Warning that Germany may not reappear on the calendar in 2016, Bernie Ecclestone admits the future looks bleak for the sport in Europe. Long before the global financial crisis or the euro meltdown, Bernie Ecclestone was predicting that Europe was destined to become the new third world. As the various crises took their toll however, Ecclestone, never one to be caught on the hop, looked further afield, realising what was then the third world was to rise and become the new global powerhouse. As governments in the east, now rich with cash, fell over themselves to get on board the F1 dream machine, their counterparts in Europe were unable to justify spending money on luxuries such as sport,...
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