Grand Pricks

Well It is time for the Grand Pricks to return to Melbourne, a time when the city is crowded with drunk Germans and the type of people who pay to travel across the world or across the country to see some weird looking motor cars go round and round and round. Over at Club Troppo Rex Ringschott takes a go at the GP: Club Troppo Kicking against the Prix.

I cant for the life of me think why anyone would think it is still good to have the GP in Melbourne. I can see a vague argument that at the time it was first introduced there was a benefit in generally boosting the profile and confidence of Melbourne, but i cannot see how it is possibly a good idea to continue it.

It has been argued that we gain a benefit from having the GP in Melbourne, people point to the new road in the park and the great new aquatic centre. This is a fanciful argument, if we could build a multi-million dollar aquatic centre and subsidise some cars pointlessly going round and round in circles, imagine what we could have built without the subsidies.