Damn you Bernie!!

The British Grand Prix has been dropped from the Formula One calendar for the first time in the sport's history.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone had given Silverstone owners the British Racing Drivers' Club until close of business on Thursday to meet his financial demands.

The two parties are believed to be around £3million apart on the annual cost of rights to the race and Ecclestone pulled the plug.

He has omitted the race, which this year was a 100,000 sell-out, from his provisional 2005 calendar, which goes before the FIA's world motor sport council on October 13.

Ecclestone has been a fierce critic of Silverstone over recent years, attacking facilities at first but moving on to demand the BRDC pay at a similar rate to races throughout Europe.


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We drove by Silverstone a couple months ago.  It was a much bigger deal to Frank than it was to me.  lol  I'm not really a racing fan but anything with an engine and he's a happy boy.   

OMG.  The DH is a huge FI fan.  Isn't Britain home of something like 6 of the 10 FI teams?

What's the difference between what BRDC pays and the rest of Europe?  Doesn't the British Grand Prix already have the most expensive ticket price?  If they did meet Ecclestein's demands, would this filter down into even higher prices?

This is even worse than when Murray retired from commenting.  Certainly he must have something to say about this! 

Britain is so important to FI; surely this isn't the end?  The impact would be huge.

It's been rectified, no worries (well, at least, FEWER worries). Check grandprix.com

My housemate's dad is on the board of the BRDC (who own Silverstone), I get to hear some of the dirt sometimes

It's been rectified, no worries (well, at least, FEWER worries). Check grandprix.com

My housemate's dad is on the board of the BRDC (who own Silverstone), I get to hear some of the dirt sometimes

OLD news --- hey  - where ya been Frankie Boy?  Any more care packages from Mother?

I'm sporadic when it comes to forums...it comes from having to monitor one for years...and my mother brought a couple of care packages with her when she visited last month

I'm sporadic when it comes to forums...it comes from having to monitor one for years...and my mother brought a couple of care packages with her when she visited last month

Spoiled Boy!!

                                 

Yup!