News Details

When dumping an F1 race is profitable

If the Telegraph has their sums right, ditching the British Grand Prix may just be a money-making proposition for the BRDC's Silverstone Circuit. According to the report: “while we would hate to lose the British GP, Silverstone will have a bright future without it”.  It has now come to light how bright this will be. The BRDC’s accounts state that “approximately half of annual revenue continues to be generated by a single event, the British GP”.   This came to £27.5m in 2016 with the remainder generated by amateur events and other races. They will be retained and, unlike F1, are highly profitable. The BRDC announcement revealed that “by running the British GP we sustained...
Full Story »
7y ago from TheParcFerme.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Brawn holds out hope for Silverstone's future

Formula 1's director of motorsport Ross Brawn has said he remains hopeful...
7y ago from F1i.com

McLaren denies it's in a post-Honda 'crisis'

Mar.8 Leading McLaren figures are denying the British team is still in...
7y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

British Grand Prix: Formula 1 boss Ross Brawn...

Formula 1 sporting boss Ross Brawn he is "very optimistic" about...
7y ago from BBC.co.uk

Silverstone would benefit by dropping Grand Prix

British Grand Prix future at Silverstone takes a knock as it is revealed...
7y ago from Pitpass.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Johann Zarco reveals when he ‘began to believe'...

Johann Zarco reveals he “began to believe” he could win his home...

Toprak Razgatlioglu secures Most WorldSBK Race 1...

Toprak Razgatlioglu was a cut above the rest by securing victory in Race...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Mikel Arteta future: Arsenal manager sent one-season...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is told he can only afford one more...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Arsenal transfer news: Gunners given hope in chase for...

Arsenal are seemingly handed a significant boost amid suggestions that...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Plan B in place: Arsenal will move for 21-goal star if...

Arsenal are interested in signing the Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyokeres...
39m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal keen on signing 22-year-old star from Saudi...

Arsenal are reportedly keen on bringing Spanish midfielder Gabri Veiga...
1h 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.