Renovation Interlagos needed to save Brazil GP - mayor
- Published on 17 Oct 2014 10:44
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- By: Rob Veenstra
The biggest change ahead of next month's Brazilian grand prix, set to be the penultimate round of the 2014 world championship, is a full resurfacing of the asphalt. But by the 2015 edition, F1 teams will be housing themselves in a completely new pit and paddock complex.
Haddad is quoted by the Spanish news agency EFE as saying a federal government programme funded the improvements. "If it were not for the (programme), we would be in a very delicate and serious risk of losing this race to another city," he said.
Brazil's Globo also quoted him as saying: "It is the biggest reform since 1990 because we were at risk of losing F1 to another Latin American cities like Buenos Aires." And Haddad was quoted as saying by Totalrace: "We were at a delicate moment because the track is loved by drivers and the teams, but there was a technological gap." (GMM)
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