Grand Prix.

[hawksley]

Cameron and Osborne,give India 1.4 billion a year of our money calling it foreign aid. yet India can afford to host a Grand Prix, or is the whole show payed for through sponsorship. ???

[sir.prize]

Who knows, Hawksley. We also send millions of pounds in aid to Pakistan to help educate them. But does it work . . . .?

[maggiebee]

No idea how it's paid for, but doesn't sound a fair trade!

[2sp_]

I think F1 pays to hold races in each country, and the money generated by these races must be quite a boost to local industries and traders.

I don't think you can lump aid for the poor with racing for the rich.

[doctordb]

India is the second largest investor in the uk behind the us. You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours.

[jno]

one of the most interesting animals and nature threads I've seen for a while.

Britain is ending its aid to Inida.

[hawksley]

We all make mistakes jno, Inida?

[factor-fiction]

I assume that the organisers make money from organising it. Anyone, it will be the sponsors/organisers who are paying for it- it won't be the aid organisations who get the money.

[factor-fiction]

Anyway, not anyone.

[jno]

just that you might get more of a response in (say) News or Sport; nobody comes here looking for threads about motor racing.