Dropping Monaco would be a mistake for F1, says Ecclestone

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MONACO : Formula One would be making a wrong move if it dropped the Monaco Grand Prix, the sport's former commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Friday.The Mediterranean principality is in contract discussions amid plenty of debate about the future of the showcase race on a crowded calendar set to e

MONACO : Formula One would be making a wrong move if it dropped the Monaco Grand Prix, the sport's former commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Friday.

There has been speculation the race, part of the fabric of the sport since the first world championship season in 1950, could alternate.He said he had spoken to Automobile Club de Monaco president Michel Boeri on Thursday. Ecclestone, who for decades drew up the calendar and introduced new races to the sport, said he regularly heard promoters explain how they were going to do things better than Monaco.

 

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