Please kill me now.
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Ecclestone's world is crumbling around him. He has lost control of his holding company and the banks are now running things. To make matters worse for him, the big manufacturer teams are about to split off in a rival series. He is making a last ditch effort to keep them around, but it doesn't seem likely they will stay. Looks like the USAC / Penske CART fight all over again. It's easy to follow the money trail. Ecclestone has been busy buying lavish estates worth upwards of 150 mill , and amasing a 3.9 billion dollar fortune off F1 revenues. That kind of high profile behavior tends to create a lot of jealousy in the team ranks. It's a common theme that has played out numerous times before. F1 may have just hit its zenith.
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Originally Posted by Larry Herman
Congratulations George. My wife was the Director of Fund raising for Team in Training for the Philadelphia chapter for 4 years, and was a 3 time marathon participant as well. I myself rode in 3 of TNTs century rides. It is a worthy cause, and you have every right to feel proud of your accomplishment!
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Originally Posted by James Achard
What I don't understand is that more US funds are going into F1( more US companies are sponsoring F1 teams, Bud, Sun, Hp to name a few) and yet our coverage gets worse. What is Ecclestone up to? I guess our money is not good enough for him.
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Originally Posted by Geo
What really gripes me is that for all the US money in F1 there is zero push from the US companies to get any teams to even test a US driver. Townsend Bell ran F3000 and put in some very credible drivers in 03. It's ironic that it is taking a Swiss company to work hard to put an American in F1 again.
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Originally Posted by David Ray
What ever happen to the RedBull program, is it dead?
Red Bull's support of racing in general and their support of this program directly resulted in my drinking Red Bull. Tried it the first time after a long hard day at the track and haven't looked back (although it was a bit of a developed taste).
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As Geo mentions, the program is alive & well. Two of its drivers, Scott Speed & Colin Fleming, did very well in Formula Renault last year. Speed won the championship and I think Colin came in either 2nd or 3rd.