It could be up to the teams whether Barcelona – venue of the Spanish Grand Prix – keeps its place on the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship 22-race-dates calendar. Earlier, with Zandvoort and Vietnam joining for 2020, it seemed clear that Barcelona and Hockenheim were the two races that would be axed so that next year's calendar stays at 21 races. But now the Catalan government is pushing hard to keep the race, Meritxell Budo, a spokeswoman for the Generalitat de Catalunya confirmed, 'Today, we reached an important agreement that allows the grand prix to stay in Catalunya for another year.' 'Specifically, we have authorised the signing of the extension of the contract with...
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