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Turkey 'will not fund grand prix'

The Turkish government has rejected the idea of providing funding to revive the country's grand prix. Formula 1's governing body the FIA announced on Wednesday that an unidentified European race had been pencilled in for 21 July. Continue reading the main story “Our government paid $13.5m a year to the organisers for five years for the rights. All the income went to the organisers, so the state did not get any benefit ” Suat Kilic Turkey's sports minister Turkish race organisers, who have been in negotiations with F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, said the event would depend on government funds being available. But sports minister Suat Kilic said on Thursday that would not be the...
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