Ecclestone hopeful over German Grand Prix

LONDON: Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone hopes to keep the German Grand Prix on this season’s calendar, he said in an interview published by Britain’s Press Association on Tuesday.
The 84-year-old British business magnate appeared to rule out the possibility of the race happening in an email sent to a German newspaper on Monday in which he said it would not be “commercially viable”.
But he subsequently backtracked and said he would know by this weekend whether the race will take place or not.
Referring to Germany’s two F1 circuits, Hockenheim and Nurburgring, Ecclestone, chief executive of the Formula One group, said: “Basically we haven’t a contract with either venue.
“We are trying to get something done, we are trying to help them. In the end, and God only knows why, the audience in Germany is lousy.
“I’ve no idea why it should be, because they’ve a German manufacturer in Mercedes who are constructors’ champions, they had a driver in Sebastian (Vettel) who won four successive drivers’ championships.