{"id":494028,"date":"2014-09-01T00:17:46","date_gmt":"2014-09-01T07:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=8954"},"modified":"2024-01-17T12:16:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T12:16:16","slug":"monza-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/monza-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Monza Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Author Robert Heinlein once wrote, \u201cA generation which ignores history has no past\u2014and no future.\u201d With a recent announcement by Formula One \u201cSupremo\u201d Bernie Ecclestone, I can\u2019t help but wonder if this aphorism doesn\u2019t hold true for Formula One, as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The impetus for all this was Ecclestone\u2019s recent pronouncement that the Italian Grand Prix would likely no longer be held at Monza, after 2016. Not due to safety, infrastructure or attendance issues, but ostensibly because he can\u2019t squeeze metric tons of Euros out of it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? You&#8217;re missing out<\/h2>\n<p class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content\">Any Text Here<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a07online-global-marketing-prompt\" href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/checkout?plan=86696\">Get Started<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">\n<h4 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-signin\">Already a Member? <a href=\"https:\/\/supercars.memberful.com\/account\">Sign in to your account here<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author Robert Heinlein once wrote, \u201cA generation which ignores history has no past\u2014and no future.\u201d With a recent announcement by Formula One \u201cSupremo\u201d Bernie Ecclestone, I can\u2019t help but wonder if this aphorism doesn\u2019t hold true for Formula One, as well. The impetus for all this was Ecclestone\u2019s recent pronouncement that the Italian Grand Prix would likely no longer be held at Monza, after 2016. 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