Comments on: Magny-Cours

By: Jem

Jem — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:39:52 +0000

“We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be, detested in France.”

I keep threatening to get it printed out in four in high letters, framed, and stuck up in my office.

By: Ian Millward

Ian Millward — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:03:39 +0000

What are you talking aboutI have raced single seaters since 1981.
When you have the same credentials,then talk too me!!

By: Charles Warner

Charles Warner — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:23:40 +0000

Maybe Ecclestone as Talleyrand?

“In politics one needs to hitch
One’s wagon to a star
A toast to Minister Talleyrand!
Survival is his aim
A man from whom ‘Duplicity’
Could be a middle name
Allegiance to a governmenet
Doesn’t mean a thing
He’d be pleased with revolutionaries
Delighted with a King:
One has to be detatched
One has to be devoid
Of any sentimental ties
If on’es to be employed
Essentially, eventually
All leaders are destroyed”

By: Ian Millward

Ian Millward — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:41:36 +0000

As for magny-cours being in the middle of no where ? If it is then where would you put Ricard,thats really no where! I suggest that you buy a map.

By: Steve Deakin

Steve Deakin — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:48:13 +0000

I don’t know, miles from anywhere in the middle of the countryside with its cows and muddy fields, hours from the capital city. That’s the problem with Silverstone – oh, sorry, Magny-Cours!

By: Leigh O'Gorman

Leigh O'Gorman — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:59:23 +0000

There’s still the little issue of a Le Mans clash.

By: Yannick

Yannick — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 12:04:53 +0000

How about a replacement event at Indianapolis? A possible French GP on the day of the LeMans 24 hours talked about publicly by Bernie may just be a matter of negotiating with another circuit to raise the price.

By: Leigh O'Gorman

Leigh O'Gorman — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:21:18 +0000

Difficult to tell. The BBC / Sky deal has seen the combined UK TV viewing figures for Formula 1 well down across the season so far.

By: Mike Dimmick

Mike Dimmick — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:07:51 +0000

Hard to say when the Sky deal has, for the most part, crippled the BBC’s ratings even for live races. Because of the clash, the BBC put the Wimbledon men’s final on BBC One, while the GP went on BBC Two (they had put the pre-race waffle on BBC One). BARB projected viewing figures of 2.86m for the 2012 race on BBC Two, plus 0.455m on Sky Sports F1, while the 2011 race got 4.94m on BBC One.

Viewing figures comparisons for 2011 vs 2012, up to the Italian GP, can be found at http://www.f1revs.com/2012/09/bbc-sky-italian-gp-viewing-figures.html .

By: Steve Deakin

Steve Deakin — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 10:28:58 +0000

Wrong height!