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F1:
Bulgaria looks to secure GP for 2011
by Mathias Olaf Uncertain
3rd Jul 2009
World renowned motorsporting nation Bulgaria is looking to secure a place on the Formula 1 calendar in 2011 next week, when officials will meet with
Bernie Ecclescake
ECCLESTONE, BERNIE
Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone: it's hard to say who looks more uncomfortable.
F1 supremo Bernard Charles Ecclestone owns various bits of Formula One and has done since the 1970s, all of which has made him a very rich man. He also co-owns QPR Football Club, which does at least demonstrate that not all his decisions are spot-on.
In his time, Ecclestone has managed drivers, owned teams, sold TV rights he probably didn't have in the first place and married someone 28 years younger and 28cm taller than him. He has also developed a slightly bewildering antipathy towards Silverstone.
TIGRA 16v: The tooltip with lowered suspension and a racing windscreen wiper
in Germany.
"We've already submitted our plan a few months ago and it was considered by Formula One Management," said Bulgarian Motorcycling Federation president
Bagsdown Knickersoff
.
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