The British GP at Silverstone is NOT in the provisional calendar for 2005.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/3703350.stm

What a tool. Sorry but he is solely interested now in making F1 a money making business, and not about the actually sport. Britain sold out last year and he omitts it from the calander and charges an obscene amount of cash? Germany and Italy have (or had) two races we have none. Hungary has a sleep fest of a track yet it remains on the calender. China and Bahrain pay the cash but how about asking some of the real chinese people who barely make a living what they think about that? Tool, complete tool.

We used to have 2 races too.

British GP alternating between Brands Hatch & Silverstone, and the Euro GP at Donington.

However, i agree that Bernie's sole interest is cash, witness the Yawn-Fest that is now the WRC since he got his mits on it...

As for boring Tracks..

Monaco

Barcelona

Hungaroring

Albert Park (Melbourne)

Any or all of these should have gone long before Silverstone.

Sad, sad day.

Wait for the highlights programmes on ITV next year, as they won't have the viewers and advertising

It was overpriced and processional, maybe now we'll get more coverage of other motorsport that is sensibly priced and has far more excitement!

Good riddance to a dinosaur.........

It was overpriced and processional' date=' maybe now we'll get more coverage of other motorsport that is sensibly priced and has far more excitement!

Good riddance to a dinosaur.........[/quote']

that covers this years rally GB but what about F1....

Silverstone has always been overpriced for F1, it's almost a tradition, but you do have the choice to watch on tv...

As for processional, that accusation applies to 95% of F1 races these days. The FIA have the power to change the rules to fix this, but the teams effectively hold the casting votes.

Stopped watching F1 when it went to Y?TV.

The ads breaking into the race are a complete PAYNE.

Now just listen out for the results.

Steve

which you dont need to do coz it's gonna be a red car! :P

It is a joke and I dont think they should do it what about taking the US track out where Ralf had is accident, how long again did it take the marshalls to react? Silverstone is a good track and most drivers like it alot, why change for the sake of eccleface childish attatude. Never did like the tw*t that much

Agreed, the response time at Indy was a farce.

But the potential US TV audience is HUGE and the likes of BMW shift a fair bit of metal over there....

Stopped watching F1 when it went to Y?TV.

The ads breaking into the race are a complete PAYNE.

Now just listen out for the results.

Steve

I think IMHO that this is a convient excuse by people rather than representative of the truth. Do you not remember the GP on the BBC? It improved slightly towards the end but to be honest most of the races outside Europe and when there was something else on was god awful. How many times did we break away to see the end of some tennis match in New York or another sporting event like Gymnastics. BBC didn't really give it the respect it deserved either. ITV's adverts are annoying agreed and their are a little too many in some races but in reality apart from shoving it on Sky TV there is little choice.

Agreed' date=' the response time at Indy was a farce.

But the potential US TV audience is HUGE and the likes of BMW shift a fair bit of metal over there....[/quote']

True. Anyway USA is an important country in the world, and marketing wise! They do get fairly good TV coverage for a sport like F1 consideing no American teams or drivers compete and it's not availible on mainstream TV. It's the same with the dropping of Canada last year, although I feel that this may have a stonger backlash. Jackie Stewart isn't known for his liking of Bernie Eccelstone, the two have clashed before and have a 'mutual respect'.

For tracks to scrub off the list:-

1. Hungary-zzzz

2. Imola-now a shadow of it's past

3. Barcelona-zzz

4. Nurenburgring-Same as Imola.

Monaco tends to give interesting results and I feel street races are needed to give a little variety to the tracks. Melbourne is a dull-ish track but can give good races.

This doesnt surprise me at all, and to be honest I have never like Silverstone the minute they insisted on changing its layout. For me, Brands is a far more demanding track for the driver.

Anyway, why doesnt it surprise me...you only have to look at the sanitised tracks they are using and bringing in. Sepang, Shanghai,Bahrain,Hungaroring,Montreal, Adelaide, Indy USA even the years old Monte Carlo..they are all boring and do nothing for the adrenelin. If you doubt what I say then ask yourself "WHY?" they binned Spa last year?. OK so they used very convieniently the tobacco ad ban as an excuse..but is that really it?

Bernie wants F1 to be as formulaeic as ballroom dancing but it is never going to be even if they do use these staid and non-eventful tracks that dont really encourage overtaking or aggression.

The only chance F1 has of being the spirit it was is if the teams get together as a whole and agree a strategy and way forward that suits all the teams and spectators...but they have had chances for that and seem to all be intent on letting Bernie do with F1 as he wishes.The only thing that does strike me is that Bernie might just be using the whole thing as a leverage to make the UK Government cough to his tune.

But if it continues as it is, then F1 will be as irrelevent to the UK as American Football.

But if it continues as it is' date=' then F1 will be as irrelevent to the UK as American Football.[/quote']

It certainly will be when the teams move out..

Scalectrix is much more fun to watch.

Scalectrix is much more fun to watch.

Eastenders is more fun to watch than F1...and that's saying something :eek:

F1 is finished, it just needs the final nail in the coffin, its far to sanitised now, no overtaking, and its all about money these days they could cut down the times taken for races and save on fuel, two laps in for pit stop first out is the winner

I can see the america CART series up and coming

RIP F1

but CART is bankrupt..

Rallying is as bad as F1..oh look a PSA product won......

Rally GB... should be sued for false advertising... Rally Cardiff. The RAC rally used to be a real test.. snow ice fog big milages it was actually an achievement to finish... you could finish rally cardiff in a std fabia if you were careful..... and super specials have about as much to do with rallying as bee's have to marmite.

Touring cars is great to watch but the big sponsors wont pay....

Why dont we start our own version...

Thursday nights on the Tescos superspecial followed by dragging down the local highstreet and some night time blasts through the forest... then on to some bland ring road for an F1 style procession .... my mistake the chavs beat us to it.. but to be fair they are more entertaining... lets film them.... Chav1 commetated on by Burberry Walker:D top reality tv.

Theory

Owners of Silverstone winged like mad so the local council built a fantastic series of access roads as they realised that the Major sponsors of GP racing being Tobacco companies would push for GP's in countries where they can still sell & advertise Cigarettes.

Owners of Silverstone now dont push too hard for the GP as they now have a fantasticly valuable building plot situated aminst superb access roads. With todays generally congested roads, the Governments pressure on councils to build houses, local councils general dislike of anything noisy & Silverstones location its worth a small fortune as building land & stands a reosnable chance of getting planning. In a few years we will know if Im correct

Silverstone is a great deal more than an F1 circuit. There are many events in the calendar that are well-supported.

Brands Hatch and Donington survive without F1, and I'm sure Silverstone will as well. But I won't be watching ANY F1 next year. This season has been dull, and if no-one watches next year, then sponsorship will tail off. Hopefully Bernie will lose his grip on the sport, or the alternative that is being set up by Bahrain will take over (one-make race, with Lola chassis', country versus country, touring the world...sounds good to me!).

Thursday nights on the Tescos superspecial followed by dragging down the local highstreet and some night time blasts through the forest... then on to some bland ring road for an F1 style procession .... my mistake the chavs beat us to it.. but to be fair they are more entertaining... lets film them.... Chav1 commetated on by Burberry Walker:D top reality tv.

Silverstone (as a circuit) I support a great deal, seen many races there (used to be my "local") and will continue to visit... just glad to see F1 disappear as is just not relevent to motorsport any more....

Personally Formula Ford on wet tracks is far more entertaining than F1. And if I want sheer brilliance and daring do then its Moto GP all the way.

I'd rather watch the BTCC anyway, but it doesn't alter the fact that Ecclestone's greed is probably about to kill off an event that is enjoyed by a hell of a lot of people.

Had a sniff around the AOL chat room on this subject last night. Not one remark in favour of catweasle. Most of the comments were unrepeatable in here!

A LOT of VERY angry people out there. He's a total greedy disgrace.