In something of a surprise move, the German Automobile Club ADAC have announced that the German round of MotoGP will not be held at the Sachsenring in 2012, the German regional paper Freie Presse are reporting. At a press conference held at the East German circuit, which is owned by the ADAC, the organization told the media that the losses suffered by the Sachsenring were just too great to allow them to sustain the event. The event lost 600,000 euros in 2010, and despite cost-cutting to the tune of some 1.25 million euros and raising ticket prices by 10% this year, the ADAC was projecting a deficit of some 850,000 for 2012. The raising of the sanctioning fee demanded by Dorna from 2 million to nearly 4 million euros for 2012 meant that the ADAC no longer viewed the race as a viable prospect.
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