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| F1 cannot be big in United States, says Ecclestone Posted: 16 Dec 2011 03:54 PM PST NEW YORK, Dec 17 — Formula One will continue to be viewed as a minority sport by Americans even though the United States is due to host two grands prix a year from 2013, supremo Bernie Ecclestone said yesterday. The United States, absent from the Formula One calendar since Indianapolis in 2007, returns to the schedule next year with a new race at Austin, Texas. The country will then have two races a season from 2013 when a grand prix is also planned for New Jersey, on a street circuit against a backdrop of New York's Manhattan skyline.
"We've got a maximum of two races in America and when you consider the country is as big as Europe and we've got several races in Europe, it's difficult (for the United States). "If we had a lot more races there and a lot more television it would be okay. It's (also) a bit like the rest of America in that they want to see a profit before they start something and it's not easy to do that." The Briton said he was disappointed Turkey was missing from the 20-race calendar in 2012 and hinted strongly that South Africa would host a grand prix in 2013. "I was talking to someone this morning about Turkey," said the 81-year-old. "It is a pity we have lost that because I think it is one of those countries that's going to really move on in the world and that's why I went there in the first place." Ecclestone said there were plenty of potential new grand prix hosts around the world but added he was loathe to extend the calendar beyond 20 races. "We have enough countries waiting (to come on board) but I think we have to stop now," he said. "It's difficult for the people who work in Formula One with all the travelling. They never see their families, that's the big problem." Ecclestone said he was particularly proud about the improvements in driver safety during his 30-plus years in charge of the sport. "If somebody has an accident today in a Formula One car, pick whatever speed you like, you see these guys have a big accident, undo their safety belts and get out — which is wonderful." — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| How watching football was nearly the death of a Man United fan Posted: 16 Dec 2011 07:45 AM PST  The 58-year-old woman's life-threatening condition was brought on by watching knife-edge games at the Old Trafford stadium. — Reuters file pic The 58-year-old woman gets so anxious she has to take treatment for a life-threatening condition brought on by watching knife-edge games at the Old Trafford stadium. The condition, known as an Addisonian crisis, comes about when the adrenal glands do not produce enough of the stress-reducing hormone cortisol, a lack of which can lead to low blood pressure and even a coma. "We believe that our patient was having difficulty mounting an appropriate physiological cortisol response during the big games and therefore we present this as the first description of Manchester United-induced Addisonian crisis," said Dr Akbar Choudhry who treated the patient. Doctors suspected the condition when the woman started getting bouts of anxiety, palpitations, panic, light headedness, and a sense of impending doom towards the end of matches. The symptoms were less serious when the home side was playing a lower-rated team. An Addisonian crisis, which is a manifestation of Addison's disease, is difficult to diagnose because the main symptoms include fatigue, lethargy and low mood — often experienced by otherwise healthy people and frequently reported in many other chronic conditions. "Luckily, the patient was on holiday for United's 6-1 defeat by local rivals Manchester City in October," Choudhry said in a report on BMJ.com. "But, by this time, doctors had fine-tuned her therapy and she has remained symptom-free during recent tense contests against Sunderland and FC Basel," he added. Treatment coincided with the start of the 2011/12 football season and the patient has managed to attend all games at Old Trafford without any adverse effects. — Reuters Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
Asked by television interviewer David Frost, in a programme aired on Al Jazeera yesterday, if he expected Formula One to be big in America in 10 years' time, Ecclestone (picture) said: "No.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Sports To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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