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A great time to buy in to F1

Earlier this year I went over to the World Touring Car Championship race at Porto. I caught up with a driver who I haven’t seen in years, and amongst other things he told me that in recent months he’d been snapping up repossessed houses for around 50 per cent of the market rate. “The banks are [ READ MORE ]

Reflections on the Monaco forum

The 2009 Monaco Motor Sport Business Forum is over and I’m writing this on a wobbly table in the work-in-progress that is Nice airport. There’s been a lot to take in: hours of recorded speech which will take a few weeks to sift through. It’s been a fascinating couple of days – although when the lady [ READ MORE ]

“Motorsport has its issues,” says Eurosport executive

Jacques Reynaud, the vice chairman of Eurosport, gave the keynote address at the Motor Sport Business Forum this morning. He enlivened what had been for the most part a fairly plodding presentation by launching into a demi-rant as he reached his conclusion. Manufacturers, teams and drivers have to be more consistent about their involvement. Sponsors must [ READ MORE ]

Making F1 circuits more fan-friendly

Here’s the good news: circuit owners have finally realised that they need to work a lot harder to provide fans with a worthwhile experience. And the bad? Inevitably, some of them see it as a means of squeezing your wallets harder. Speaking at the Motor Sport Business Forum in Monaco, Nürburgring CEO Walter Kafitz told delegates: “Circuits [ READ MORE ]

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