F1 is not a sport according to Indian government (we could have told them that)
The Indian government said what some of us already think – F1 is not a sport.
It turned down a request by an Indian Grand Prix promoter JPSK Sports to transfer US$36.5 million to Formula One Administration (FOA), according to a Reuters report.
The payment is apparently required to cement the 10-year hosting rights deal between JPSK Sports and the Bernie Ecclestone-run FOA.
“F1 is not purely sports. It is entertainment and this venture by JPSK is a commercial initiative,” an unnamed Indian ministry official said.
“The proposed F1 race does not satisfy conditions which focus on human endeavour for excelling in competition with others, keeping in view the whole sports movement from Olympics downwards.”
F1 has always been less about sport than tourism for Singapore.
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