Carrie
10-02-2004, 12:37 AM
English.Eastday.com (http://english.eastday.com/eastday/englishedition/sports/userobject1ai557254.html)
Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone dismissed on Friday any chance for Silverstone to stage a race next season.
Ecclestone said that his decision to axe the Silverstone race from next season's schedule would be easily endorsed by the FIA's world council when the sport's world ruling body meets in Paris on Oct. 13.
"They can't ratify anything. I put the calendar together and that's it," Ecclestone was quoted as saying by BBC radio.
"The deadline for contracts to be submitted was September 30 and they (Silverstone) didn't submit. We've got to assume from that they didn't want to have an event."
Silverstone was axed after its owners the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) failed to reach a deal with Ecclestone on the cost of the right to stage the race.
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Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone dismissed on Friday any chance for Silverstone to stage a race next season.
Ecclestone said that his decision to axe the Silverstone race from next season's schedule would be easily endorsed by the FIA's world council when the sport's world ruling body meets in Paris on Oct. 13.
"They can't ratify anything. I put the calendar together and that's it," Ecclestone was quoted as saying by BBC radio.
"The deadline for contracts to be submitted was September 30 and they (Silverstone) didn't submit. We've got to assume from that they didn't want to have an event."
Silverstone was axed after its owners the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) failed to reach a deal with Ecclestone on the cost of the right to stage the race.
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