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Brazilian GP saved by $65-million Interlagos upgrade
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Brazil had to spend millions on upgrading the ageing Interlagos Formula 1 circuit or risk losing its place on the grand prix calendar.
That is the claim of Sao Paulo mayor Fernando Haddad, after inspecting the first phase of $65 million improvements to the popular venue this week.
The biggest change ahead of next month's Brazilian Grand Prix, set to be the penultimate round of the 2014 world championship, is a full resurfacing of the asphalt.
But by the 2015 edition, Formula 1 teams will be housing themselves in a completely new pit and paddock complex.
Haddad is quoted by the Spanish news agency EFE as saying a federal government programme funded the improvements.
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