OK not natives but competitors. The Isle of Man is seeking to increase revenue from the Manx GP. The format for 2013 is to create a Classics festival to run on Saturday and Monday with Moderns to run on Wednesday and Friday. It is screamingly obvious that an exodus of Classics fans, riders and their entourages will take place after the Monday race. Riders see this as a deliberate ploy to enable the deletion of Moderns races on the basis that they are poorly attended. There are more rider grievances. The Modern bike capacity formula will go up to 1300cc. Thus someone with a currently eligible sub 100 bhp bike will become instantly uncompetitive and the owner of a worthless machine. There's more. Current entry fees for a 3 race programme come to £1000. Van ferry is £750. Other on costs make it a total of £6500 without any repairs during the meeting. All this is paid for by the rider without any support from the IOM. Just to rub it in it is alleged that professional TT riders have been overpaid by the TT to the tune of £3000 to enter the Manx thus dodging the amateur rule. Having done that a further allegation is that big TT names are being offered up to £30000 to enter the Manx in 2013. Faced with all this if you were £6500 for 2 weeks with no hope of a win man would you bother ?
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