'It is such an important part of the heritage of F1': Bernie Ecclestone believes Silverstone should host 1,000th race - not Shanghai Shanghai will host the 1,000th race in Formula 1 history this weekend Bernie Ecclestone felt the race should have been moved to Silverstone Silverstone chief Stuart Pringle confirmed the idea had not been considered
By Jonathan McEvoy for the Daily Mail
Published: 22:54 BST, 10 April 2019 | Updated: 22:54 BST, 10 April 2019
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Bernie Ecclestone believes Sunday’s 1,000th Formula One Grand Prix should be at Silverstone — not Shanghai.
The 88-year-old said that if he were still in charge of the sport he would have covered any financial loss incurred by Silverstone for switching the British Grand Prix from its traditional July date to this weekend.
It was at the Northamptonshire circuit that the World Championship — and regulated F1 — began in 1950, a race won by Alfa Romeo’s Giuseppe Farina. ‘The Silverstone people would be worried about losing out on revenue so I would have made sure we made up
