The fabled Nurburgring is set to ramp up its presence on the F1 calendar. Currently, the circuit and another German venue, Hockenheim, annually alternate a single spot on the sport's schedule. But earlier this year, the insolvent Nurburgring secured its future when it was sold to a Dusseldorf automotive group called Capricorn. Boss Robertino Wild said at the time that the Nurburgring would "basically go as it was before". But a report in the German newspaper Rhein Zeitung claims the Nurburgring has in fact agreed a new contract with formula one, where the circuit will host a grand prix each year until at least 2019. The new deal with Bernie Ecclestone could even entail a...
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