‘Would you rather we go bankrupt?’: TC
As a V8 Supercar fan, would you rather the category race overseas or go bankrupt?
That is the question V8 Supercars Executive Officer, Tony Cochrane, has posed to the punters in response to criticism over the double-header in the Middle East in 2010.
Some circles have slammed the addition of another overseas event and the 2010 championship starting off shore has rubbed salt into some wounds.
“The fans would be more upset if we went bankrupt and we didn’t have any racing,” Cochrane bluntly told the media.
“The fact of the matter is it really suits the Gulf for us to be there at that time of the year.”
“I often hear this thing about how we have somehow disadvantaged the fans.
“If you actually look at our research, more than 90 per cent of our fans attend one or two events a year, the other events they watch via TV.
“So does it really matter if we are racing at Phillip Island on a particular weekend or Abu Dhabi on a particular weekend for the vast majority of the fans?”
Cochrane assured fans that the Middle East events would be broadcast live on Australian television.
“You can sit there in the comfort of your own lounge room and watch them,” he said.
“It’s more racing than ever next year; I can’t imagine how any fan could be vaguely upset.
“They still go to Clipsal in March; it’s still the first round in Australia.”
Cochrane revealed that it was the Bahrainis who approached V8SA to hold back-to-back events in the region, and not the other way around.
He said the idea was mooted a year ago, and that V8s will receive its fee from Bahrain for the event in November this year, even though it will not go ahead, and again for the February event.
The European GP2 category will also be in Bahrain the same weekend February (25-27, 2010) and act as a support category to the V8 Supercars.
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That is the question V8 Supercars Executive Officer, Tony Cochrane, has posed to the punters in response to criticism over the double-header in the Middle East in 2010.
Some circles have slammed the addition of another overseas event and the 2010 championship starting off shore has rubbed salt into some wounds.
“The fans would be more upset if we went bankrupt and we didn’t have any racing,” Cochrane bluntly told the media.
“The fact of the matter is it really suits the Gulf for us to be there at that time of the year.”
“I often hear this thing about how we have somehow disadvantaged the fans.
“If you actually look at our research, more than 90 per cent of our fans attend one or two events a year, the other events they watch via TV.
“So does it really matter if we are racing at Phillip Island on a particular weekend or Abu Dhabi on a particular weekend for the vast majority of the fans?”
Cochrane assured fans that the Middle East events would be broadcast live on Australian television.
“You can sit there in the comfort of your own lounge room and watch them,” he said.
“It’s more racing than ever next year; I can’t imagine how any fan could be vaguely upset.
“They still go to Clipsal in March; it’s still the first round in Australia.”
Cochrane revealed that it was the Bahrainis who approached V8SA to hold back-to-back events in the region, and not the other way around.
He said the idea was mooted a year ago, and that V8s will receive its fee from Bahrain for the event in November this year, even though it will not go ahead, and again for the February event.
The European GP2 category will also be in Bahrain the same weekend February (25-27, 2010) and act as a support category to the V8 Supercars.
‘Would you rather we go bankrupt?’: TC - v8supercars.com.au
