Bernie`s actual reaction is not fully known
With the classic race at Spa Francorchamps already on the 2006 scrap heap, Hockenheim has pleaded for help as the health of the historic German grand prix continues to diminish.
According to reports in the German press, the Prime Minister of the local `Baden-Wurttemberg` region has formally asked F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone to intervene as Hockenheim runs out of money.
Among his requests, PM Guenther Oettinger asked the 75-year-old to reduce his fee - or, at least, slow the annual fee increases - for the annual German grand prix, the `Stuttgarter Nachrichten` newspaper wrote.
Bernie`s actual reaction is not fully known, but the Briton is believed to have entertained the idea of subsequent discussions with the people involved.
By 2008, Hockenheim`s annual race fee could be as much as $25 million.
A department of the Baden-Wurttemberg government will meet on Friday to examine the Hockenheim crisis, a spokesman told the `paper.

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