Formula One: ‘Europe to have only five Grand Prix’

MADRID: Western Europe is ‘finished’ as a top Formula One racing destination and will soon host only five Grand Prix races, according to the sport’s supremo Bernie Ecclestone. “I think in the next few years Europe will be left with only five races,” he said. “I think Europe is finished. It will be a good place for tourism but little else. Europe is a thing of the past.” He did not name which races in Europe he thought would survive, but said he wanted to keep the total number of Grand Prix in a season at 20 while expanding to Russia and considering new locations such as South Africa and Mexico.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 30^th, 2011.