The Weekly Grapevine
Max Mosley's recent letter to presidents of FIA-affiliated clubs touched on the threat to F1's traditional events. Dieter Rencken looks at each race's long-term prospects
Threatened
Page back through Formula One's history books, and the calendar for the sport's inaugural season (1950) lists Grands Prix in Britain, Monaco, Switzerland, Belgium, France and Italy, plus a race at Indianapolis. Fast forward a year, and Germany and Spain join the fray.
These, then, can be said to be the sport's 'Grandee Prix', with all subsequent events, whether held in Brazil or Bahrain, considered to be no more than gatecrashers at an exclusive party.
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