Are Turkey axe reports negotiation tactics?

Formula 1 problems do not mean the sport will never return to Istanbul and may even be the start of negotiation tactics.

That was the message on Friday of chamber of commerce head Murat Yalcintas, following reports that F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone was doubling the sanctioning fee for 2012, thus making a new deal unlikely.

Ecclestone said recently that he regarded Turkey’s place on the Grand Prix calendar as secure.

“It’s an enormous market in Turkey. Eventually they will get themselves sorted out,” said the F1 boss, responding to complaints about low attendance at the otherwise impressive facility.

The 2012 race is now in doubt but Yalcintas hinted that the latest reports merely foreshadow complex negotiations scheduled with Ecclestone during next month’s event.

“If Ecclestone displays a rigid attitude then there will be no agreement,” he told the Milliyet newspaper.

“Nothing is certain yet. Besides, if there is no agreement for next year, this does not mean that there will no longer be Formula 1 in Istanbul. There could be agreements in the future,” added Yalcintas.

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