Might this be the impetus we need for the break away series we keep hearing about, but never actually seems to happen?

I was going to pack my car next year and take a drive to the Canadian GP, this axe really makes me mad!

One thing that wasn’t mentioned is F1 responsibility to the host nation/city. Imagine how many small businesses in Montreal rely and plan on the Canadian GP that had a valid contract to 2011. It’s outrageous for F1 to just cut a venue with no heads up! This should stir up a lot of outrage, even from parties not directly involved. Other venues need to take notice and put some pressure on Ecclestone and FIA

It’s pathetic Bernie.

If you want a better track, then say so. If you want more money, then say so. If just don’t want the “hassle” of a trip across Atlantic, then say so. Just quit acting like a spoiled child. Seriously, grow up and start acting like a man.

F1 leadership seems to be convinced that it doesn’t need North America. No drivers, no teams, and now, no races. Admittedly, with NASCAR, they are facing stiff competition. Soccer (football) seems to do just fine without a significant presence here, so the authorities may be right. Compounding things is F1′s reputation state-side…start with the Indy debacle, the perceived “elitist” attitudes, the lack of passing on track, and the shoddy treatment of Scott Speed. Those are a lot of negatives to overcome. Perhaps too many.

Nevertheless, you’d think that the manufacturers would have a little self-interest in mind. Sure, Ferrari will sell every car they send to the US, but how about BMW and Mercedes?

I think that we need to lean more on BMW and Mercedes in letting them know how we feel in North America. They have a web site that people have been leaving comments all day http://www.bmw.com.

Depressing article from Grandprix.com- there are of couse many similarities to Indy, but it seems very odd that if the GP was in financial difficulties, that it would just suddenly fold up and disappear with no warning given to the promoters. I don’t know how much of a role either Bernie or Max had in the whole thing, but from what I can see the teams had been rininging Bernie’s bell on two issues recently….

1. The importance of the North American market
2. Keeping the 3-week break and reducing/limiting the number of races

Putting those two factors together, Bernie probably cooked up a way to spite the teams and said “Hey, I’ll be a nice guy and give you your break back. But there’s no free lunch in my cafe, and you’re going to play by my rules, which means I put one of MY races in to replace the last obstacle to me taking F1 away from the uninterested North American market”

At the end of the day, you’ve got two of the world’s leading industrial, political and military powers- both members of the G8 group of nations- who have both lost their GPs in successive seasons, and the entire Western hemisphere is left with one- ONE- GP!! I’m sure this wekeend in Fuji you’ll see a group of team reps- led by Nick Fry and Dr. Mario- kick down the door to Bernie’s hospitality unit and demand answers about the whole deal, but I doubt it will produce any real change now that the deal is done for 2009.

I still say it’s Spanky getting back at his “enemies”.

Time for corporate governance as opposed to Max who treats the sport as his personal play pen, sans hookers.