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**TodeImmabbedo** · 11-16-2011, 10:13 PM

A little more information has surfaced, see Austin Grand Prix plunged into doubt after track construction is stopped in dispute over race contract - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com.

Seems the dispute is between two Austin parties, the ones who own the rights to hold the race dealing with Bernie, and the builders of the track. The contract has to be transferred from the first to the second.

It is compicated, and we can not know exactly what is happening, but a couple of things can be surmised.

The Austin people cannot have been overjoyed to see Bernie deal with the NJ promoters, even before they had ever held a race. It is one thing to market an unique US Grand Prix, like almost every other country, and to market something like USGP West.
It is unbelievable that the circuit group would spend millions building the venue without a firm contract from Bernie guaranteeing the race, as seems to be the case.
I am forever amazed that Bernie can get any American group to deal with him, given his record of the last 25 years.
We will know soon enough if the race is on next years's calendar.

11-16-2011, 10:13 PM	#10
TodeImmabbedo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 487 Senior Member	A little more information has surfaced, see Austin Grand Prix plunged into doubt after track construction is stopped in dispute over race contract - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com. Seems the dispute is between two Austin parties, the ones who own the rights to hold the race dealing with Bernie, and the builders of the track. The contract has to be transferred from the first to the second. It is compicated, and we can not know exactly what is happening, but a couple of things can be surmised. The Austin people cannot have been overjoyed to see Bernie deal with the NJ promoters, even before they had ever held a race. It is one thing to market an unique US Grand Prix, like almost every other country, and to market something like USGP West. It is unbelievable that the circuit group would spend millions building the venue without a firm contract from Bernie guaranteeing the race, as seems to be the case. I am forever amazed that Bernie can get any American group to deal with him, given his record of the last 25 years. We will know soon enough if the race is on next years's calendar.
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