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"New" Teams Die & Old races Disappear? F1 Going Forward.

OK, So, Happy New Year to you all, it's been a while I know. 2016 was a particularly bad one here but, as promised in 2016 I do intend to get more content out in '17. What better way than to start with a rant. So according to reports both the British Grand Prix and Manor Racing are in danger of disappearing in 2017. With Bernie in an "advisory" position with Liberty Group the addage "The more things change, the more they stay the same" couldn't be truer. I for one am quite upset for many reasons, the last few years I have stopped watching F1, partly through circumstance (no Sky and work) and partly because, well it's not that good anymore, I can sit in my chair at home or at work on a Sunday and scroll twitter and read many comments on how bad the XXX Grand Prix is this weekend, part of me fells happy that I'm missing it, part of me feels very sad because a sport (if it really is still a sport) that I have watched for over 35 years is slowly dy