumably if Donington can't get it together and Silverstone won't accept the deal offered BCE will shrug his shoulders say how awful it is and walk away claiming it's not his fault... |
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But I can't see there not being a British GP next year. I don't think Bernie is that stupid. If there is no BGP, FOTA will be up in arms. They'd run a non-championship BGP if they had to Silverstone will host the race next year and perhaps for a few years more - the BRDC and Bernie will come to some sort of deal. All the politicking lately between Damon and Bernie has just been bartering, I think - going back to a few races ago, Bernie openly said that if the race wasn't at Donington, it would be at Silverstone, and I don't think he'd go back on that. As I said, he is not that stupid or greedy |
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The Beeb have now got a full report (not much better though).
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/8300268.stm |
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The citizens of Wilmslow can breathe a sigh of relief.
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My worry is, what happens to Donington now!
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"The track's parent company Donington Holdings Plc launched the bond on October 14, but the BBC said that it had been pulled because there had not been enough interest in it." "not been enough interest"-who'd have thought. |
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R.I.P Donington!
I presume this was a pre-meditated plan to close the venue and build houses, it was obvious all along! |
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So that was Bernie's plan all along. Get someone else to get rid of Donnington so he can now get out of F1 and go into property development, just as the economic climate starts to pick up and housing prices rise. I'm kidding.
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Donnington probably doesn't look much worse now than before when the construction work started.
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They've dug up part of the circuit and all the infield. It'll need some serious work doing to it to get it back up to standard
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My concern as a racer is that I understand major wroks are going to take place at Silverstone and the International circuit will be unavailable. Together with no Donington and less events at Croft, there could be less meetings nationally and the clubby events will lose out.
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A shame if they lose the international layout, really like that track.
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Looks like the Sword of Damocles has finally fallen on Gillett and his fantasies. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/moto...ne/8300268.stm
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Finally, finally over. |
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