Suppose it's just one more sign of how badly
Formula 1 reeks of selling its soul to the highest bidder, eh?
Whilst it still seems an atrocity that
Formula 1 will collide with the storied 24 Heurs du Mans Date-wise next year,
even more atrocious is the notion that Baku, due to its quaint size, will only
be offering a total of 28,000 tickets for its inaugural Grand Prix.
Thus, it makes I-T seem even more indicative
that Parisian Monsieur Todt and Uncle
Bernaughty have purposely caused this date clash, perhaps to thumb their noses
at F1 drivers racing at Circuit de la Sarthe spitefully?
Meanwhile, the drama surrounding COTA, nee
Circuit Of The Americas and its future as site of the USGP continues swirling,
as notice how Messer Bernard Charles Ecclestone questioned how they'll continue
if the Governor cuts the event funding.
While the World Motor Sport Council just
rubber-stamped the FIA's 2016 Formula 1 calendar with a Monstrous record
setting 21-race schedule which includes COTA, albeit with an asterisk next to
it claiming subject to agreements with the Promoter and Governing Body, which
naturally is code for meeting the requisite payment!
As its been
pointed out to Mwah that there's NO Contract regarding the Special Events Trust
Fund concerning the $25m yearly USGP hosting
fee payment.
Yet presumably a
contract was signed between the FIA and COTA to host the race for a duration of
ten years, so perhaps its semantics but! Isn't an Agreement a form of a
Contract, regardless of what Government Administration it was made with?
whilst I-T would
serve Formula 1 right to finally have a U.S. Flagged F1 constructor on the grid
with NO United States Grand Prix to contest!