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What’s up down under?

November 13th, 2006

You would think that an F1 race on its own would be enough to fill seats at the Australian Grand Prix, but the news media has been full of reports over the past few months as to whether or not the V8 Supercars will or will not be racing as part of the package. As of right now they’re off the agenda, and you would think that the event is now in difficulty because of this. I realise that the V8s are hugely popular down under, but what’s the real problem here?

The Australian Formula One grand prix will rely more heavily than ever on its showpiece cars next year after failing to land a big-name support event to replace the V8 Supercars.

The V8s will not race at Albert Park this year because of scheduling issues - another blow to an event trying to claw back a loss of $21 million this year as well as a 15 per cent drop in crowd numbers.

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