News Details

Mercedes made cash offer to help save German GP

Car giant Mercedes-Benz tried to help save the German Grand Prix with an offer to cover half of any losses from its own coffers, a report in this weekend's Observer newspaper has discovered. According to the London-based paper, Mercedes also said that it would itself undertake the promotion of the race if it was kept on the FIA calendar for the 2015 F1 world championship, which would have further added to the multi-million euro price tag. The German GP was originally scheduled to take place at the Nurburging, with last-minute efforts to save the Grand Prix subsequently proposing a switch to hold it at the rival Hockenheim circuit instead. However the attempts to save the race failed...
Full Story »
10y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

German GP in doubt as Hockenheim withdraws offer

There will be no German Grand Prix this year, that's what Hockenheim...
11y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Hopes fade on 2015 German Grand Prix

The German Grand Prix could be dropped from this season's calendar after...
11y ago from FormulaSpy.com

2015 German GP no longer possible

The last slim chance for this year's German Grand Prix now appears over...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Rosberg: Seb you are officially invited to Mercedes...

Nico Rosberg says his post Australian Grand Prix offer to Ferrari's...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Fabio Di Giannantonio secures pole position on...

VR46 Ducati's Fabio Di Giannantonio ended a four-year drought to claim...

Ai Ogura fastest in final Brazilian MotoGP practice

Trackhouse Racing rider Ai Ogura recorded the fastest time in the final...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Takuma Sato makes Indy 500 return with RLL

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that Takuma Sato will drive...

Helio Castroneves confirms return for 26th...

Helio Castroneves has confirmed that he will take part in the upcoming...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Pep Guardiola appears to confirm star man will not...

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has seemingly confirmed the...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'Their guru is all about fouling the goalkeeper' -...

Graeme Souness has criticized Arsenal's set-piece tactics while also...
7h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Saturday round-up: Saka and Merse, modern football,...

Morning all. Let's have a quick Saturday round-up, because while obviously...
8h ago from Arseblog.com

Mikel Arteta provides fitness update on 2 key Arsenal...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has hinted that Martin Odegaard and Jurrien...
11h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.