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Crashton · Dec 20, 2016

Bernie needs to spring it on them after quali. Do it at random races, oh how much fun that would be. :lol:

minirab · Dec 20, 2016

^^^^ Now that's an idea and make Bernie stand in the middle of the track just before the first turn.

minimark · Dec 20, 2016

Crashton said: ↑

Bernie needs to spring it on them after quali. Do it at random races, oh how much fun that would be. [emoji38]
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NASCAR did that in the Winston all star race so everyone tried to run in the middle.... The fans would vote to reverse or not... Read: Boring.

Zapski · Dec 20, 2016

Nathan said: ↑

RUMOR

As reported in a German paper known more for headline chasing clickbait that real, factual news...Massa is lured back to Williams with a 6 Million Euro payday allowing Bottas to head to Mercedes.
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Now being reported as a done deal in Brazil.

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2016/12/20/massa-signs-deal-return-williams-opening-door-bottas-join-mercedes/

00Mini · Dec 20, 2016

Randomly reversing the qualifying field just screams bush league. Might as well just pick a number out of a hat for the starting grid and not even have qualifying as there is no reward for excellence.

Steve · Dec 20, 2016

I wonder how much sandbagging would occur if they awarded points for qualifying.

bigjas · Dec 20, 2016

Steve said: ↑

I wonder how much sandbagging would occur if they awarded points for qualifying.
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You should pitch your idea to them.

minimark · Dec 20, 2016

Apparently it has been confirmed by many sources that Massa has accepted an offer and will return to Williams for next season...

Really don't need tea leaves to assume who Lewis's team mate will be next season...

Crashton · Dec 20, 2016

minimark said: ↑

NASCAR did that in the Winston all star race so everyone tried to run in the middle.... The fans would vote to reverse or not... Read: Boring.
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NASCARP = boring. :sleep:

Sprint cars & reverse grids = fun. :biggrin5:

Crashton · Dec 20, 2016

Hey guys justa pullin your leg about reverse F1 grids. :idea:

minimark · Dec 20, 2016

Crashton said: ↑

Hey guys justa pullin your leg about reverse F1 grids. :idea:
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Sure.....

Crashton · Dec 20, 2016

The team cars should be chained together. One car gets the steering wheel & the other the gas peddle. The team controls the brakes.

Steve · Dec 20, 2016

If Massa drove in the last race in 2016 and then drives in the first race of 2017, that's not really a retirement is it? I wonder whether he has to give back the car Williams gave him as a retirement gift.

Crashton · Dec 20, 2016

Bet he gets to keep it. They hired him back, it's not like he came out of a short retirement to drive for a rival team. Maybe the car is his payment for the year.

rkw · Dec 31, 2016

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Steve · Dec 31, 2016

Talk of promoting rivalries "We need to build the rivalries..." smacks of Bernie-speak (or a Jerry Springer wannabe) and turns me right off. But given the sort of manufactured drama entertainment popular these days it might (unfortunately) work if they're looking to pull in new and younger audiences.

The longer "week full of events" thing is also a bit confusing since I read a similarly speculative article just a week or so ago claiming they were considering shortening race weekends to two days, just Sat and Sun, with no practice on Fri and two races each weekend.

Stinker · Jan 1, 2017

Steve said: ↑

Talk of promoting rivalries "We need to build the rivalries..." smacks of Bernie-speak (or a Jerry Springer wannabe) and turns me right off. But given the sort of manufactured drama entertainment popular these days it might (unfortunately) work if they're looking to pull in new and younger audiences.

The longer "week full of events" thing is also a bit confusing since I read a similarly speculative article just a week or so ago claiming they were considering shortening race weekends to two days, just Sat and Sun, with no practice on Fri and two races each weekend.
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Then it would be nothing more than a SCCA regional weekend!

Steve · Jan 5, 2017

Bernie is quoted as saying "there are too many Italians at Ferrari".

He'll have made a LOT of enemies in Italy with that remark. :lol:

Zapski · Jan 5, 2017

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Bernie is quoted as saying "there are too many Italians at Ferrari".

He'll have made a LOT of enemies in Italy with that remark. :lol:
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Hopefully one of them will make him a pair of cement overshoes.

Steve · Jan 5, 2017

"... it's not in our hands" is a lie, Bernie.

Silverstone considers activating British GP break-clause in 2017 (motorsport.com)

By: Jonathan Noble | 5 Jan 2016

Silverstoneâ€™s owner, the British Racing Driversâ€™ Club (BRDC), says it is serious about the possibility of activating a break clause to drop the British Grand Prix.

The clause allows Silverstone to end its deal to host the British GP at the end of 2019 â€“ but Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone needs to be informed about the plan ahead of this yearâ€™s race.

The presence of the clause has been known for some time, but it has now emerged that the excessive cost of holding the annual F1 race is making the threat of the break clause being activated very real.

In a letter to members from BRDC chairman John Grant that was sent before Christmas, and has been leaked to ITV, he says the circuit has become increasingly worried about the financial implications of holding an F1 race.

â€œYour board would like to preserve the BGP at Silverstone for many years to come, but only if it makes sense to do so,â€ he wrote. â€œAnd we have to protect our Club against the potentially ruinous risk of a couple of bad years.

â€œWithout some change in the economic equation, the risk and return are out of kilter, and so we are exploring various ways in which this might be altered.

â€œAmong other alternatives, the Board is considering whether we should give notice before the 2017 BGP (as required) of our intention to exercise the break clause in the BGP contract at the end of 2019. This is not a simple decision, and we will consider fully all the implications before coming to a conclusion by mid-year.â€

17-year deal

A 17-year deal to host the British GP was signed by Silverstone in 2009, but the rising costs of a 5 percent escalator that forms a part of many of Ecclestoneâ€™s race deals has given the track second thoughts.

BRDC president Derek Warwick told Motorsport.comâ€™s sister site Autosport last year that the escalator had pushed the circuit over the edge.

â€œAt the end of the day, if you can't afford it, you can't afford it,â€ he said. â€œWe've supported the British Grand Prix now for many years without any kind of third party support or government support.

â€œWe've spent over Â£50million building the Wing, changing the circuit, and doing everything Bernie wanted in order to secure the grand prix.

â€œBut now we are in a situation where the escalator [clause] has become too expensive for us.â€

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Ecclestone did not seem too concerned about the situation, and said other tracks had contacted him to discuss the idea of replacing Silverstone.

â€œIf they want to activate a break clause, there is nothing we can do,â€ he told ITV.

â€œTwo other tracks have contacted us and we are keen to keep a British Grand Prix, there is no doubt about it, we want to have one. As far as Silverstoe is concerned, it's not in our hands.â€
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