Nürburgring Official Says Track Would Accept Financial Hit For Hosting German F1 Race

A Nürburgring official said that the racetrack "would be OK with taking a financial hit for hosting this year's German F1 Grand Prix," according to the SID. While the future of this year's German race "remains unclear," Capricorn Nürburgring Managing Dir Carsten Schumacher said, "We've said the interest of the fans and the region in the race is so high that we would be OK taking an acceptable operating loss." However, he also knows that "it becomes more and more difficult to market the race due to the uncertainty surrounding it." Schumacher: "That's also the reason why we've said we don't want to take on the organizing risk. There's no question that you earn money as the organizer of an F1 race. However, the problem is the hosting fee and you have to talk about that" (SID, 2/24).