No more World touring car championship in Brno (photo by rykerstribe)
This is probably the last season you can enjoy the races of Superbike World Championship, GT1 WC, FIA Grand Tourismo WTCC and several other prestigious series at the Brno racing circuit. The only world chapionship race to stay for 2011 is the most popular one – MotoGP.
The privately-owned track does not have enough money to pay for race fees. The town is donating the circuit with CZK 10,000,000 (€400,000) every year but according to the managers of the track, this is not enough.
I am not a big fan of state donations to commercial venues – however, the tracks attracts hundreds of thousand visitors every year to Brno. Restaurants, hotels, taxi drivers and other businesses make a great profit thanks to Automotodrom Brno, but the only subject that pays (almost) all the costs is the owner of the racing track. That is quite unfair.
Not hosting the prestigious races will affect the economy of the whole region, not talking about losing probably the greatest international promotion of the town. I hope someone in the town council is going to realise this, before it’s too late.
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This is a SAAAADD news – i was visiting brno every year only for the FIA WTCC racing series.
Where am i suppose to go now ?
So unfair, the track and place is so beautifull, such a shame !!