THESE posts are mostly a waist of time; on the other­ hand they show that some people who are persistent are­ nothing more then self appointed experts but in real­ terms they know few facts and normally they always have­ an axe to grind when forming their opinion; when a­ seller have a product that is in high demand he will be­ in a position to dictate the conditions of sale such­ as; the cost and if you don’t pay he will not sell you­ again and also will be able to sell to the highest­ bidder; when someone has made a group of people­ extremely rich they will only say things behind his­ back but in fact they will be happy for him to carry on

Barry: Bernie only owns a megre 25% of FOM, the sports­ commercial rights holder. The remaining 75% is in the­ hands of three banks, although Bernie has sole control­ of FOM. It' be interesting to know how much that­ 75% is actually worth. If the teams can't break­ away from F1 and Bernie, then can they buy their own­ control and superceed the greedy little dwarf?

The teams need to stand up for themselves. & take­ some of the power back. Unfortunately they find­ themselves unable to present a united front. prior­ post-

You'r right with ONE exception-ALL the major­ teams have 'contracted' with Bernie to take­ care of their interests, in other words 'the teams­ have a deal with the devil',
and they CAN'T­ break it!
Hate to put it this way but, 'when Bernie­ dies-so does the contract! NOT BEFORE!

Barry-Toronto

Re post by; dennis55eylott
I agree, but I would rather­ have it said publically, that WE DON'T WANT F1, OR­ BERNIE.
They eventually WILL want to come back, but I­ hope the people involved will tell them to drop dead!­ ('cause you can bet the U.S. will! they don't­ put up with that @#$%!)
It's BIG revenue for­ Montreal, BUT at some point you have to stand up and­ say, 'GO xxxx YOURSELF'

Barry-Toronto

SOME reports say they did not pay-up their dues

F1 is all about big bucks, big egos and a big yawn on­ the track. The fact that the Canadian GP is typically­ one of the best races on the calender is irrelevant to­ F1 "supremo" manipulator Bernie Ecclestone.­ He can get more money from the Middle and Far East - so­ he does. F1 is his private money machine and plaything.­ Also killing the Canadian GP is probably no doubt a­ further way for him to raise the middle finger to­ Indianapolis' Tony George over the departed U.S.­ GP. As an enthusiast I feel sickened by what F1 has­ become - a hollow mockery of the courage demonstrated­ by the likes of Clark, Stewart, Lauda, Rindt, Peterson,­ Villeneuve... In today's F1, Lewis Hamilton­ wasn't even allowed to keep the best victory - Spa­ 2008 - seen in years. Today it is all bu11shit,­ Machiavellian machinations and politics. The teams,­ drivers and fans loved coming to Canada. So what, who­ cares? is clearly Ecclestone's response.

I am also sorry to hear about the loss of the race in­ Canada. A true great race track sadly in need of some­ repairs to it.

As for Silverstone glad to see the back­ of if, The same for Mangy Cours & Barcelona these­ two tracks are normally just a procession. I like­ Hungary now but it needs some more passing­ places.

Good luck Donnington Park!

I hope that­ Valencia improves otherwise it is just a long track­ with no passing points.

As for the refueling problems­ am glad to see Ferrari going back to stop go boards as­ it has cost Massa the title this year

This'll surprise sagittarius1958, I agree. There is­ no conspiracy theory here. It is not to penalise­ anyone. It is not a Ferrari-FIA plan against Mclaren.­ Get over yourselves everyone, this is about money, pure­ and simple.

Crybaby Alonso more like, an overpaid pratt (but who­ can drive)

oh and cap1car that is happening next year! i will love­ seeing it too seeing crybaby hamilton get his butt­ kicked by alonso!

marsbar how can u take ms out of the occasion about­ races? u gimp! u always come out with rediculous­ theories, please stop posting here your stupid comments­ are unwanted.

It's quite simple really Bernie get much higher­ fees from the promoters (Governments) in­ "emerging" countries, than he can ask from­ the older established tracks. So long as the­ "Commercial rights holder" controls the­ venues this trend will continue. The teams need to­ stand up for themselves. & take some of the power­ back. Unfortunately they find themselves unable to­ present a united front.

just read some of the other postings... talk about­ stretching it!! this is NOT about your golden haired­ boy wonder... this is about money... it's always­ about money... let's face it, and as much as it­ pains me to say it, it was a financially­ 'sound' decision... there must be millions of­ dollars spent on bring the entire 'show' to­ canada and with the economy as it is, world-wide, it­ would be difficult to justify that kind of money...­ sighhh... btw, hamilton who???

damn... and here i had already planned to attend,­ considering it's ''just around the­ corner'' from t.o... but, i have to agree with­ forza ferrari... it's financially a sound­ decision... unfortunately for us... sigh...

Then first time since 1958 without a North American­ race. Congratulations Bernie. Maybe the year away will­ give them a chance to fix the track properly though,­ and improve facilites. I'm with Forza, the lack of­ a USGP damaged there chances a little, if some backers­ can convince Bernie to head to Laguna Seca or Sebring­ (anywhere but the micky mouse track at Indianapolis, I­ like the banking and straight but the infield is a bit­ of a joke) Canada will get its place back. They do­ need to fix the track tough. If it doesn't come­ back we can find out who Bernie will relace it with,­ just look for a country with cash to burn.

It's plainly obvious that the F1A is neither­ interested nor cares of its fans there. Denying­ millions of spectators in all of North America of a F1­ Grand Prix is senseless. As the Montreal circuit is­ part street circuit, it tests the drivers skills more­ than other usual made-to-measure ones. And to snub USA­ and Canada is hardly the way to promote the sport. How­ the F1A could tell those nations that they're not­ good enough for F1 is beyond belief.

I used to really enjoy watching F1...and then it all­ changed and now it's so damn boring. I agree with­ cap1car, bring back the good old days of the­ senna/mansell era and let's have REAL formula 1 car­ racing. What ever happened to the good old fashioned­ classic battles that we used to see on the racing­ track? Are we seeing the demise and future death of­ what used to be one of the greatest sporting events in­ our history?

Bernie never mind the dollar signs (or the Dinairs) Max­ forget your grudge against the BRDC. For the good of­ the sport get the priorities right, do the right thing.­ And forget Donington pk give Silverstone a chance to­ put together a fantastic venue

ITS ALL ABOUT THE £ /$ , you would have thought bernie­ would have had enough even for a short a rse and max as­ well , they do not want lewis to win ! WHY ? I DARE­ ANYONE TO GIVE AN HONEST ANSWER.

This decision stinks and is yet another reason for­ sponsors to abandon f1 .canada was one a a few real­ racing tracks that allow real racing ,axing this just­ means bernie and the rest just want an expensive­ procession where they pick up the money just like a­ circus only bernie and co are the clowns and then they­ go to the next town to vertially rape the city and fool­ them into parting with there hard earned cash .enough­ is enough bernie now its your turn to pay back are u­ up to the challenge or as always bail out and bank ur­ money . whose with me on this