"My feeling is that in 10 years Europe will be an economy like Brazil, a third world country, because China, America will always succeed and places like Korea will saturate Europe," said Mr E. "So if we don't get our act together, we will be long gone."
Indeed... they are thinking that as a result of a tobacco advertising ban in the EU, they will be left with Europe's Grand Prix reduced to The Hungarian, Italian and Spanish GP's (and even then, doubtful)... instead, the Grand Prix circuit will move on to Asia... (Shanghai is already in the works as is Bahrain, Turkey and Russia.
Who cares if they advertise tobacco or not.... geeezzzz we are adults are we not...?
This is another sign of the future of Asia... Formula One, as in the days of Juan Manuel Fangio, Froilan Gonzalez, Alberto Ascari, Phil Hill and many other greats of the sport is long gone and today it is a game of who's got the largest sponsorship and the biggest set of regulations...
New races in the Asian continent may give the sport a fresh new start, not only for Formula One, but to the supporting events...... soon we'll find out....
For more on Bernie..... A new book just out after years of legal threats ... now it will be published even with the help of evil Bernie himself....
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Ecclestone's Tell-All Biography Finally Released
Friday February 28th, 2003
Over six years of investigation, legal threats and several publishers withdrawing from the project has finally ended this month, when author Terry Lovell released his book, "Bernie's Game" - the behind-the-scenes biography on Formula One's most powerful man. And, more surprisingly, he has finally managed to do it with the help of Ecclestone himself.
Briton Lovell was commissioned to write the tell-all book in 1997 by publishing house Little, Brown. However, after legal threats and allegations by Ecclestone against Lovell, claiming the writer was harrassing his family, Little, Brown cancelled the project, and Lovell had to begin a search for another publisher.
After seeing a couple more publishers sign him on and then regret it, once faced with high-cost legal bills, Lovell signed with John Blake Publishing - headed by former tabloid editor John Black - who decided to send the manuscript of the book earlier this year to Ecclestone himself as well as to FIA president Max Mosley.
"John's experience was that people will often respond positively when given the chance to read the manuscript," Lovell told the Daily Telegraph. "I'd always opposed the idea because I believed Ecclestone might nobble the people who'd spoken so frankly to me."
But Blake was right - his strategy did the trick, and Ecclestone agreed to cooperate with Lovell.
"At no time has he attempted to persuade me to tone down the allegations or try to counter my personal comments and conclusions about him as a person and a businessman," Lovell told the newspaper. "Very much to his credit, I reckon.
"Ecclestone's style is to put on an aggressive front, but then quite frequently to come round to your point of view if it's put clearly and firmly. Like many successful businessmen he quickly detects signs of weaknesses or uncertainties in people he's dealing with. He thrives on that."
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