Formula one: US GP to be called off says Ecclestone

LONDON: The United States Grand Prix is set to be called off even before it has had its first edition, according to Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone. Ecclestone said there was no doubt that at the next meeting of the sport’s governing body the race due to be raced in Austin in November next year would be pulled from the calendar. “Yes, it will be, for sure,” said Ecclestone, when asked whether the race would be called off. Ecclestone’s remarks came after it was announced that work on the circuit – which would have hosted the Grand Prix – has been halted in a dispute among developers, Formula One and promoters.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 18^th,  2011.