As the event’s final deadline winds down on Wednesday, there is a growing feeling that organisers of the US GP in Austin have managed to rescue their 2012 race. With ...
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Ecclestone not accepting counter-offer for 2012 US GP
Bernie Ecclestone insists a US grand prix in Texas next year remains unlikely, despite race organisers announcing they are now “ready” to pay the sport its overdue sanctioning fee. With ...
Read More »US GP has one week to save 2012 race – Ecclestone
Organisers of the US grand prix have one week to rescue their event before it is scratched from next year’s calendar. The deadline has been imposed by F1 chief executive ...
Read More »Austin off 2012 calendar ‘for sure’ – Ecclestone
Austin’s formula one project is close to collapse, with Bernie Ecclestone saying the event will fall off the 2012 calendar “for sure”. With the Texas state funding also in jeopardy ...
Read More »Construction halts as 2012 US GP crisis deepens
Austin’s formula one project continued to collapse this week, with news construction of the Circuit of the Americas has been halted. Bernie Ecclestone cast doubt on the health of the ...
Read More »Ecclestone comments endanger 2012 US GP funding
The fate of the 2012 US grand prix project has continued its downward spiral this week. Bernie Ecclestone intensified the speculation about the Austin event by saying in Abu Dhabi ...
Read More »Austin hits back at Ecclestone pessimism
The Circuit of the Americas has hit back at Bernie Ecclestone’s claim that Texas might fall off the 2012 calendar. “Austin? I wouldn’t want to put my money down that ...
Read More »Ecclestone sure about Bahrain return, not Austin debut
Bernie Ecclestone on Saturday sounded hopeful Bahrain will host its grand prix as scheduled next year, and less confident formula one will race in Austin. He was speaking in Abu ...
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