http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2009/may/17/formula-one-silverstone-bernie-ecclestone
Hmmmmm. Knock the price down by moving the GP to Donnington, then put in an an offer?
Bernie to buy Silverstone ?
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Bernie to buy Silverstone ?
"Other than the car behind and the driver who might get a bit startled with the sudden explosion in front, it really isn't a major safety issue from that point of view,"
Re: Bernie to buy Silverstone ?
didn't he buy Istanbul and then award the race contract to himself?
"will you stop him playing tennis then?", referring to Montoya's famous shoulder injury, to which Whitmarsh replied "well, it's very difficult to play tennis on a motorbike"
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Re: Bernie to buy Silverstone ?
noisebox wrote:didn't he buy Istanbul and then award the race contract to himself?
He's one crooked mother, isn't he.
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Re: Bernie to buy Silverstone ?
LukeB wrote:Dosen't he own the Hungororing as well?
That place doesn't even make the "one weekend a month, two weeks a year" requirement to be in the United States National Guard...
Re: Bernie to buy Silverstone ?
Well he also owns Paul Ricard and he certainly hasn't changed that to a Grand Prix circuit. I think Bernie will do what Bernie always does; go with what's best for his bottom line. Whether this means hosting a race at his own circuit, or having someone pay him for the rights to host it at their's is a simple matter of calculating which one is more lucrative.