A legal challenge threatens Brazil's F1 race Brazil’s place on the 2021 Formula 1 calendar is under a cloud after a legal challenge saw a judge suspend the contract for the event. Interlagos is slated to host F1 for the next five years after inking a new deal with the sport in late 2020. That deal saw the promoter change (to Brasil Motorsport), with increased involvement from the host city itself; the event to be known as the Sao Paulo Grand Prix as a result. Prior to that contract being agreed there were strong suggestions that the event could move to Rio de Janeiro. Former F1 CEO Chase Carey supported moving the event to a new circuit planned in Brazil’s second largest municipality,...
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