Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Fwd: Cancellation of F1 race in canada.

[Erik Nielsen (judge4re]

Well, if they are Ferrari bits of off this year’s car, they may be hoping that they “fall off the back of the truck”. Unlike wine, parts don’t get better age. 

On Friday, July 24, 2020, Michel Savard <mysavard [at] videotron.ca> wrote:
> > 
> > Just saw a clip on the news with the Montreal F1 promoter, Mr. Dumontier. He said up to the last minute he believed there would be race in Montreal in october. That’s because he knew from 'good sources’ that there were car parts in containers in the Montreal port from F1 teams.
> > As you know, teams send parts well in advance by boat to save money to different F1 countries.
> > He even added these containers will probably stay there until next year. This is bizarre to say the least. if they can keep those containers so long away from the original country, I wonder what can be in those containers.
> > 
> > He also said that with no spectators, therefore with no revenue for him,  the race was not viable. My question is, did he decide not to have the race because he had no revenue from ticket sales ?  Did F1 cancelled ? It’s not clear. Dumontier is totally independent, he is not a member of an international conglomerate, he does not have the support of the government, except for some subsidy, and the track is not used for anything else.
> > 
> > That’s racing !
> > Michael
>
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