L’avis du britton Rob Andrews, ex-pilote de GP dans les 80’s et insider averti …
"I feel that the riders and teams are being exploited, and that is just wrong. First it was less prize money, then no prize money, and now they have to pay huge entry fees. The riders are the show. They are the foundation of the entire product and who everyone has come to watch, film, interview and take pictures of. They shouldn’t be financing the expansion of the sport on behalf of a professional promoter.
The cost for each GP organizer too, is crazy. From what I’m told, without some form of huge sponsor or government backing, it seems that a GP needs an unrealistic crowd to even break even. The British GP last year was rammed with people. It was as good a crowd as you could have ever expected, but the promoter lost money. That business model is unsustainable. If the professionalism, the plush hospitality, the TV and the business-class toilets means that a race costs more to hold than it can possibly generate, what does the future hold?"
, le il y a 10 années et 4 mois.
