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19-11-2005, 12:37 PM
man cant they hack it for a few hrz ><"
[18/11/05 - 10:44]
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Fears for Monza
Noise an issue for local residents
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Noise issues threaten the Italian Grand Prix
The Italian Grand Prix is still scheduled to take place on September 10th next year but the event is now in some doubt as ongoing disputes over noise has resulted in a court case which determined that the Grand Prix – and in fact all forms of motorsport - do result in noise pollution.
Residents of Biassono made an official complaint and according to Gazzetta dello Sport Judge Marco Manunta had little sympathy for Formula One and the traditional Italian Grand Prix deeming the series a ‘socially useless activity that has a major impact on the environment’.
Monza will now appeal against the ruling but as it stands, the circuit would not be able to host a round of the Championship next year. This weekend’s Monza Rally Show is going ahead as originally scheduled.
Earl ALEXANDER
© CAPSIS International
focken politics...
[18/11/05 - 19:28]
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Spa on a knife edge
Belgian Grand Prix under threat
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Green lights at Spa? Not yet...
On a day when the Italian Grand Prix is under threat due to noise pollution issues, there is also increasing uncertainty over the 2006 Belgian Grand Prix. Local politicians want to renegotiate the contract linking them with Bernie Ecclestone and Formula One Administration (FOA) until 2010.
The regional government wants some changes to the contract signed in 2003 between the promoters of the Spa Francorchamps circuit and FOA, explained Elio Di Rupo, President of the PS party (Parti Socialiste).
"If we don't succeed, there will be no Grand Prix. Then, the British and Belgian court battles will begin," said Di Rupo after a long meeting of the government on that subject.
In the last few days, the Belgian media revealed many clauses of the contract that were seemingly to Bernie Ecclestone's advantage.
"The only decision that could save the credibility of the regional government would be to immediately stop the idea of organising a Formula One Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps" to "free itself from the grip of Ecclestone," noted Belgian paper La Libre.
A real mess
The contract - written in English - is supposed to be valid until 2010 and includes an annual licence fee until the end of the contract, no matter if the Grand Prix takes place or not. That fee was 13 million Euros for 2004 and reaches 17 millions for 2010.
Moreover, the FOA has the unilateral right to extend the agreement until 2015. The FOA can also unilaterally end the contract.
The Walloon Government had to pay a 15-million Euros fee this fall for the 2005 Grand Prix at Spa.
The Spa Francorchamps case is poisoning the life of Elio Di Rupo's government, all the parties not taking responsibility for this agreement, which was made to 'save' an event that was supposed to restore the image of the Walloon region.
Today, the 'only solution' considered by the Walloon government is to get out of what the Belgian press refers to as 'a mess' and allow Bernie Ecclestone the responsibility to organise the Grand Prix.
If he doesn't, the government might come forward with the 2003 agreement and start a legal battle that could be long and costly.
H.G. / E.A
Source AFP
[18/11/05 - 10:44]
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Fears for Monza
Noise an issue for local residents
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Noise issues threaten the Italian Grand Prix
The Italian Grand Prix is still scheduled to take place on September 10th next year but the event is now in some doubt as ongoing disputes over noise has resulted in a court case which determined that the Grand Prix – and in fact all forms of motorsport - do result in noise pollution.
Residents of Biassono made an official complaint and according to Gazzetta dello Sport Judge Marco Manunta had little sympathy for Formula One and the traditional Italian Grand Prix deeming the series a ‘socially useless activity that has a major impact on the environment’.
Monza will now appeal against the ruling but as it stands, the circuit would not be able to host a round of the Championship next year. This weekend’s Monza Rally Show is going ahead as originally scheduled.
Earl ALEXANDER
© CAPSIS International
focken politics...
[18/11/05 - 19:28]
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Spa on a knife edge
Belgian Grand Prix under threat
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Green lights at Spa? Not yet...
On a day when the Italian Grand Prix is under threat due to noise pollution issues, there is also increasing uncertainty over the 2006 Belgian Grand Prix. Local politicians want to renegotiate the contract linking them with Bernie Ecclestone and Formula One Administration (FOA) until 2010.
The regional government wants some changes to the contract signed in 2003 between the promoters of the Spa Francorchamps circuit and FOA, explained Elio Di Rupo, President of the PS party (Parti Socialiste).
"If we don't succeed, there will be no Grand Prix. Then, the British and Belgian court battles will begin," said Di Rupo after a long meeting of the government on that subject.
In the last few days, the Belgian media revealed many clauses of the contract that were seemingly to Bernie Ecclestone's advantage.
"The only decision that could save the credibility of the regional government would be to immediately stop the idea of organising a Formula One Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps" to "free itself from the grip of Ecclestone," noted Belgian paper La Libre.
A real mess
The contract - written in English - is supposed to be valid until 2010 and includes an annual licence fee until the end of the contract, no matter if the Grand Prix takes place or not. That fee was 13 million Euros for 2004 and reaches 17 millions for 2010.
Moreover, the FOA has the unilateral right to extend the agreement until 2015. The FOA can also unilaterally end the contract.
The Walloon Government had to pay a 15-million Euros fee this fall for the 2005 Grand Prix at Spa.
The Spa Francorchamps case is poisoning the life of Elio Di Rupo's government, all the parties not taking responsibility for this agreement, which was made to 'save' an event that was supposed to restore the image of the Walloon region.
Today, the 'only solution' considered by the Walloon government is to get out of what the Belgian press refers to as 'a mess' and allow Bernie Ecclestone the responsibility to organise the Grand Prix.
If he doesn't, the government might come forward with the 2003 agreement and start a legal battle that could be long and costly.
H.G. / E.A
Source AFP