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Bernie
Ecclestone has brought the Grand Prix of America back into the
spotlight by claiming that the race has currently lost its contract
for 2013. It remains to be seen whether this is a genuine threat or
simply another hurry-up tactic by the FOM head.
With
Formula 1 heading to Austin, Texas this November for the penultimate
round of 2012, the New Jersey event will become the second American
race on the calendar should it go ahead next year, as planned.
When
F1 governing body the FIA sent teams the first draft of the 2013
schedule last week, it was confirmed that New Jersey had been
pencilled in for the weekend of 14-16 June – one week after Canada.
“(Race
organisers) have not complied with the terms and conditions of the
contract, which is now gone anyway,” Ecclestone, of Formula One
Management which is the F1 commercial rights holder, tells The
Guardian.
“They don't have a contract.”
The
street race will now be a topic for this Friday’s meeting of the
FIA World Motor Sport Council (WMSC).
“We
are pretty close to the final deadline,” Ecclestone continues. “We
have got a world council meeting coming up. I think, if somebody got
behind them, it could happen in 2013 because they have come a long
way with the circuit.”
Should
the event go ahead at the Port Imperial venue, where development work
continues to take place, it will boast the iconic New York City
skyline as its backdrop.
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