"Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken" (Gimmi)
05/20/2014 at 11:44 • Filed to: None
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"Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken" (Gimmi)
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The Formula 1 party may soon be over for Pastor Maldonado as political changes in his home country may well dry up the substantial financial support that has underwritten much of his career so far.
Until now, the 29-year-old Venezuelan's Formula 1 career has been powered by state millions, through the oil company PDVSA and the personal backing of president Hugo Chavez.
Chavez, however, died last year, preceding a period of intense political turmoil, and at the same time PDVSA's ploughing of state millions into Williams and later Lotus was already highly controversial within Venezuela.
Now, Venezuela has a new sports minister, Antonio Alvarez, who has indicated this week that motor racing is being totally cut from the country's list of priorities.
"I know I'm going to win a lot of enemies," he is quoted by Venezuela's Ultimas Noticias .
"But there will be not one more dollar for motor racing. Venezuelan sport has other priorities, and it would be unfair to use state resources for disciplines that are not in line with the development of the country," said Alvarez. (GMM)
http://www.grandprix247.com/2014/05/20/ven…
Diesel
> Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken
05/20/2014 at 11:46 |
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You hear that? It's the sound of 23 drivers exhaling stress.
Vzwolf
> Diesel
05/20/2014 at 12:00 |
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And millions of fans of those other 23!
UserNotFound
> Gimmi-Sagan-Om-Draken
05/20/2014 at 12:01 |
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My question is, how soon? Is it an immediate cutoff, or are they not going to renew contracts? I haven't been able to find those details yet.