BERNIE ECCLESTONE has warned Silverstone [...].BERNIE ECCLESTONE Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestone (born October 28 1930 near Bungay, Suffolk, England) is the president and CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, and owns a stake in Alpha Prema, the parent company of the Formula One Group of companies. has warned Silverstone that time is running out for an agreement to be reached for the Northamptonshire circuit to host next year's British Formula One Grand Prix Formula One Grand Prix can refer to one of the following racing computer games:
Silverstone became favourite to host the race after Donington Park, which had won a contract to host the event for the next 17 years, ran into financial difficulties in the middle of renovation work. However, Ecclestone has now threatened to pull the race from the 2010 calendar unless financial terms are finalised before a World Motor Sport Council meeting in Monaco on December 9. "At the moment there is no British Grand Prix This article is about Formula One race. For other uses, see British Grand Prix (disambiguation). The British Grand Prix is a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. ." said Ecclestone. "If there's no contract in place [by December 9], there won't be a British Grand Prix. "They had a contract in place which they could have signed, and they haven't." |
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