Canadian GP dropped for 2009

Eurosport - Wed, 08 Oct 11:30:00 2008

North America will be absent from next year's Formula One World Championship after the Canadian Grand Prix was dropped from a revised calendar issued by the sport's governing body.

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Greg: You will still be able to watch the races via the Internet using ANTS or one of the many other free webcast sites...Raven.
From USA 1, on Tue 7 Oct 3:40PM
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Follow the Money. If we know anything about Bernie we know it's the money. It's not the racing.
From sky, on Tue 7 Oct 3:36PM
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All the F1 teams have to transport their equipment through Ecclestone's company, even though they can get cheaper transport elsewhere. So much for reducing the cost of F1 racing!!!
From Tonka, on Tue 7 Oct 3:36PM
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Hmmm...bye Canada...HELLO SINGAPORE!
From SGHC, on Tue 7 Oct 3:25PM
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Kinda ironic, as the North American market is so important to Ferrari and Mercedes!
From SS_A9X, on Tue 7 Oct 3:23PM
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Hajra Alonso , remelem Japant is meghoditod
From attika920, on Tue 7 Oct 3:23PM
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Given the vast array of sports coverage on North American TV, I'm guessing that the networks and sponsors offered only what was reasonable rather than the stupidly high sums demanded by Bernie. If you want to grow the North American TV audiences, and thus revenue, this is not the way most folks would choose to build their businesses. But then Bernie is not like most folks.
From USA 1, on Tue 7 Oct 3:22PM
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No I guess Canada refused to pay Ferrari what they wanted, or refused to help them win!! Cynical I know
From ALAN, on Tue 7 Oct 3:11PM
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I've said it before and I'll say it again. These "economical" decisions are only going to hand the sport to Ferrari and McLaren. Let's face it, the more "cost effective" you make the regulations, the more advantage you give to the teams willing to outspend their competitors. NASCAR is now down to 3 competitive teams because of this. Either put a budget cap in, or allow smaller teams the chance to come up with something innnovative.
From superjohn_rtp, on Tue 7 Oct 3:01PM
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And as F1 bids farewell to Canada, we Canadians will bid farewell to F1 and the F1 North American audience will be just about zip...
From USA 1, on Tue 7 Oct 2:59PM
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What a shame!! One of the more entertaining grand prix axed just like that. FIA should be embarrased to spit on the faces on loyal canadian motoring fans who have sold out not only the races but practices and qualifications for years now. Montreal has lost a great event but FIA has lost a greater city in its calender. Pure Shame!
From danny r, on Tue 7 Oct 2:58PM
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well they just didn't pay enough to right characters
From tttobyjug, on Tue 7 Oct 2:55PM
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The FIA and Ecclestone are killing F1. New circuits with no character but great money making potential is all that matters to them. No decisions are made for reasons to do with racing but to do with cash every time.
From william h, on Tue 7 Oct 2:53PM
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As well as Australia, they still go all the way to South America for one race...what makes that so much different.
From J, on Tue 7 Oct 2:36PM
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The Canada GP always brings excitement, no matter whether it is because the track is falling apart, animals invading the track, a loser shunting a car up the backside in the pitlane under red lights or through pure and simple racing. It also throws up quite a few upsets like Kubica's win, Sato overtaking Alonso etc
From arshad_iceman2, on Tue 7 Oct 2:35PM
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No, but I'd like to see a McLaren win it!
From bowesey17, on Tue 7 Oct 2:34PM
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Thank god for TiVo. As a Yank, it's the only way to watch the races. But now I'm concerned that my US broadcaster (Speed TV) may drop coverage. Without a single race in North America it is prohibitively expensive to go to a race.
I was at the Indianapolis race where most of the cars ran, and as was previously stated the problem was Michelin, NOT THE TRACK!
I love watching the races, but it's becoming increasingly difficult to remain a fan.
From Greg, on Tue 7 Oct 2:31PM
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jlomon, the cost to come to Canada is high no doubt. I guess it's free to fly to the land of OZ, or Brazil. James W - tracks can be resurfaced. Bernie and his nazi buddy have wanted to kill Canada for a while. They finally decided to do it. They want these new style tracks, boring racing but lots of high priced luxury seats. They'll drop the principality next because they don't like the track and don't care about history.
Pacman13
From pacman13, on Tue 7 Oct 2:31PM
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jlomon, you can't be serious!!!!!!
They bring Ferrari's circus clowns here to Australia, and thats a long long long way further than USA or Canada.
I think the real reason is that Officials of both USA and Canada don't bow to the likes of Berneice and the FIA. How dare they hold Nascar and Indycar races with their own governing body (and not Ferrari International Assistance)? Wouldn't you like to see a Ferrari win Nascar?
From SS_A9X, on Tue 7 Oct 2:25PM
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It's a real shame. Montreal, Silverstone... it's only a matter of time before Monza and Spa bite the big one, and Tilke's Twiddlers have total monopoly.
From Adam L, on Tue 7 Oct 2:24PM
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