TheDons

I really sympathize with those who made the trek to Germany who have been royally screwed by the organizers reprehensible handling of this event. I live on the US East Coast. I was planning to take my family across the Atlantic to attend the British GP next Summer. How confident can I be about this when (a) an event in an indoor arena can still be postponed because of "weather" and ( it can be rescheduled for a week later in a DIFFERENT COUNTRY!?

I agree. After 10 GP rounds it gets increasingly unlikely they'll be anything left to play for when it gets to GP 11. They'd do well to put it in late February. It could be like the Daytona 500 of the SGP - a big event that actually occurs very early in the season. Having said that, I suppose the local audience will view it as a self-contained event: The Australian Grand Prix. Featuring the best riders in the World. As a footnote, it also happens to be the final round of the Speedway Grand Prix.