Ecclestone shrugged aside the speculation as well as the delay to Formula
One’s mooted flotation on the Singapore stock exchange. “It was just that
the market is a bit turbulent,” he said. “When markets look a bit more
stable, they will push the button.”
Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton said he was anticipating “tough negotiations” with
McLaren Group chairman Ron Dennis over a new contract to run from the start
of next year. Dennis hinted in Canada that the economic situation would
affect the pay it could offer Hamilton.
“Ron is a very tough negotiator,” Hamilton said. “But I don’t see there being
many problems.”