- 10 Jan 12, 18:02#287849
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
ESPNF1:
Barcelona's Spanish Grand Prix has become the latest race to have doubts cast over it after government officials said it may have to consider its future.
Earlier in January officials in Valencia admitted that its "big events are under full and absolute review". Now Andreu Mas-Colell, Catalunya's minister for economy said that the situation in Barcelona is "the same as in Valencia" and that the major events held at the Circuit de Catalunya could be reviewed.
"We could reconsider the hosting of Formula 1 or motorcycle grands prix (MotoGP)," Mas-Colell told RAC1. "It is not clear to us that we can afford them in the current situation. It is not the first thing we will reconsider, but in times like these we must look very closely at where we spend the money.
"We have spent a lot on F1 and at the moment it's unclear what we can afford ... There are contracts that are more expensive to maintain than to break."
The current contract keeping the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona runs until 2016.
Barcelona's Spanish Grand Prix has become the latest race to have doubts cast over it after government officials said it may have to consider its future.
Earlier in January officials in Valencia admitted that its "big events are under full and absolute review". Now Andreu Mas-Colell, Catalunya's minister for economy said that the situation in Barcelona is "the same as in Valencia" and that the major events held at the Circuit de Catalunya could be reviewed.
"We could reconsider the hosting of Formula 1 or motorcycle grands prix (MotoGP)," Mas-Colell told RAC1. "It is not clear to us that we can afford them in the current situation. It is not the first thing we will reconsider, but in times like these we must look very closely at where we spend the money.
"We have spent a lot on F1 and at the moment it's unclear what we can afford ... There are contracts that are more expensive to maintain than to break."
The current contract keeping the Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona runs until 2016.
Le coeur a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît point. 
Oh how I long for the return of the A1 / Red Bull Ring!!!! 
- By hass25