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According to Tony, OP will be OK for at least 06 and 07 and probably for 08. He also suggested that if EC was to start attracting spectators then they need to redesign the circuit, including running racing in the opposite direction. He also said he thought the A1 Grand Prix would struggle, he questioned the NSW's Governments support for an unproven product. As for Homebush he said that he wasn't losing sleep over it but he could see the potential claiming it would attract 150'000 and should be the final round. in fact he said it "would be bigger than the second coming." He said Townsville was fully designed but that there was still lots of major work to do including the building of a new bridge.
Cochrane was in a very reflective mood perhaps brought about by the fact that he was loaded up with the flu and clearly very tired from his recent travels to Bahrain.
He made quite a passionate argument for the contributions made by AVESCO to the standard of Motorsport in Australia and their role in improving circuit infrastructure.
I have an Interview lined up with him for tomorrow but judging by his condition today whether he's able to front is debatable. FWIW whatever you say about AVESCO or V8 Supercars as a category, my god the whole show has taken on an incredible new level of professionalisim. It's no Le Mans but no doubt it's World class.
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