News Details

Turkish Grand Prix's hopes for 2013 end

The Turkish Grand Prix will not return to the calendar this year after a deal failed to gain approval from the country’s prime minister, according to the Hurriyet Daily News. Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone was in negotiations with the organisers to revive the Grand Prix for the current season but the asking price to host the race stood as the only barrier for the event to go ahead. “The project, set to cost Turkey around $20 million in total, was supposed to receive $13 million of state funding,” read the report adding that prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan refused to approve the budget. The Turkish GP was held from 2005 to 2011 before being dropped from the calendar...
Full Story »
13y ago from F1Pulse.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

F1 boss hopes for Nurburgring deal this week

9 January, 2013 The Nurburgring is set to host this year's German Grand...
13y ago from YallaF1.com

Nürburgring poised for German GP deal

The Nürburgring is set to be confirmed as the host of this year's...
13y ago from GPUpdate.net

Gene signs new Ferrari test driver deal for 2013

10 January, 2013 Spanish veteran Marc Gene has signed up for yet another...
13y ago from YallaF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Arsenal have made calls' – Fabrizio Romano confirms...

Fabrizio Romano has confirmed that Arsenal have made calls for Newcastle...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 698 – 08.06.2026

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
13h ago from Arseblog.com

‘There have been early discussions' –...

Arsenal’s interest in Aston Villa attacker Morgan Rogers appears to be...
19h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Approach made: Arsenal target PSG revenge by signing...

Arsenal have reportedly made an early move to sign Emmanuel Mbemba from...
20h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.