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Montreal Grand Prix is no more.
This city just gets shittier and shitter 
Montreal dropped from 2009 Grand Prix calendar
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
MONTREAL - The Canadian Grand Prix, the only North American stop on the Formula One circuit, has been dropped from the 2009 schedule.
The International Automobile Federation announced a revised schedule on Tuesday for the 2009 season, moving the Turkish Grand Prix from August to June, replacing the originally scheduled June 7 race at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Ile Notre-Dame.
No reason for the decision was announced.
A representative from the Montreal Grand Prix was unavailable for comment.
"I'm surprised, but not completely.said Roger Peart, president of ASN Canada FIA which governs amateur and professional motorsport in the country and who designed the track at Ile Notre Dame. He also is an FIA delegate has been president of the FIA Circuits Commission (formerly the Circuits & Safety Commission)in Paris.
"The commercial side of the sport is moving on to more glamourous venues. I don't mean the city of Montreal as far as that, but the facilities themselves. (Some) like Montreal are not world leaders anymore. so it's a purely commercial matter unfortunately.
"It's a done deal. It was voted on today by the world council and that's really the end of it."
The Montreal race, which has been part of the Formula One world championship calendar since 1967, was the last remaining North American race on the F1 schedule. The United States Grand Prix, which was held in Indianapolis, was dropped prior to the 2008 season.
Tuesday's revision now allows teams a summer break following the Budapest, Hungary race on July 26. Racing resumes with the Valencia, Spain race on Aug. 23.
The decision also allows the series to remain at 18 races, one less than the 19 announced when the provisional schedule was released in June. The season finale will take place on Nov. 15 in Abu Dhabi.
The last time the race was not held in Montreal was 1987, due to a sponsorship dispute between Labatt and Molson.
Gilles Villeneuve was the first winner of the event when it moved permanently from Mosport Park to Ile Notre-Dame in 1978. The track was renamed in his honour in 1982, a few weeks after Villeneuve was killed in the final qualifying lap of the Belgian Grand Prix.
Bread and circuses. Good riddance.
do you have any idea how much money this brings in for the city's businesses?
not good riddance even if you hate the sport. (i am not a fan)
more and more a once world class city becomes closer and closer to being something like fucking hamilton.
Re: Montreal Grand Prix is no more.
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"The commercial side of the sport is moving on to more glamourous venues. I don't mean the city of Montreal as far as that, but the facilities themselves. (Some) like Montreal are not world leaders anymore. so it's a purely commercial matter unfortunately. |
The drivers were probably also tired of the pavement ripping apart as well as having to dodge gophers...
It will probably come back, F1 is iffy like that. The U.S. gran rix got scrapped but its coming back in 2010
its an extortion attempt by the F1 clowns... one week before federal elections...
it's the third time they do this in about 5 years
Be prepared to send more of your tax money in the pocket of these bozos.
not a bad strategy either..
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| Originally posted by elFreak do you have any idea how much money this brings in for the city's businesses? not good riddance even if you hate the sport. (i am not a fan) more and more a once world class city becomes closer and closer to being something like fucking hamilton. |
clubs r crying :*(
I don't follow racing at all but GP weekend is one of my favourite times of year. It's too bad
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| Originally posted by julien2 Welcome new major cultural event. |
shit last time going to stereo was on grand prix weekend (ned shepard+sharam)
at least hotel prices will prolly come the fuck down now.
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| Originally posted by okees they cant even pave a road properly, how can we expect them to pave an F1 track properly? |
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| Originally posted by DJ_SideFx +1000000000000000000 to that I have the impression that this city stopped evolving after the EXPO 1967 Everything we know of Montreal today as infrastructure, bridges, roads etc etc were build in that time and after that time stopped and now everything is falling appart after 40 years BACK TO STONE AGE !!!! |
don't worry, it'll be back next year...
i am willing to bet no malek.
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| Originally posted by elFreak i am willing to bet no malek. |
you love me paki
http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=865826
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| I'm surprised by the news, but not completely," Peart said. "Not completely because the commercial side of the sport is moving on to more glamorous venues. I don't mean the city of Montreal as far as that, but the facilities themselves. Some (facilities) like Montreal are not world leaders anymore, so it's a purely commercial matter, unfortunately." Abu Dhabi's new F1 circuit, for example, promises to be a "unique track" and reportedly is being built for an estimated $400 million US and as part of a $40-billion development of Yas Island, which will see about 2,500 hectares of the island converted into a leisure and entertainment tourism destination. F1's season finale is slated for Nov. 15, and is expected to attract more than 500 million television viewers. Peart, who served as race steward at this year's Grand Prix, doesn't believe the decision to drop the race is a ploy or pressure tactic on Montreal organizers. Such tactics were used by Ecclestone in the fall of 2003, when he initially announced there would be no race in 2004 because of the federal government ban on tobacco advertising. The race was reinstated after closed-door meetings between Legault and Ecclestone. Peart also didn't think he could use his status as a delegate to get world council members to reconsider their decision. "It's a question of money, for sure," he said. "For me to go over there and try to lobby people to get them to change their minds is a complete non-starter unless I was to go over there with a major sponsor in my pocket who's prepared to spend millions and millions of dollars. "That, at the best of times, is unlikely, and in the current financial climate, I'd say it's absolutely impossible. |
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| Originally posted by malek don't worry, it'll be back next year... |
nothing new, LA and Las Vegas also submitted to get the US GP1. The US promoter said a big "f*** you" to the F1 for being asked more money (they were already paying 35m$).
The idea is to have two GP1 in north america to split the shipping costs.
But in the meantime Montreal paid by itself the shipping costs in 2008, a reason that explains why Montreal is paying less than other GP1.
Anyways, let see in december with the final calendar.
oh well it's now over
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