- 1. Bernie Ecclestone says door open to Canada GP comeback
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Sezione: F1
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Bernie Ecclestone says the door has been left open to reinstating the Canadian grand prix on future formula one calendars. The sport\'s chief executive went on Montreal radio this week to address local anger about the axe of the annual and traditional race at the nearby Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. When negotiations recently broke down, organisers slammed...
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Data: 2008-11-20
- 2. F1 teams should save GP says Montreal alliance
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Sezione: F1
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F1\'s six manufacturer-backed teams have the ability to reinstate the axed 2009 Canadian grand prix. That is the appeal of Alain Creton, a Montreal restaurateur and also president of a local Merchants Association, who is dismayed at the breakdown in talks between race and formula one officials. Creton joined organisers of local street festivals and other...
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Data: 2008-11-20
- 3. Ecclestone slammed as Canada GP rescue fails
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Sezione: F1
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...Ecclestone turned down a package to reinstate the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on next year\'s calendar. \"The unreasonable demands of formula one exceeded the taxpayer\'s ability to pay,\" Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay commented. Quebec government minister Raymond Bachand added: \"We cannot meet Mr Ecclestone\'s unworkable demands. \"Unless he eases his...
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Data: 2008-11-17
- 4. Canada GP bailout needed \'very soon\'
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Sezione: F1
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...efforts to raise millions to save the axed Canadian grand prix, a bailout needs to be finalised and presented to Bernie Ecclestone \"very soon\". \"I think we need an answer very soon,\" Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay, central to any direct negotiations with the F1 chief executive, confirmed to the city\'s Gazzette newspaper. It emerged this week that local...
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Data: 2008-11-14
- 5. Bmw Sauber F1 Team - Der Bmw Sauber F1.08 im Saisonverlauf
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Sezione: Formel 1
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...Stützen am Getriebe montiert. Wir verwendeten erstmals die Felgenabdeckungen in einer modifizierten Version, die ebenfalls zusätzlichen Abtrieb generierten.“ BMW Sauber F1.08, Montreal, Juni 2008.Willy Rampf: „Zusammen mit Spa ist Montreal die einzige so genannte Medium-Downforce-Strecke. Hier spielt die aerodynamische Effizienz eine...
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Data: 2008-11-13
- 6. The Bmw Sauber F1.08 over the course of the season
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Sezione: F1
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...also mounted over central supports on the gearbox. We used rim covers in a modified version for the first time, which also generated additional downforce.” BMW Sauber F1.08, Montreal, June 2008.Willy Rampf: “Together with Spa, Montreal is the only medium-downforce circuit. The aerodynamic efficiency plays a very special role here. We used a front...
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Data: 2008-11-13
- 7. Ecclestone to see $10m Canada GP rescue plan
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Sezione: F1
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The alliance of Montreal hoteliers has agreed to apply a one per cent \'grand prix\' tax to the price of rooms in an effort to rescue the axed Canadian formula one race. According to the French language newspaper La Presse, the Montreal hotel association will increase the room tax from three to four per cent, with the extra money to go to the organisation of...
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Data: 2008-11-13
- 8. Bmw Sauber F1 Team - 2008 season review
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Sezione: F1
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...terms. The highlights of the season were the one-two finish in Canada when Robert Kubica took the chequered flag ahead of team-mate Nick Heidfeld a year after crashing heavily at the Montreal track, Kubica’s pole position in Bahrain and two fastest race laps courtesy of Heidfeld (Malaysia and Germany). Together, the BMW Sauber F1 Team drivers collected...
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Data: 2008-11-06
- 9. Talks on for return of US GP - Fry
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Sezione: F1
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...principal Nick Fry. Indianapolis hosted its last US grand prix in 2007, and the continent has now slipped off the calendar altogether with the recent demise of the Canadian grand prix at Montreal. But according to the US financial news service Bloomberg, talks are ongoing to reinstate American races by 2010. "I know that discussions are proceeding at pace on...
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Data: 2008-11-06
- 10. Deadline set for Canada GP rescue
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Sezione: F1
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Further to news that Canadian governments seem willing to pledge money to save Montreal's F1 race, it has emerged that Bernie Ecclestone has now decreed a looming deadline. According to the Canadian national daily The Globe and Mail, a source close to the negotiations has revealed that the F1 chief executive has told officials "they must conclude everything...
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Data: 2008-11-01
- 11. Canada willing to save GP
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Sezione: F1
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Canadian levels of government are willing to put money into the rescue of the formula one race at Montreal. That is the information of the French language Journal de Montreal newspaper, which had earlier said an official decision and announcement was due on Friday. But without a private body ready to commit to taking over from outgoing promoter Grand Prix F1...
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Data: 2008-11-01
- 12. Montreal F1 rescue decision due Friday
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Sezione: F1
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...package for the Canadian grand prix is expected to be announced this week. Race and government officials travelled to London recently for talks with Bernie Ecclestone, who scratched Montreal's date on the 2009 calendar over a financial dispute. But according to the Journal de Montreal newspaper, a decision about whether taxpayer money will be used in an...
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Data: 2008-10-30
- 13. Canada can win back F1 race - Gurdjian
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Sezione: F1
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...concerned about (the future of) Canada than about France. "I can imagine Canada will quickly get back its place," Gurdjian said. For the moment, however, the future of the race at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is unclear, despite the assistance of Canadian levels of government. Federal minister Michael Fortier, present at last week's meeting in London...
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Data: 2008-10-27
- 14. Canada GP needs new promoter
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Sezione: F1
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Officials of the axed Canadian grand prix are searching for a new race promoter, following their London meeting on Thursday with Bernie Ecclestone. Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay said after the meeting with the F1 chief executive that it is "still possible" the event could be returned to the 2009 calendar. According to the French language Canadian news...
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Data: 2008-10-24
- 15. Canada GP rescue 'possible' - Tremblay
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Sezione: F1
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It is "possible" the Canadian grand prix will be held in 2009, Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay declared on Thursday. He had met in London for more than two hours with Bernie Ecclestone, after the F1 chief executive dropped the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve race due to reportedly unpaid fees. With Quebec economic development minister Raymond Bachand and Canadian...
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Data: 2008-10-24
- 16. Canadians go to London to save GP
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Sezione: F1
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A delegation is heading to London this week in a bid to save the axed Canadian grand prix. Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay will accompany a local Quebec minister, as well as the Canadian federal minister of international trade Michael Fortier, as they meet with Bernie Ecclestone on Thursday, the Montreal radio station CJAD said. "What we will be discussing is...
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Data: 2008-10-23
- 17. Canada GP blasts Ecclestone 'accusations'
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Sezione: F1
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...have strongly denied Bernie Ecclestone's claim that the 2009 race was axed because of a growing debt dating back three years. The F1 chief executive said last week that he cancelled Montreal's formula one contract because of monetary shortfalls "for the past three years". But in a statement issued by the promoter Grand Prix F1 du Canada, race official Paul...
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Data: 2008-10-20
- 18. Bernie Ecclestone on phone about Canada axe
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Sezione: F1
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Bernie Ecclestone phoned Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay this week, indicating the Canadian grand prix might not be dead in the water. The F1 chief executive scrapped Circuit Gilles Villeneuve's scheduled 2009 race, as it appears the dispute was over several million dollars in debts. But with levels of Canadian government subsequently vowing to step in, chief...
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Data: 2008-10-20
- 19. Canada must pay to reinstate GP - Ecclestone
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Sezione: F1
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Bernie Ecclestone on Friday said it is not inconceivable that Canada could win back its spot on the formula one calendar. The F1 chief executive recently cancelled the Montreal race's contract for 2009 and beyond. "We tried our best, but they have not kept up their obligations for the past three years," he told Auto Motor und Sport in an interview. "Until...
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Data: 2008-10-18
- 20. 2009 Canada GP rescue unlikely - Nick Fry
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Sezione: F1
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There is not enough time to rescue the Canadian grand prix for 2009, according to Honda's team CEO Nick Fry. A financial dispute with Bernie Ecclestone resulted in the Montreal race dropping off the calendar for next year. The issue is now the subject of frenetic rescue efforts, not only by Canadian levels of government but in the F1 teams' alliance FOTA,...
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Data: 2008-10-13
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