# First the French Canadian's, now the French (F1) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [October 15, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-the-french-canadians-now-the-french-f1/56522 "2008-10-15T19:28:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MPD47](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mpd47/32/7383_2.png) [@MPD47](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MPD47)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-the-french-canadians-now-the-french-f1/56522/1 "2008-10-15T19:28:56Z")
> 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. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-the-french-canadians-now-the-french-f1/56522/2 "2008-10-15T19:57:09Z")
hold up… the CGP was cancelled? wtf is that all about? ---
**Author:** ![Coldaccord](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/coldaccord/32/7272_2.png) [@Coldaccord](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Coldaccord)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 11:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-the-french-canadians-now-the-french-f1/56522/3 "2008-10-15T23:19:36Z")
yeah, i hope the petition does something ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-the-french-canadians-now-the-french-f1/56522/4 "2008-10-16T04:31:08Z")
Some people say the country of France is secretly bankrupt already. Things don’t look good over there. ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-the-french-canadians-now-the-french-f1/56522/5 "2008-10-16T04:46:30Z")
> [@bing](#): > > hold up… > > the CGP was cancelled? > > wtf is that all about? Yeah this is news to me too. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![9c1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9c1/32/7392_2.png) [@9c1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9c1)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-the-french-canadians-now-the-french-f1/56522/6 "2008-10-16T06:10:01Z")
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](http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7657014.stm) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-the-french-canadians-now-the-french-f1/56522/7 "2008-10-16T07:09:29Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2008, 7:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/first-the-french-canadians-now-the-french-f1/56522/8 "2008-10-16T07:45:41Z")
> [@bing](#): > > i found the CGP to be pretty bland other than the actual race. the whole venue caters to the super elite only. 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