Bernie Ecclestone Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has played down reports he is in advanced talks to bring Formula 1 to the streets of Madrid. Spain's El Confidencial claimed this week Ecclestone is already in possession of a business plan and bank guarantees, as a group of businessmen want the Spanish capital to host an annual street race. The news would seem to be a threat to Formula 1's existing Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, but Circuit de Catalunya boss Salvador Servia reacted: 'We know nothing. Nobody has told us anything.' Formula 1 chief executive Ecclestone has also now played down the Madrid reports, confirming that a group 'talked about it but nothing has happened'. 'We're...
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