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Britain won't share race with France
10 November 2006The organisers of the British Grand Prix, the BRDC, did not react positively to Bernie Ecclestone's proposal that they share a Formula One race with France. Ecclestone revealed he had offered a plan to the BRDC to take it in turns to host the race every other year with organisers at Magny Cours.
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The French, however responded positively to Ecclestone's proposal. "We've given them the opportunity and Magny-Cours agreed," Ecclestone told The Times. "Silverstone had the opportunity and said they didn't want to. Silverstone stays where they are. We respect our contracts and we'll see what happens when the contract runs out."
If Silverstone wants to keep F1 they will need to carry out a number of improvements, to the facilities. "We offered a ten-year alternating deal, and all the work they are promising to do, they wouldn't have to do probably for four years," said Ecclestone.
But BRDC's chairman Stuart Rolt told the Times: "We were not able to see how a grand prix every second year works financially — we have to keep the place in a suitable condition for a grand prix — and in terms of staffing. You may be able to let some staff go temporarily and hire them back, but that's a difficult way to run a business."
"I really can't reassure them (the fans) after 2009. To me there is a danger that we cannot, or we are somehow unable to, find a way to fund the improvements or there may be a point where the amount of money we have to pay for hosting the Grand Prix becomes untenable," said Rolt.
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