{"id":19065,"date":"2013-08-24T07:42:17","date_gmt":"2013-08-24T11:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=19065"},"modified":"2013-08-24T07:42:17","modified_gmt":"2013-08-24T11:42:17","slug":"new-jersey-mess-not-on-2014-calendar-ecclestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/new-jersey-mess-not-on-2014-calendar-ecclestone\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey &#8216;mess&#8217; not on 2014 calendar &#8211; Ecclestone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to take formula one to New Jersey are in tatters, as Bernie Ecclestone confirmed a race amid the Manhattan skyline will not happen in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-left alignright\" style=\"margin: 5px 10px;\" alt=\"Bernie-Ecclestone-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/gallery\/f1-2013-rif-images\/f1-2013-persons\/Bernie-Ecclestone-2.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"256\" \/>This year&#8217;s scheduled New Jersey race had already been delayed, but the F1 chief executive announced it also won&#8217;t be on the 2014 calendar because organisers &#8220;haven&#8217;t got any money&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Ecclestone told F1 business journalist Christian Sylt: &#8220;It&#8217;s not on the cards for next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the same CNN report, however, a spokesman for the event insisted preparations are in fact &#8220;on track for 2014&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He added that a statement will be issued after the 2014 calendar is officially published.<\/p>\n<p>But Ecclestone likened the New Jersey foray to Donington&#8217;s disastrous bid for the British grand prix a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p>He said New Jersey &#8220;is like Donington all over again&#8221;, adding that it is &#8220;such a muddle and a mess that it is not worth doing&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Ecclestone said he was surprised promoter Leo Hindery jr could not make the project work.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The guy is a multibillionaire and is well-known in New York,&#8221; Ecclestone told Sylt.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to take formula one to New Jersey are in tatters, as Bernie Ecclestone confirmed a race amid the Manhattan skyline will not happen in 2014. This year&#8217;s scheduled New Jersey race had already been delayed, but the F1 chief executive announced it also won&#8217;t be on the 2014 calendar because organisers &#8220;haven&#8217;t got any &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[2120,3],"tags":[59,5262,5340,4600,4599],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19066,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19065\/revisions\/19066"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}