British GP off again?

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This is the story of two men, Jackie Stewart and Bernie Ecclestone both men keen to be the top dog for British F1 interests but Bernie has more bounce than Jackie because he's got all the money if not the height. Jackie is trying to be the man in charge but is being put down by Bernie at every step who is making sure he is always the nice guy in front of the cameras. Decisions and agreements are continually made and promises broken with the British F1 public stuck in the middle not knowing if the British Grand Prix will be held this year or not. Confused you will be on this weeks episode of Soap.

(For anyone that rememebers the program)

Crash.net said:

Ray Bellm has been ousted as chairman of the British Racing Drivers Club, allegedly in a dispute over the future of the British Grand Prix. Whilst the ongoing wrangle between the BRDC, Silverstone and F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone appeared to have been settled with a new deal for the race to remain on the grand prix calendar, Bellm is reported to have clashed with club president Sir Jackie Stewart over the terms of the contract agreed with Ecclestone's Formula One Administration. According to reports from the Bloomberg agency, the BRDC's ten-man board voted narrowly to remove Bellm from his post on Tuesday, although the former sportscar driver will remain on the board. The same report claims that Stewart called for the vote after insisting that he and Bellm - who was elected as chairman in succession to Martin Brundle in 2003 - could no longer work together. Bellm had spearheaded talks with Ecclestone to restore the British GP to the F1 calendar after it appeared that the race was in danger of losing its place to new events outside Europe, and Ecclestone confirmed that he had played a key role in securing the future of Silverstone on the schedule. "Ray was driving things in the right direction," Ecclestone said, "We compromised with him on the deal because we thought he'd get the finances together and do what needs to be done at Silverstone.' "Jackie's a great ambassador, a good front guy, but I don't think he's got the time or the inclination to grub around and try to get things done. Ray would have got the job done." Ecclestone and Stewart have had a notoriously difficult relationship, particularly where the British GP is concerned, and the F1 tsar issued a warning about the event to the Scot. "If Jackie isn't happy with what Ray Bellm did with the contract, I'll tear it up," he told Bloomberg, "But that would be the end of it - there wouldn't be a new deal."

Oh FFS. get your act together.

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pwig said:

What we need is a UK 'Ring which is up to F1 standards

Isle of Man TT course