[Fot] Update on Austin Tx F1

Jason Ostrowski jason at multivintage.com
Sat Nov 19 14:45:27 MST 2011


On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Bill Babcock <billb at bnj.com> wrote:



> "It's snakes biting snakes. And if they can't
> come up with 25 million to satisfy their deal, how are they going to make
> the
> show work? That's chump change."
>
> "And Indy for F1? Come on. It sucked. I LOVE F1 and I couldn't bear to
> watch
> it".
>
> Yes Bill, good true points on the financial end. I won't argue the points
> about financial aspects of "big leagues".. I'm sure all that stuff was
> disclosed early on. Clearly more was bit off than could be chewed.
> But, what was so bad about the Indy events? With the exception of the
> Michelin debacle, what sucked? I went to all the F1 races at Indianapolis
> and thought it was awesome.. and great for U.S. exposure to road racing. I
> have been to other F1 races (including Monaco) and I thought those U.S.
> events were surely different but comparable and good on many levels.
> Jason, FGR



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