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F1 boss: US race threatened by dispute

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone said Wednesday that the US Grand Prix could be removed from the 2012 calendar because of a contract dispute that led to construction of the Texas racetrack being halted this week. Ecclestone said the situation must be resolved within the next three weeks, before the 2012 calendar is officially ratified, for the race to go ahead. Construction on...

2012 US Grand Prix in Doubt as Construction Suspended on Circuit of The Americas

Only days after Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone hinted that there may be trouble with preparations for the 2012 US Grand Prix, work has ground to a halt at the Circuit of The Americas track in Austin, Texas. Ecclestone responded cryptically when quizzed over progress at the circuit, “Austin? I wouldn't want to put my money down that that will happen. I hope it will...

Texas F1 race in jeopardy

The planned 2012 US Grand Prix in Texas won't go ahead unless promoters pay Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone $25 million by Thanksgiving. Tavo Hellmund -- the man behind Austin race promoter Full Throttle Productions -- said at a press conference Thursday that the project was running out of money and investors did not have enough to pay Eccelstone to bring the race to Austin...

Officials work to keep race on track

Organizers for the proposed 2012 Formula One race in Texas say they have agreed to pay the sanctioning fee to secure a spot on next year's F1 calendar. Circuit of the Americas spokesman Jeff Hahn said Thursday a check for the sanctioning fee was ready but wouldn't be sent until organizers receive a signed contract from F1. Hahn wouldn't disclose the amount of the fee...

F1 boss: US GP must sign contract by next week

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone says organizers of the U.S. Grand Prix have until the end of next week to sign a contract or next year's race in Texas will be called off.

F1 boss: Texas GP must sign contract by next week

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone gave the organizers of the U.S. Grand Prix until the end of next week to sign a contract or the 2012 race in Texas will be called off.

F1 boss: US Grand Prix threatened by contract row

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone says the U.S. Grand Prix could be removed from the 2012 calendar because construction of the Texas race track was halted.

F1 boss: Contract row threatens U.S. Grand Prix

LONDON (AP) Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone says the U.S. Grand Prix could be removed from the 2012 calendar because construction of the Texas race track was halted.

F1 boss: US GP must sign contract by next week

The 2012 U.S. Grand Prix will be canceled unless the organizers in Texas sign a contract with Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone by the end of next week and prove they have the money to put on the race.
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