In Motorsport-Total, Carsten Schumacher, managing director at Nurburgring, explains that the German circuit can be a candidate in 2017: \u00ab We had long discussions this year about Formula 1. We were very committed to ensuring that we have a race. I regret, in the end, that it did not take place; we could not and did not want to take risks. Instead of having F1 this year, we had the WEC race. It was an incredible success \u00bb.<\/p>\n
Carsten Schumacher naturally regrets that the Grand Prix could not take place for the fans; but he still believes that no wrong decision was made: \u00ab Naturally, I have regrets for the fans, the region, and also for us, that the Grand Prix could not happen, but there was also a financial aspect. In hindsight, we haven’t met anyone who told us that we made the wrong decision \u00bb.<\/p>\n
He finally confirms that he is in discussions with Bernie Ecclestone for the return of F1 to the Nurburgring: \u00ab We are striving to have a race in 2017 and we are in discussions with Bernie Ecclestone. Formula 1 is not a topic that is off the table. I hope that Formula 1 will regain what made it strong, and if the value is real, then we will return \u00bb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Due to the lack of a contractual and financial agreement, the German Grand Prix did not take place this year. This is a first since 1960. If the German event returns next season in Hockenheim, its future in the “green hell” is still uncertain for 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":39318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[10,1127],"class_list":["post-12787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-10","tag-nurburgring"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n