Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Bernie: American races in teams' hands

[JAshburne (JAshburne]

The problem is that many of those countries don't care whether the stands
are filled or if the race makes money for them.  The races are sponsored by
the state government and they view it as a marketing expense to showcase
their country, and Bernie is more than willing to make them pay for that
exposure.

In a message dated 4/12/2009 2:46:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
judge4re [at] gmail.com writes:

Play the  waiting game, the new hosts will tire of it just like Tony
George  did.  Pay attention to how many empty seats there are next
weekend in  Shanghai...

On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 1:41 PM,   <red5hilser [at] aol.com> wrote:
> Sounds like that little weasel is  holding North America hostage again!
--  Bubba
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>  Bernie Ecclestone says the future of Formula 1's North American grands
prix  depends on the teams' willingness to accept more races.
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> With  Montreal following Indianapolis off the calendar, there are no
North American  races on the 2009 schedule.
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> The teams have repeatedly  expressed their frustration at this, insisting
that America is a vital market  for their sponsors.
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> Ecclestone says he is willing to revive  the American dates, but not at
the expense of other venues as he wants F1 to  continue visiting new
destinations such as Singapore and Abu  Dhabi.
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> He therefore believes that if the teams are so keen to  race in the USA,
they should be willing to drop their long-standing objection  to the
calendar being extended to 20 races.
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> "The trouble is  that the teams don’t want to do more than 17 races,"
Ecclestone told Motor  Sport magazine.
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> "If they don’t want any more  than that then we cannot put on a race in
America or get Montreal  back."
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> He confirmed that efforts were underway to get Montreal  back on the
schedule as soon as possible.
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> "We are trying to  get that back on again," said Ecclestone.
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> "The government is  interested."
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> Ecclestone is less certain about America's  prospects, as he believes
Indianapolis is the only current US track capable of  hosting F1.
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> napolis replaced F1 with MotoGP last  season after failing to agree a new
contract with Ecclestone.
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>  "Apart from Indianapolis, where we have been, there is nowhere in
America we  could go to and hold our head up and say, ‘This is comparable to 
other
 circuits we are building around the world,'" said the F1  supremo.
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> He said his preference remains for a new track to be  constructed in New
York.
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> "It is the one place where someone  could make a business out of it," he
said.
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