"Save the Canadian Grand Prix" petition / Signatures

"Save the Canadian Grand Prix" petition

Signatures

Signature count: 8440
We, the undersigned, request the FIA and FOM that serious consideration is given to reinstate the Canadian Grand Prix for 2009, or failing that, request that all effort is made to return the race to the F1 calendar for 2010.

Furthermore, we request that future decisions to remove Grands Prix from the calendar are made not only for the commercial interest of the sport, but also in the sporting interest.
NameLocationComments
BernieCanadaPlachecki you feltcher,it's F1, not F.U.
John CraigToronto, ON Canada
Craig BarnesOntario, Canada
Vittorio AlfieriItaly
Jean-Marc FiliatraultPierrefonds, QC
Jennifer Pottsmontrealbring back the grand prix!!!
Annie EjgierdManchester, UKMontreal without the Grand Prix??? why does everything always have to come down to money... or more money in this case? Where is the spirit of the sport? what a shame! BRING IT BACK NOW!!!
Marc-André CorriveauLaval,Qc
chris altunaCanada
Eloïse Gallien-FortinRepentigny
Myoxia FruitTorontosave it for here we need it for here
Fidias IoannidesCyprusIt''s a shame a great circuit like this is out of the calendar. Good luck from Cyprus.
MazzurbafRussia[Comment deleted]
Chris KarlsennorwayThis is a historic venue..... Bahrain is just money...... But i guess that is the most important
Nicolas de TurrisToronto, Canada
thierrysuisseun très beau circuit comme celui-ci,il faut le laisser en VIE
Renaud PerretteSwitzerland
Pavel OsovetsChicago, IL, USAIts a tradition that should stay a tradition. Today's sports are dictated by money. The race was canceled due to loss of profit. Can't we have something done these days without money being the ultimate deciding factor? Show the fans why F1 is the most popular and most fun sport in the world.
FrançoisJura Suisse
PaulNetherlands
Thomas Van LoockBelgium
kenny vervaeckMechelen
JanBelgium
JeffLaarne
Sander DecuyperBelgiumReal racing on real circuits, not on rich men's playgrounds.
MoulinSwizerlandAu GP du Canada j'y suis aller, c'est vraiment TOP ! Le rayer du calendrier F1 est une grosse erreur!!!
Grant M HowardToronto CanadaAs the only North American venue it is a great shame and to F1's detriment that nothing is run in such a large market.
Paul BoddyDetroit, MI USA
claus lønbækdenmark
Mihail NikolovUSA
ryan leeboston, ma
Keith SapianoBrampton, Ontario, Canada
Stephan William AlexanderToronto
Jimmy DrevesMontevideo UruguayNo Honda, no France & no Canada??? What's the F1 World coming to? Gilles must be rolling in his grave !!! Put it all to rest please !!!
Marc KhalilLaval, QC
Franco ColettaItalia
Thomas SeyffertUSBest race in the world, make it happen
Michael SmithSaint Clair Shores, Michigan (east suburb of Detroit)Montreal has become my "Home away from Home" since the time of my very first Can GP back in 1991 - that wonderful "rut" of mine beginning a year after Bernie left us in Detroit after seven wonderful and miraculous years - I always knew Detroit would be very temporary for F1 - never thought we'd have it in the first place. I've been an F1 fan since I was a kid. What wonderful superlatives can I add to say about Montreal? It had to be one of the very best F1 venues in the World - no exaggeration - especially if the drivers had anything to say about it - I understand it was one of tier favorite stops. What an effing shame! I am obviously crushed and devastated and depressed and outraged along with the rest of "Us". I've given Bernie a whole lot of my very hard earned money for many many years and feel very wronged here. Many of us certainly knew this was a possibility in recent years given Bernie's recent rumbling - but that the miserable wretched b-strd was actually going to follow thru on this was quite the surprise for me. Bernie will be the ruin of F1. I love his timing of this, given the recent World economic woes - and I believe a move just like this will come back to haunt him big time - leaving the roots of F1 on so many places over the years and taking the sport to the unknown corners of the World with World economic chaos in full swing - keep it up Bernie - You'll be the death of F1 for us all yet. Godspeed Montreal - Mike
Rahul Mumbai, IndiaI love to see Indian GP starting in 2010. But certainly not at the expense of Canadian GP. F1 needs American fans. And the fans need F1.
Kristopher NiemeierLondon, ON, CA
Joshua PanacheCanadaDont lose one of the favorite stops of the F1 season
Cherish CrustUnited States
Gissele BianchiBuenos Aires- ArgentinaI hope I can contribute in saving the GP of Canada, it is a classic. Capitalizing on the true feeling, the passion for sport and not money, running in distant countries. Thanks
Carla LambooyHouston
Jason WegeWisconsin
ChadygatineauBring it back. LOTS OF FAN IN QUEBEC
Philip RichardsLos Angeles, CABought tickets every year; I would continue to attend every year.
Dean PetersonNJThis is crazy!
Grant RepsherChicago, IL
Brian KrummenacherOntario, Canada
Carl BraundTorontoGet it together! Make this event an EVEN-PLAYING FIELD once and for all! Pitty the politics rears it's UGLY head like this so often.
Andrew MadsenRothesay nb Bring it back !!!!!
Rob Staufferlos angeles, CA
Sidney CaiemitteMontreal
Eddie RodriguezUSA
Wandalondon, ontario
BrianTorontoIs the best event in Canada for motor sports fans, don't tak it away pleaseeeeeee
Colin SantangeloBoston, MassachusettsI attended the 2004 Grand Prix and enjoyed it immensely. It is a great show and a great opportunity for those in the Northeast to experience F1 racing at its finest.
rené siroisLongueuil Québec Canada
Alex ForguesSt-Camille
cynthia drouinquebec
Keith HargraveSunderland, England
Kelley VilleneuveUSA
paul bradleymontreal
Chris GrayMontreal
Matthew Bernard-LaurinMontreal
Tania RaffoMontrealYou can't take it away from us...it's part of our city!
KeereismperEcuadorHello I've just registered to say your site is very useful and nicely done! Thank you very much for your work. Cheers! Sorry for offtopic.
Paul TrahanSt. Albans, Vt.This is a travesty!
scemendEnassyGermanyHi! My name is Jessika!
Jkvancouver
SuAhUSASoon F1 will be like a communist organization! We need to stop this and make F1 more appealing. Steps like canceling and threatening organizations is not going to popularize the sport.
Emma BracegirdleManchester, UKI'm 16 and I've been watching the Canadian GP since I was about 5 or 6 years old. It's one of the best races on the calendar and has always been a thrill to watch with some of, if not the most passionate fans of the sport present there. What's more, the Canadians have worked so hard to make sure that it's a fitting tribute to Gilles Villeneuve, undoubtedly one of the best drivers F1 has ever seen. Removing the race is an insult to his memory and the legacy he's left behind, not to mention the hard work and many millions of dollars that's gone into upgrading and maintaining the track over the last 30 years. I know you can't please eveyone Bernie, but not listening to the masses' wishes is already costing you in the popularity stakes - carry on and the whole sport could come crashing down the way you're going at the moment.
Ken CarterVirginia, USA
Ara MahrejianMontreal, Canada
mike muellerOhio - USANorth America has more than enough fans to sustain one or maybe two GP's in North America. The Montreal circuit is amazing, do not axe it. You will have all the money and support you need to host it, just like usual.
Reg LauzonCanadaAs a retired Honda Dealer, The Grand Prix is the most prestigious event in Canada.
Rick KapplerusaF1 is becoming to much of a spec series
Justin NeumeyerVancouver, CanadaNot only is the Course very exciting to watch, but it gives Canada World recognition in the world of motorsports.
John G. SticeLouisville, Kentucky, USATaking away venues such as Canadian GP and the USGP is a slap in the face of the fans which is the soul of Formula One not just nations that can afford to pay the FIA to have their own GP races such as Bahrain and Abu Dhabi.
Debrah FitzsimmonsToronto, OntYOU HAVE GOT TO BE JOKING ME! NO F1.. GIVE ME A BREAK.
Blair MaltmanToronto, OntWHAT THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE THINKING.
Robert J. WrightCamden SC USANorth America still wants f1. I think 3M might consider sponsoring a package that includes Montreal,Mexico,and Monteray! Face it nascar is boring the hell out of folks these days and open wheel racing here just does not compare to the spectacle of F1.This market is ripe and with the right investment could prove to be huge for the future of the sport.
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Emma BlaudekDelta, BC.
Elise Gamble Toronto, ON
POWDENMARKSuport from Denmark. Save motorsport.
Mitchell ChanVancouver, CanadaKEEP THE CANADIAN GP!!!
CHRIS ROBERTSMONTREAL, QUEBECBERNIE...HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?? BMW,MERCEDES,FERRARI,HONDA,TOYOTA..WHY ARE YOU SO QUIET ABOUT THIS?? VERY DISSAPPOINTED!!!
Michael WhiteOmaha, NE
thomas mclainAtlanta Georgia United StatesI have two sons who will never know F1 if the championship fails to return to North America. For the children.
terri pichlerVancouver, B.C.Canada wants to keep the race going- in Montreal! Thank you !
Brandie WilliamsSurrey, BC, CanadaWe hold the 2010 Olympic games but not the GP? Come on, Canada's GP even is known to be one of the most enjoyable for racers and it is a historical GP event. Bring it back!
Manfred PichlerSurrey, Brittish Columbia CANADA
Jeffrey M. Gilbert, Ph.D.Washington, DC, USA
PETE LAZARROMTL,QUEBECBernie Ecclestone don't love race fans and history even after 30 years for him it is nothing and we(the fans)helped him to grow up FOM since all those years. Now we know only business and money are interesting to him like the subprime in U.S.A AND NOW WATCH WHAT'S HAPPENED to uncle SAM's country. But at 78 years old of age it is about time than FOM need someone logical to take control in a brand new economic world wide money crisis.
CherieSingapore
james le voguermontreali have been attending this race with my brother for 10 solid years, section 12, row z seat 26/27 - we were planning to go to europe for a race this year, but with with this, the best attended grand prix in the circuit, year in year out.... 300,000 plus fans at the track... bernie gives up this for 34000 fan in bahrain... i won't be going to europe, to hell with bernie and his greed. let's see how well he does this year with thte world finacial crunch, let's see how many sponsors drop out... let's review his business this time next year
Doug ArtusWisconsin
Lennart GottorfHanerau-Hademarschen, Germany
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