Posts Tagged ‘India’

Australia to Lose F1?

Mr. Bernard Charles Ecclestone appears to be painting himself into a bit of a corner when it comes to the number of Grand Prix races he’s looking to run, versus the rather inconvenient constraints posed by the Gregorian calendar.

From 2010, Bernie has committed to a race in South Korea. Herman Tilke has been busy designing a brand new track since the middle of 2006, and assuming the FIA approve the track and facilities, that’s where Formula 1 will be racing in three years time.

In addition, aside from the two extra venues added this year, in 2009 both India and Abu Dhabi will join the calendar (approval pending).

All this leaves Ecclestone the unfortunate problem of fitting everything in.

Mark Webber, Kylie and Dannii Minogue at the Australian Grand Prix

Who Says F1 Doesn’t Recycle?

Vijay Mallya certainly seems determined to get the name of his team out there, he’s now started television adverts in India. I’ve never seen a Formula 1 team specifically advertising themselves. You quite often see an F1 car zip across the bottom of a Renault advert, for example, but purely to advertise the team?

Here is the advert in it’s full glory [spotted on Rediscover Formula One].

Not that bad, really, is it?