2009 British Grand Prix

PARIS, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 21: Formula One commercial rights-holder Bernie Ecclestone leaves the F.I.A headquarters after attending the World Motor Sport Council hearing on September 21, 2009 in Paris, France. Renault will not contest the charges that Nelson Piquet Jr. was ordered by management to deliberately crash his car during the Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix, the crash caused the deployment off the safety car, due to team mate Fernando Alonso's race strategy he was able to win the race. The incident has already seen the resignation of team principal Flavio Briatore and Director of Engineering, Pat Symonds. The punishment from the FIA could be exclusion of the team from F1, a large fine or a suspended ban. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Bernie Ecclestone: We Don't Need No Stinkin' British GP

By Negative Camber

And it took all of, what, a day for us to get to this point? The BBC has the latest ratchet-up from Bernie Ecclestone, who clearly is not going to just hand the British GP back to Silverstone now that Donington Park is all but out as a possible venue...