Belgian GP to alternate with French GP from 2013

[Jax Humanhater]

I wish the FIA would rid of Bernie, but Jean Todt is just as underhanded as Max Mosley and Bernie Ecclestone.

Is there anybody good left?

 

[Kyle Puttifer]

No.

 

[Jekabs Elerts]

I'm not very familiar with the business side of F1, but I assume that the tracks pay for the chance to host a race, right?

 

[Jekabs Elerts]

The owners of Spa may have suggested it but with a track as historic as Spa Bernie should be willing to cut the fees to a level they can afford.

This. A million times this.

 

[Chris Jenkins]

I'm not very familiar with the business side of F1, but I assume that the tracks pay for the chance to host a race, right?

Exactly.
This is why Turkey has been dropped from the calender.
They were paying $13m each year to host the race, and Bernie wanted to raise this to £26m.

It is rumoured that the new tracks (Abu Dhabi, Korea, India, USA, Russia) are paying upwards of £30m a year to have their venue on the calender.

 

[Carlo Mantovani]

Not that this will affect most of us thanks to they BBC/Sky TV deal, most likely we wouldn't have seen Spa on the BBC anyway.

 

[James Chant]

BBC have only confirmed Monaco, Silverstone and the last race of the season will be in their share of the coverage.

 

[Gaëtan Legastelois]

There are only "Yes" or "No".

But if it's to save SPA who can't assume a GP each years, why not, it's a good thing.
But for motorsports lover that I am, that is not a good thing.

Finally, money... money... money...

 

[Péter Bártfai]

Just I wish it was not Paul Ricard, man my eyes hurt from that track, I don't like it, and not just the stripes, I don't like the layout either, Magny Cours is far superior to it imo, though I heard there were problems getting to the track.

 

[TheHemps]

Just I wish it was not Paul Ricard, man my eyes hurt from that track, I don't like it, and not just the stripes, I don't like the layout either, Magny Cours is far superior to it imo, though I heard there were problems getting to the track.

Agreed, this will be easier to swallow if it is shared with Magny-Cours as I like that track. Still a bit of a bad situation but if we can get another good track on the calender even if its every 2 years, we the fans can see that as a good compromise.

 

[Gaëtan Legastelois]

Agree too, I prefer Magny-cours, second choice Le Mans, but not the Paul Ricard. My eyes bleed when they saw this sritpes.