The deal barely got off the ground after the organisers of the financially-stricken series failed to meet a deadline for an initial advance payment, according to informed sources. IMG was brought into replace Richard Dorfman, the former director of broadcasting at A1GP.
Doubts about the long-term viability of the series persist after the cancellation of the first three events in the 2009-10 season – at Surfer’s Paradise in Australia, Zhuhai in China and Sepang in Malaysia.
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