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[Richard.John]

No he won't. Alonso gets it!

[ryodi]

New threat to British Grand Prix

Of course Bernie could drop one of the TWO races staged in Italy if he is that desperate to squeeze India onto the calendar. But with the FIA being Ferrari's lap dog that isn't going to happen anytime soon. And of course another boring new track is just what is needed.

[Richard.John]

The sad thing is that the UK govt doesn't seem to be willing to put up the cash but if other emerging countries will, Bernie will take his mobile circus there instead.

The tragedy is that the UK is the home of motor sport. In this day and age of declining industry, F1 and UK motorsport in general can proudly boast that British truly is Best. Bernie has no sense of history so it seems. AFAIK, the UK is only country to have an unbroken run of consecutive GPs since the Formula One World Championship's inception in 1950. If he kills that, I will throttle the little tit myself.

[adam_the_browndog]

No he won't. Alonso gets it!

ah right, but i thought knowing constructors and renault won that the drivers would get car numbers 1 and 2


oh yeah and bernie you bloody sell out.

getting rid of the excellent san marino track was a bad idea. Getting rid of Silverstone is even worser idea

[Distant Cousin]

Am i the only one who hates Silverstone then?

[Del Boy]

Not at all, its an old style track that needed to go.

We need wider tracks and lots of them, next to go will hopefully be Monaco.

[Richard.John]

Fair enough, Silverstone needs a complete overhaul to bring it up to 2006 standards but the main point is that the UK should not lose its GP. Motorsport brings in hundreds of millions or even possibly billions to the economy and the govt. should acknowledge that and help out.

Monaco will be with us forever as it's too important in terms of image. Think about it, F1 cars have got to the point where they are so fast around that track that it's ludicrous from a safety standpoint yet the race remains. AFAIK,the 'Crown Jewels' of F1 are the British, Italian and Monaco races with possibly France as well.

In twenty years from now we may find that the emerging markets have ousted the traditional European circuits, and F1 may be a very different circus indeed.

[adam_the_browndog]

Argentina years ago was a horrid track.

[Alastair]

Fancy buying Jensons motorhome?

http://www.edwards-hospitality.co.uk/jbmotorhome/

Used to be JV's too! A bargain at ?200k

[Ajay1986]

Christ if he's not using that anymore ya gotta wonder how awesome the motorhome he'll be using now will be.

[Alastair]

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[VR46]

Davidson confirmed alongside Sato at Super Aguri for next year, hopefully the first step on the road to a decent drive in the future.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/6150850.stm

[Alastair]

Really glad to hear that, hope he does well, he should at least be able to beat Sato quite regularly anyway.

[VR46]

Yes give it a couple of races and I expect Sato to be put well and truely in his place will give the Japanese bosses something to think about, mind you suppose Sato's only in the team for his revenue generation

PS Apologies didn't reply to your email, will do in the morning

[Richard.John]

I doubt that Takuma is going to roll over though. It's good news for Davidson and at least shows that SA are serious about moving forward as they have been forced to dump the 'Made in Japan' nonsense.