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Shipping costs to send teams to Malaysia, Singapore and one race in North America seems to really hurt teams that are not Ferrari or McClaren. When it was primarly in Europe they could drive the haulers from race to race but now you have to pack up and ship everything to another continent for one race.

When I studied in China they told our group that the F1 race is a farce because they give away so many tickets. Bernie is making money on it though so it must be good but its not comming from Chinese fans, rather being subsidized by the local government. They give the tickets away so the stands are full. Nobody I talked to in Shanghai gave a rip about the race because they could never afford to go which I think is the case in places like Singapore and India if they choose to race there.

Bernie needs to reall take a break from counting his billions and find a way to reduce costs. If its capping more things like car development then so be it. I don't see what would be wrong with making teams use the same car for a couple years or not allowing a bunch of midseson redesigns.]]>May 6th 2008 3:11PM