The FIA does not intend to cancel the inaugural Russian grand prix, according to the governing body's president Jean Todt. Amid the Crimean crisis, the threat of war with Ukraine and escalating sanctions against Russia, it is feared formula one will not be able to race for the first time in Sochi later this year. Indeed, the German touring car series DTM is currently re-thinking its Moscow round, and the superbike federation FIM has already cancelled a race. But for the moment, F1 teams are simply relying on their government's travel advice when it comes to making plans for Russia. "I think unless the British government advise otherwise and then from that obviously the FIA and FOM,...
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