Silverstone and Bernie Ecclestone

Every year, in November and December, Bernie Ecclestone starts criticising the Silverstone circuit in terms of its suitability for F1. Every year, he casts doubt as to whether that year’s race will go ahead, and screws more concessions out of the UK and the BRDC. Every year, the race is finally confirmed and goes ahead in the summer. Bernie, a skilful businessman who has made vast amounts of money and has used that to be pictured looking up at lots of tall and not-so-tall beautiful women, just has it in for his own nation staging a GP. He would get far more money if the race was held in Indonesia, or Nigeria, or Saudi Arabia, or India, or Korea, each of which would pay handsomely for the privilege of holding the race, but at the expense of the traditional fan, the traditions of F1 and, lets face it, having a home race for most of the teams.

So every year we get the same drivel and criticism from Bernie, and every year he gets more out of the organisers. I’d say someone ought to stand up to him, but there are far too many “short” jokes there…