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DRIVERS STANDING No Brit GP - report
11-16-2004

(GMM -- Nov.16) F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone and the historic grand prix circuit at Silverstone have failed to reach agreement for a 2005 British grand prix.

Last week, the track-owning British Racing Drivers' Club expressed optimism after an apparently 'constructive' meeting of F1 principals and the 74-year-old calendar author.

A promoters' contract - which landed on Alex Hooton's desk last Friday - must be signed and submitted before the next World Council meeting in December.

But a report in the Daily Telegraph said the BRDC executive was 'staggered' to discover that Ecclestone's new offer was identical to an unacceptable one which preceded it.

Under the deal, the BRDC - not Ecclestone - would stay as promoter, and the race would only be guaranteed for one year.

''The BRDC needed a minimum ... two years,'' the newspaper said. ''(The BRDC) have called a meeting on Thursday to discuss their response.''













 
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