PMC wrote:
2) Silverstone. Bernie gets his way and Silverstone is axed
Wasn`t purely down to Bernie, the BRDC didn`t submit an application cos they couldn`t afford it. On the BBC`s Motorsport page, they said that the final price Bernie wanted was one of the lowest in Europe.
It just makes me f####g mad that the Government refused to help.
Look at China and Bahrain, how much did they pour into those tracks ?
The Canadian GP this year only went ahead after the Canadian authorities subsidised all the teams that normally run tobacco sponsorship, to make up for the loss of revenue.
Yet in the UK, they spend £430 Million on a new Scottish parliament originally budgetted at £40M, the same on the Millenium Dome, god knows how much on rebuilding Wembley Stadium, and wanting to spend several billion on hosting the Olympics.
But will they help out with the £3 million difference between what Bernie wants, and what the BRDC can afford??
Obviously you can't penalise the guy for his deserved success, but having someone else win every once in a while would be nice...
Look how they do it in the BTCC with success ballast. Win a race, have a sodding great lump of lead bolted to your car.
Sounds crude, but it works. after a while it is a fairly level playing field.
4) Jaguar. Another team bites the dust and goes the way of Lotus, Tyrrell, Prost, Arrows, Pacific, Forti and Larrousse. That's eight teams in ten years.
..pedant mode engaged.
Tyrrell became BAR. :-D
I like Bernies suggestion that the teams could run 3 cars next season if there aren`t enough teams left.
Yeah, good idea that.. when the FIA are trying to reduce the cost of F1, add another 50% to their running costs for another car !