madotter Wrote:
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> Bernie Ecclestone insists he is prepared to scrub
> Britain's name from the 2010 calendar if
> Silverstone does not want to pay the going rate
> for its Formula One race.
>
> With Donington's chances now all but over, it had
> been expected that the F1 chief executive might
> move to safeguard the British Grand Prix by
> reaching an alternate deal with the race's
> traditional venue.
>
> But after a Silverstone spokesman said
> Ecclestone's current offer is not "commercially
> viable", the British billionaire hit back: "No one
> is forcing them to take it.
>
> "This is business. We have offered them a deal,"
> he told the Daily Express newspaper. Do we need a
> British Grand Prix? No."
>
> Ecclestone disputes that Silverstone, scene of
> F1's very first world championship event in 1950,
> should enjoy protected status as one of the
> sport's 'traditional' venues.
>
> "Italy is a traditional race because they have
> always raced at Monza," he argued. "Monaco is
> traditional as they have always had the same
> track.
>
> "Britain and France have raced at three different
> circuits. They want a cut-price deal because it is
> traditional. That's not traditional to me. Britain
> is not protected," said Ecclestone.
>
> "I would like a new plane because it's traditional
> as I have had one for 40 years but no one is
> offering me a cheap deal. That's not how it
> works."
>
> Meanwhile, The Times newspaper reports that
> Donington's breach of contract may cost the
> circuit up to 15 million pounds sterling in
> cancellation fees.
>
Ecclestone musts remember that UK and France are traditional countries for f1 races.
I don't understand why he wants a different track layout for donington...
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