OT: Canadian GP Axed

http://www.tsn.ca/auto_racing/news_story.asp?ID=49822&hubName=auto_racing Well here we go again screwed by the Glimmer Twins Bernie and Max. Can't wait for five years with no Silverstone, No Spa, No Williams, No Ferarri, No McLaren. And the "F1 World Championship" is decided in the Dubai GP by a bunch of Jordans and Minardi's with Judd spec engines.

How popular is F1 in Canada?

What kind of fucking country do I live in? Huge anti tobacco campaign all over the TV, and now it's cancelling the F1 race that I was FINALLY going to see for the first time next year. But, there's absolutely no problems with every second commercial on the TV being a bunch of drunk people yelling "I am Canadian". Feel free to associate the country with alcohol but god forbid the county be associated with motorsports. Obviously there's flaws in my arguement, but I'm a little pissed off... Mike http://mikebeauchamp.com "Rudeboy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:r8BYa.694028$[email hidden]...

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> http://www.tsn.ca/auto_racing/news_story.asp?ID=49822&hubName=auto_racing > > Well here we go again screwed by the Glimmer Twins Bernie and Max. > > Can't wait for five years with no Silverstone, No Spa, No Williams, No > Ferarri, No McLaren. And the "F1 World Championship" is decided in the > Dubai GP by a bunch of Jordans and Minardi's with Judd spec engines. > >

On Fri, 8 Aug 2003 09:32:46 +1000, "Steve Simpson" <[email hidden]> wrote: >How popular is F1 in Canada? They have a former WDC driver in the series. I could see dropping Indy (which they moved to the spring to coincide with Montreal FFS), keeping Belgium off the calendar, getting rid of the new shitty Nurburgring (do we really need *2* races at Mickey Mouse tracks in Germany), etc etc but dropping Canada imho is akin to dropping Silverstone or Brazil. Jason

"Mike Beauchamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:

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> What kind of fucking country do I live in? Huge anti tobacco campaign > all over the TV, and now it's cancelling the F1 race that I was FINALLY > going to see for the first time next year. > > But, there's absolutely no problems with every second commercial on the > TV being a bunch of drunk people yelling "I am Canadian". > > Feel free to associate the country with alcohol but god forbid the > county be associated with motorsports. Obviously there's flaws in my > arguement, but I'm a little pissed off...

They would better forbid "push" advertisement and let them only advertise on the cars and driver suits :) I hate those 30+min commercial breaks, no matter what they advertise :( Alex.

"Rudeboy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:r8BYa.694028$[email hidden]...

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> http://www.tsn.ca/auto_racing/news_story.asp?ID=49822&hubName=auto_racing > > Well here we go again screwed by the Glimmer Twins Bernie and Max. > > Can't wait for five years with no Silverstone, No Spa, No Williams, No > Ferarri, No McLaren. And the "F1 World Championship" is decided in the > Dubai GP by a bunch of Jordans and Minardi's with Judd spec engines.

Mixed feelings for me...it sucks that we lost our GP, but it was an ugly chicane-fest anyways - now if they could only move it back to Mosport! -Phasor

well it bothers me to as i was hoping to attend my first F1 race there next year. BTW are you the Phasor I raced last night on F1c at of all places Circuit Gille Villeneuve. My online name is bengal Phasor wrote:

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> > "Rudeboy" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:r8BYa.694028$[email hidden]... > > http://www.tsn.ca/auto_racing/news_story.asp?ID=49822&hubName=auto_racing > > > > Well here we go again screwed by the Glimmer Twins Bernie and Max. > > > > Can't wait for five years with no Silverstone, No Spa, No Williams, No > > Ferarri, No McLaren. And the "F1 World Championship" is decided in the > > Dubai GP by a bunch of Jordans and Minardi's with Judd spec engines. > > Mixed feelings for me...it sucks that we lost our GP, but it was an ugly > chicane-fest anyways - now if they could only move it back to Mosport! > > -Phasor

That reminds me... I meant to take a moment to thank NBC for showing us a lap or two of racing between the commercials last week. I hope the next time around they give the whole year to Fox. NBC, and their announcers, SUCK. Heaven forbid they actually discuss something technical during the race. -Larry "alexti" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> "Mike Beauchamp" <[email hidden]> wrote in > They would better forbid "push" advertisement and let them only > advertise on the cars and driver suits :) I hate those 30+min > commercial breaks, no matter what they advertise :( > > Alex.