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The Mexican federal government announced it will stop funding the Mexican Grand Prix.
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I suspect the root of this story is this...
https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/empr...maya-sheinbaum Via Google translate... Quote:
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There's a brief description of the Mayan Train project at Yucatan Expat Life. Some highlights:
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COTA is in trouble, as it has apparently lost its state funding according to The Austin American-Statesman.
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A. Not wanting to continue to support the event and are looking for a reason to stop. Such as pointing to technicalities in the process. ...or... B. Annoyed with how COTA interacts with the state agency. Without not knowing more details, and to be clear... pure speculation on my part... I tend to suspect it is "B" and that there is more to the story. Such as COTA is doing stuff to get under the skin of those who make the decisions on the state funding. Maybe COTA is "being difficult"? So the state agency is going to use this issue to beat COTA over the head to get them to implement some course correction. I actually expect that in the end this will be resolved. But... if the answer is actually "A" then... COTA has a long road to keep state funding. Richard |
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Shame COTA, is a good place to go for the atmosphere and it’s one of the better circuits on the calendar
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The latest on the Mexican GP situation. Racer reports that:
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Seems Assen is now a no go and Zandvoort is the only hope of the Dutch GP
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Many years ago when the idea of a Dutch GP was floated, the paddock was deemed too small and the circuit would have to be modified to remove the long left hander behind the pits (can’t remember the name) in order to extend it out. Personally I thought Assen looked to be a more F1-ready facility - even if the track layouts for both circuits isn’t conducive to good racing |
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Who cares how big the paddock is? All that matters is how good the race track is!
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Just limit motorhome numbers. Problem solved!
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If Formula 1 leaves USA high and dry without a GP because of its own greed again it will be incredibly stupid. This will not work well with the car factories involved, this will not work well with the sponsors, this will not work well with millions of fans.
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COTA wouldn't need all that state funding if it wasn't for F1's exorbitant sanctioning fee and if this is about not wanting to continue to support the event, without any state funding, this could impinge on other series if state funding is stopped. F1 really needs to do something about the sanctioning fee.
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All this simply reflects the Silverstone situation.
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According to this article Liberty Media's CEO Greg Maffei blames Ecclestone for the current situation.
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Does this mean that the hosting fees of the Grand Prix are now publicly available? If so Where can we see them? |
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How could Bernie have suggested to a lot of them that they were overpaying, when it was he who set the price in the first place and did he ever say he would accept a reduced sanctioning fee, or reimburse those who had overpaid?
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