Bernie Ecclestone has admitted hopes of rescuing the endangered Italian grand prix at fabled Monza are now slipping away. Optimism had risen recently, as crucial tax exemptions finally passed through parliament and officials sounded hopeful their campaign to keep the popular circuit on the calendar had succeeded. But F1 supremo Ecclestone applied the brakes when speaking at Spa-Francorchamps, explaining: "I don't know what the situation is in Monza now. "I have some meetings there in September, so we'll see what happens. I hope we don't lose this track, but the chance of it happening now is very high," he is quoted by UOL's Grande Premio. Ecclestone confirmed that the main...
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