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Old 29 Oct 2001, 15:06 (Ref:166954)   #2
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Red should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
Just rumors

I don’t see it that dark. [cynical] The general interest is to keep the sponsors happy and that is possible if they keep the fans happy as well. Merc or BMW will be delighted to have more ads in say Russia or China or Turkey, but it’s unlikely that this will significantly increase their business in the aforementioned countries. And if this happens with the cost of angering British fan-base, nope, I don’t think so.[/cynical] Maybe Frank or Ron don’t bother to say anything because the danger is not that big.

I don’t remember to read that British GP will be taken away; moved from Silverstone yes. The GP’s in danger are the second Italian and German GP’s. The possibility of increasing the number of GP’s is less that slim; the teams don’t want that.

PS: Minardi (Faenza), Toyota (Koln) and I believe that Prost too (?? don’t know where) are not based in England. Even though Benetton was, I’m sure that soon enough Renault will want to be near home.
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