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Ecclestone generosity saves German GP at Nurburgring
Ecclestone generosity saves German GP at Nurburgring 26 June, 2013 Bernie Ecclestone Germany is only on this year's Formula 1 calendar because Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone waived the Nurburgring's usual race fee.
That is the claim of Bild newspaper, referring to that circuit's financial problems that put at risk the race-alternating scheme with Germany's other Formula 1 host, Hockenheim.
Bild reports that, to ensure the embattled Nurburgring takes its scheduled turn next weekend, Formula 1 chief executive Ecclestone agreed to waive his organisation's usual EUR 14 million race fee.
'Bild has learned that without the gift, there would not have been a Grossen Preis von Deutschland on 7...
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