Cost of Racing
An idea of how costly it is to build and race grand prix machines may bo gathered from the fact that at least £250,000 would be required if Britain andearoured to build special grand prix machines and subsidise racing teams on the lines of the crack Mercedes and Auto-Union tennis of Germany. At present, no other country in the world gives the support, governmental and financial, to motor racing that Germany does, mainly with the object of gaining national prestige. Italy has a similar policy, and these two nations between them have practically swept the board in the major European speed events during the last four or live years. In Britain, and also in France, the cradle of the automobile industry, the cost of running grand prix teams and machines is deemed too heavy to warrant keeping stci> with Germany's expenditure in this connection. Hence Britain, restricts her racing activities to comparatively small-powered machines of the 1500 c.c. type.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19390204.2.197.75
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23263, 4 February 1939, Page 14 (Supplement)
Word Count
162Cost of Racing New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23263, 4 February 1939, Page 14 (Supplement)
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.