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Tuesday, 19 September 2006 |
San Marino Grand Prix at Imola may return in 2007
The San Marino Grand Prix at Imola could be making a comeback next year after the recent decision to expand the 2007 Formula One calendar from 17 to 18 races.
A meeting of motor racing's governing body the FIA, manufacturers and representatives of all the F1 teams decided this in Paris on Monday and the decision to expand next year's calendar was a unanimous one.
The Grand Prix at Imola had been omitted from the calendar following the return of Belgium and a desire to limit the number of races, however, the reprieve is subject to agreed renovations to the pits and paddock and if those cannot be carried out by a deadline, then another track could be chosen.
Besides this, the FIA's Formula One commission and World Motor Sport Council must also rubber-stamp Imola's reinstatement.
Imola is the nearest Grand Prix circuit to the Ferrari headquarters and earlier on this month, team president Luca di Montezemolo had asked F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone to reprieve the race.
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