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Old 29 Jul 2011, 10:33 (Ref:2932484)   #84
JBT
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JBT should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Originally Posted by LandieLad View Post
Probably a silly question but how did the television rights end up in the hands of one person / organisation ?
IIRC mainly by Bernie telling the other teams he could get a better deal for them in terms of TV revenue if they formed an association (FOCA).

So looks like we are partially going back to the days of 1978 in terms of UK coverage of GP racing...!
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