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any major f1 news over the past week?
Spa and the french gp may be rotating but thats about it!
any major f1 news over the past week?
Here's an idea, get rid of Valencia, then they can have BOTH Spa and the French GP's.Spa and the french gp may be rotating but thats about it!
Here's an idea, get rid of Valencia, then they can have BOTH Spa and the French GP's.
Does Bernie have any common sense?????
Spa and the french gp may be rotating but thats about it!
The local topography plays a part in the attendance issues. Plus Belgium isn't the biggest car market in the world either.
I still think it's a shame though. F1 increasingly exists only for the TV viewer, the fan at the circuit is parting with more and more money while only the Paddock Club members see an improvement in facilities. So in that context (it puts on a better show for TV than most circuits) it's a pity the ambition to build a bigger TV audience long-term doesn't outweigh the short-term desire for a bigger circuit fee.
I think they'll loose viewers by going to sky... bigtime! Spa should definately stay and Valencia and catalunya can go. If Spain still want a race they can have Jerez.The local topography plays a part in the attendance issues. Plus Belgium isn't the biggest car market in the world either.
I still think it's a shame though. F1 increasingly exists only for the TV viewer, the fan at the circuit is parting with more and more money while only the Paddock Club members see an improvement in facilities. So in that context (it puts on a better show for TV than most circuits) it's a pity the ambition to build a bigger TV audience long-term doesn't outweigh the short-term desire for a bigger circuit fee.
But as I've menyioned before Racecub, FOM doesn't get the revenue from the Spanish TV companies this goes to a certain F Briatore c/o Loftus Road (Home of the rich and famous).
So Bernie's not going to shaft his mate
who's making a nice little turn on there being two races in Spain and as long as the two current circuits cough up FOM's fees the races are going nowhere.
Let's see if Spain's current economic problems have an effect. There were protest at the cost of the Pope's visit, wonder if anyone has seen how much FOM sucks out of the Spanish economy.
So theres two rubbish races in Spain so Briatore can make more money?
How does Bernie get away with all these corrupt things he does??
It doesn't so much talk as have it's own specific gravity - the more money that accumulates in one place, the more money is gravitically attracted to it, therefore forming a self-perpetuating event horizon, beyond which it is impossible to extract so much as a fiver.Money talks unfortunately
Fabio took over the rights to the TV in Spain as FOM made no money on the Spanish rights before one F Alonso esq happened along (managed by Flavio, of course). I think Bernie got rid simply because he didn't make anything so there was no point in having lengthy negotiations for a paulty sum and no audience. Fernando obvioulsy changed that.
One could suggest it's corrupt, another interpretation would be that Flavio took a risk that his young Spanish driver would turn things around and make F1 popular with TV viewers. Turns out he was right...
Here's an idea, get rid of Valencia, then they can have BOTH Spa and the French GP's.
Does Bernie have any common sense?????