First the French Canadian's, now the French (F1)

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The French motorsports federation has announced that it will not promote the race in 2009 due to financial difficulties.

“For reasons related to the financial situation, the Federation Francaise du Sport Automobile (FFSA) has decided to cancel the Grand Prix of France,” said the entity in a statement.

“The FFSA would like to
thank all customers who attended the Grand Prix of France and have supported this international event in recent years.”

The French race was on the calendar announced earlier this month by the FIA for the 2009 season. The decision leaves the 2009 calendar with 17 races after the Canadian Grand Prix was also absent from the schedule.

Meh.

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hold up…

the CGP was cancelled?

wtf is that all about?

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yeah, i hope the petition does something

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Some people say the country of France is secretly bankrupt already.
Things don’t look good over there.

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Yeah this is news to me too. WTF?

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Ya it was something about not renewing the contract for the Canadian race. I heard that a few weeks ago. I think that pretty much eliminates all F1 from North America iirc.

Found link here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7657014.stm

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yeah i saw it…

what im reading elsewhere is saying its a ploy to get the QC GOV to cough up some dough to help it along.

i found the CGP to be pretty bland other than the actual race. the whole venue caters to the super elite only.

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Isn’t that most of F1’s demographic? Loosing these two races and the Usgp doesn’t really bother me, sportscar racing is so much better imo