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Stoddart: Proposed time schedule won't help Aussie Grand Prix

Stoddart: Proposed time schedule won't help Aussie Grand Prix

11 March 2008

According to former Formula 1 team owner Paul Stoddart it won't help the Australian Grand Prix if the race will be held at 05.00pm instead of 03.30. According to the Australian only a night race will satisfy Bernie Ecclestone.

"The only thing that's going to appease Bernie is a total night race," Stoddart told Australian newspaper the Herald Sun. "I think it's a night race, or it. This is a halfway house. I can't see it improving the ratings, if that's what it's about."

Stoddart furthermore believes Ecclestone has every reason to move out of Australia. "It will be interesting to see where the calendar goes next year," Stoddart said. "There are plenty of countries happy to spend $50 million on a sanctioning fee. It's hard to fight those economics."



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