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Titolo: [ENG] The story behind the French GP disaster

Source: 
grandprix.com
http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns12192.html
The French Grand Prix, which was scheduled to take place on July 11,
2004, has been cancelled because of financial problems. The news was
confirmed on Friday evening by Marcel Charmant, president of the conseil
general of the Nievre department, after hours of efforts to find a
solution to the problem.
"The financial situation of the holding company means that it is
impossible to give Bernie Ecclestone the guarantees he needs for the
finance of the race in 2004," Charmant said.
The conseil general is the major shareholder in the holding company which
runs Magny Cours but economic problems in recent years has left the
organisation with debts of $11m to Bernie Ecclestone, some from the race
in 2003 but some dating back to 2002. This means that in order for the
event to happen the promoters of the race need to find $20m, which is
impossible in the current financial climate. The French government might
help but there is little incentive given that the country is now solidly
republican while the Nievre remains staunchly socialist and there is a
widespread belief that the socialists favoured the region when they took
the Grand Prix from Paul Ricard back in 1991.
The race had a deadline until December's meeting of the FIA World Motor
Sport Council to raise the maoney and it appears that this has failed and
that the local authorities have decided to go public with three weeks to
go before the council in the hope that the French government will react
and save the race.
The collapse of Magny-Cours's finances means that the way is open for
another venue to be found and while Paul Ricard might be a possible
venue, there are fundamental problems with the facility which make it
much better suited to being used solely for testing, while a bad is
anticipated from Le Mans for a race in 2005.
The ambition to host an F1 has existed at Le Mans for some time but the
track was excluded from negotiating because French politicians favoured
Magny-Cours. In recent years there have been changes in the management of
both the Automobile Club de l'Ouest and the syndicate which looks after
the development of the circuit. The new group includes the conseil
regional of the Loire, the conseil general of the Sarthe department and
the municipal authorities of Le Mans. The region is solidly republican
with all five deputies being members of the republican alliance, among
them Francois Fillon, the Minister of Social Affairs, a leading member of
the current government.
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 in 2003 but some dating back to 2002.
Non mi stupisco proprio! Il "bacio della morte" di Ecclestone colpisce e
colpirà. Tutti gli impianti "tradizionali" IMO sono al collasso dato il
drastico calo di spettatori, che sono quelli che dovrebbero finanziare
le smisurate richieste di Bernie. Non vedo proprio come impianti
disertati come quello di Imola per esempio possano sopravvivere a lungo.
La "soluzione al problema" di Ecclestone è quella di spostare e spemere
altri mercati alla spasmodica ricerca di pubblico, il quale per un paio
di anni, al massimo, sarà attratto dalla novità per poi cominciare a sua
volta a disertare il circus...
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 volta a disertare il circus...
Bernie is a virus!
-- Alessio (on the road)

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Restando in tema, forse sarebbe più appropriato:
"Bernie is a worm"!
Marcello
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