British GP off again?

[FourWheelDrift]

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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.

[agent006]

Not having a british GP will be the death of the ecclestone era in F1. The public no longer give badgers arse what happens to it. I'd really rather like there not to be one.

[woody]

If its off I assume Silverstone will give me my money back for the tickets I ordered last week then.....

[v8thunder]

Do it at Brands Hatch!

[pwig]

v8thunder said:

Do it at Brands Hatch!

Where there will be no passing places for modern F1 cars... good one.

It will have to be destroyed to make F1 Raceable there.


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

[FourWheelDrift]

pwig said:

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

Isle of Man TT course

[v8thunder]

FourWheelDrift said:

pwig said: What we need is a UK 'Ring which is up to F1 standards Isle of Man TT course

Good call! The (deris.) perimeter road is at least two wide lanes all the way round - it would be interesting, the hotels would make a fortune...

Only problem is safety. At the moment, people would just stand there and watch - there are no run-off areas or barriers.

[Eric Mc]

When's the last time a 30 mile lap was used for a Grand Prix?

Probably pre-World War One.

[racefan_uk]

v8thunder said:

Do it at Brands Hatch!

Err, just to remind you. IT WILL NEVER GO TO BRANDS HATCH.

Ahem, err, Palmer doesn't like the cost of an F3/GT meeting, do you really think he'll like to stump up the cash to rebult the track for a GP. AND pay Bernie the fee for the promotion?? And keep the residents happy over a race weekend???

A rethink perhaps!

[Ballistic Banana]

Hasnt BH got that Shieks equivelent to the F1 coming over the next 3 years

BB

be right back of to do a search

[Ballistic Banana]

www.motorsportvision.co.uk/brands-hatch/news/article.asp?NewsID=470

Looks Interesting

BB

[cater_racer]

Who realy gives a t**s? It's nothing to do with motorsport and it's all to do with making a few fabulously rich.

>> Edited by cater_racer on Sunday 23 January 11:13

[ratpit]

Nice to see Bernie still remembers his roots and the people who got him where he is.

He remembers them, then pees on them. Greedy little man.

[jacobyte]

v8thunder said:

Do it at Brands Hatch!

Do it at Donington!

The only F1 Grand Prix race held there was one of the best F1 races ever.

ALmost all world class racing happens there, except for Formula 1.

It only needs a few million quid investment in facilities, but access is good (right next to the M1 and an airport), there's loads of parking and loads of good spectating.