Silverstone GP really gone?

[mg511]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3742034.stm
This is becoming as tedious as a soap opera...

[McNab]

Anybody's guess...
Try reading this and see what you think:

www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,2728-1320164,00.html

[FourWheelDrift]

The BRDC is mooting a non-Championship F1 race.

Surely the teams wouldn't do it or they would make a mockery of their "we're as poor as a church mouse, that's just had an enormous tax bill on the very day his wife ran off with another mouse, taking all the cheese."


PS. Oh and Bernie is suing Jackie Stewart for libel after what he said in a BBC interview.

But you can't really libel someone when they tell the truth about the evil money grabbing hobbit.

>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Thursday 21st October 16:37

[Guy Humpage]

FourWheelDrift said:

But you can't really libel someone when they tell the truth about the evil money grabbing hobbit.

I believe Truth has little to do with libelling, it is all to do with harm to someone's reputation. One of our legal comrades will clarify I'm sure.

[theconrodkid]

http://crashnet.cars.msn.co.uk/news_view.asp?cid=1&nid=101697

[rev-erend]

Guess that frees up my Sundays .. won't be watching GP's now.

Bye bye Bernie - evil dwarf.

It's was getting boring anyway.

Really liked someones idea of the 'old' style tracks
getting together and having a rival series.

How about : '

Silverstone
Spa
Monza
Le Mans
Magy Cours

and add : USA : Laguna Seca

Any others that you would add ?

[Pistonfest]

rev-erend said:

Really liked someones idea of the 'old' style tracks getting together and having a rival series. How about : ' Silverstone Spa Monza Le Mans Magy Cours and add : USA : Laguna Seca Any others that you would add ?

Looks like a mixture between LMES & ALMS to me........

[kevinday]

Guy Humpage said:

FourWheelDrift said: But you can't really libel someone when they tell the truth about the evil money grabbing hobbit. I believe Truth has little to do with libelling, it is all to do with harm to someone's reputation. One of our legal comrades will clarify I'm sure.

A defence to libel is to prove your comments are the truth.

[Eric Mc]

Magny Cours - no way - that's just another modern bore-a-drome. How about Paul Ricard or Dijon? I'd love to see Brands back at the top flight of car racing too.

And NO nodifications allowed to the circuit either. If the cars are too fast for the track - SLOW THE CARS DOWN.

[Pistonfest]

Have a guess who owns Paul Ricard?

[CraigAlsop]

Surely it would be slander, not libel, as the comments were verbal, not written...

[Eric Mc]

Pistonfest - damn, I forgot that. Oh well, Dijon it will have to be.

[FourWheelDrift]

CraigAlsop said:

Surely it would be slander, not libel, as the comments were verbal, not written...

That's the problem, Sir Jackie shouldn't have commissioned the painting to go along with the comment.



>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Friday 22 October 13:30

[tubbystu]

Pistonfest said:

Have a guess who owns Paul Ricard?

And Interlagos,

and the bits of Spa that aren't public roads,

and Hungaroring,

and............

(through a series of holding companies, natch.)

IIRC

[Size Nine Elm]

rev-erend said:

Guess that frees up my Sundays .. won't be watching GP's now. Bye bye Bernie - evil dwarf. It's was getting boring anyway. Really liked someones idea of the 'old' style tracks getting together and having a rival series. How about : ' Silverstone Spa Monza Le Mans Magy Cours and add : USA : Laguna Seca Any others that you would add ?

Bathurst? (possible sp?)

[55jnj]

tubbystu said:

Pistonfest said: Have a guess who owns Paul Ricard? And Interlagos, and the bits of Spa that aren't public roads, and Hungaroring, and............ (through a series of holding companies, natch.) IIRC

I knew about Paul Ricard & I'm sure that has a lot to do with Magny Cours being chucked off the list but I didn't realise he'd bought up bits of Spa as well ...... really ? ......... which bits ?

[FourWheelDrift]

Gazboy said:

What track was it that Sepang replaced in Malaysia, the gp bikes went there quite a bit, always good racing there.

Shah Alam 91-98, then once at Johor in 1999 before moving to Sepang

[55jnj]

So much sponsorship originates in the UK & so much technical expertise is here, you can't believe the teams & manufacturers would just let this happen.

I realise there are new markets for Ron, Frank, David & co to go after East etc, but surely it's far easier to look after & nuture the existing connections etc, than go off in hunt of brand new money.

The UK is the centre of motorsport excellence & yet one man can do this.

The sooner a rival series appears, which gives more power, income etc to the teams etc, the better. The teams will hopefully listen to the sponsors, who hopefully will recognise their customers' needs. BE appears to do nothing but dictate to others for personal gain.



>> Edited by 55jnj on Saturday 23 October 23:14