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Nurburgring says German GP cannot afford Ecclestone fees

A deal to keep the German grand prix on this year's F1 calendar still has not been struck. The Nurburgring was scheduled to return in 2015, but the financially-troubled circuit is tied down in an ownership crisis. Bernie Ecclestone has said the sport could simply revert to Hockenheim, but amid the F1 supremo's high race fee demands, a deal there is also yet to be struck. Nurburgring official Carsten Schumacher said the circuit remains open to compromise. 'We have said that, for the sake of the fans and the region, we are prepared even to make an economically acceptable loss,' he told the Swiss magazine Motorsport Aktuell. His comments suggest that, at Ecclestone's standard contractual...
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