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F1: Bernie Ecclestone US GP Q&A
Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone discusses the US Grand Prix coming to Austin, Texas...
F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone believes Austin, Texas is a good place for the US Grand Prix. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
This week’s announcement that F1 will go to Austin, Texas in 2012 came as a huge surprise, even to the sport’s insiders. But promoter Tavo Hellmund had been dealing with Bernie Ecclestone for over two years while trying to put the deal together.
In Turkey on Thursday, SPEEDtv.com's Adam Cooper spoke with Ecclestone about the race, and while the F1 chief executive wasn’t giving too much away, what he did say was, as ever, fascinating...
Q: Is it fair to say that Tavo’s dad brought F1 back to Mexico in 1988?
“I think together, we did, yes!”
Q: And you’ve been friends ever since?
“Yes, we’ve kept in touch. And with Tavo, I’ve known him since he was born.”
Q: Did the Austin idea come up straight away after F1 finished with Indianapolis?
“No, but we’ve been talking about it for a long time.”
Q: What was it that convinced you to go there?
“Well, it’s a good place. Texas is a great place; it’s something that suits us.”
Q: But Dallas didn’t work in 1984...
“No, but it would have been nice. Dallas was good.”
Q: Had you been to Austin before this came up?
“No, I only went there because of this.”
Q: What were your impressions?
“Good. It’s a nice place. It’s got all the features that we want.”
In Turkey on Thursday, SPEEDtv.com's Adam Cooper spoke with Ecclestone about the race, and while the F1 chief executive wasn’t giving too much away, what he did say was, as ever, fascinating...
Q: Is it fair to say that Tavo’s dad brought F1 back to Mexico in 1988?
“I think together, we did, yes!”
Q: And you’ve been friends ever since?
“Yes, we’ve kept in touch. And with Tavo, I’ve known him since he was born.”
Q: Did the Austin idea come up straight away after F1 finished with Indianapolis?
“No, but we’ve been talking about it for a long time.”
Q: What was it that convinced you to go there?
“Well, it’s a good place. Texas is a great place; it’s something that suits us.”
Q: But Dallas didn’t work in 1984...
“No, but it would have been nice. Dallas was good.”
Q: Had you been to Austin before this came up?
“No, I only went there because of this.”
Q: What were your impressions?
“Good. It’s a nice place. It’s got all the features that we want.”
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