Originally Posted by
Sonic Boom
Everytime old Brundle did a pit walk he'd come across Bernie and ask him who he want to win, he'd come out with some political crap and then stump for any Ferrari!
Rich
Which kind of proves my point. What's best for the global audience? Ferrari have been in F1 the longest of any team. to make the point with Football. if Man Utd win. Millions around the world (though I guess very few in Manchester
) are happy. It generates media interest. If Wiiliams won a few races, realistically only the F1 fans would care. Less headlines. That's just the way the media works. But I repeat, he has no direct influence to
make them win by bending rules.
Originally Posted by
KW-rscos
Ok so why has bernie said that if donnington is not ready he doesnt see the british gp ever returning to the f1 calender, this was not a rant about silverstone inparticular this was the fact that bernie seems not to want a british gp anymore, donnington are having to pull a miracle out of their ass to be ready in time, which it looks like they will do so bernie has hit them with a blow of, if it aint ready you wont ever have any invlovement, whats the point in that?? why add that extra pressure? more chance to make mistakes, get things wrong under pressure.
The deal is with Donington. If they can't meet their responsibility. It doesn't just revert back to Silverstone by default. And part of the concorde agreement is 18 races (poss 19 though) so Bernie then has to find another circuit to host a race. Hardly any circuits are going to spend millions to make them "F1 spec" without the possibility of a multi-year deal. So unless another circuit then drops out there isn't any space for the Brit GP. It's not fair to make other places pay out when Siverstone/Donington won't meet the same criteria, just because they are British. Afterall there was no Imola in 08 and thats a fairly iconic circuit which was doomed by financials.
Personally I think the 2010 at Donington will be OK. There will be problems but I think they will get 85-90% of the way there.