Melbourne to Keep Australian GP until 2015

Just heard on the news that FOM and The Victorian G'ment are about to announce that Melbourne has saved the GP until at least 2015!

Heres a link
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Lets hope this happens, the race NEEDS to stay in Melbourne

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Personally I'd prefer Adelaide, but we can't all have what we wan't I guess so glad it's looking like Melbourne and not somewhere else dodgy.

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Well lets face it, us Sydney-siders would've ruined the race with a dodgy refurb of Eastern Creek or an even worse Street circuit!

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good news, although I would have liked a street circuit here in Syd!

5pm race start time also

Well I guess this means 2 things either they offered Bernie more money or they will have it run at night.

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> Well I guess this means 2 things either they
> offered Bernie more money or they will have it run
> at night.


the race will start at 5pm Melbourne time

Glad the race is staying in Australia. We've lost too many good F1 venues to these shitty Tilke tracks Bernie loves now....



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fantastic news! the melbourne event has a great atmosphere, its a great track, and organised very well; great to see it return. although, hopefully this report is accurate!

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That's good news. I like the Grand Prix in Melbourne, and I don't mind getting up in the middle of the night for it either, especially since it's the season opener

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Ah, well...ok I guess...though I'd have preferred it to continue on the same time as before, as that meant staying awake only till 1:30 am. Now, it'll probably be a bit later, but wth.

Albert Park Sucks!!

6 words: Bring It Back To Adelaide, Please!!!!

to be honest melbourne are boring even the track

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Come again? Anyway, it's not official. Negotiations are continuing on a new deal.

"Amid the delicate negotiations for a new Grand Prix contract, Melbourne's F1 race has lost the support of its local council.

City of Port Phillip mayor Janet Cribbes on Wednesday called on the state Victorian government to scrap the event.

"After 14 years, residents have had more than enough," she said in a statement.

"Why should they have to suffer the noise and the inconvenience of a car race in a park for a race whose public price tag blew out to $41.
3 million last year?"

She also said the annual race "does not benefit Victoria" or the country and "doesn't stack up on economic, social or environmental grounds."

Melbourne began hosting the Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park in 1996."

Who put a woman in a position where she makes decisions about Formula 1s future? She clearly has no interest in the sport and that's obviously all it comes down to.

All in favour of burning down her house...

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She also said the annual race "does not benefit Victoria" or the country and "doesn't stack up on economic, social or environmental grounds."

If memory serves, the same reservations were made about the races in Long Beach and Detroit in the US, and they were far more popular than protesters were trying to make out. The race in Adelaide was a boon for the city as it was about the only thing to liven the place up all year. They don't call it the City of Churches for no reason ya know. Melbourne has a place on the F1 calendar for the foreseeable future, but I can see Australia losing it if a) it can't be held later in the day (and on a better circuit, I vote Phillip Island) for European viewers, and b) Bernie stops approving more races in countries closer to or in Europe!

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All in favour of burning down her house...

Aye!

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You can't tell me that my hard earned that I spent in numerous restaurants, bars, cafes, shops and in my hotel, together with the cash from the seemingly thousands of people wandering the streets of Melbourne in newly purchased Ferrari caps didn't benefit someone.

Exactly Gareth,
Easily $1k is spent just on accomodation if you go down for a week!

Then food, drinks... etc etc!

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Aussie GP future decided within months!

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its a shite track but somehow always produces a good race. With the new regulations I suspect it could be a little better. Besides now it seems like home of the opener... Its only natural that it should be there. kinda like how Suzuka was the finale.

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