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Brazil GP promoter says Rio bid 'not serious'

Nov.22 Brazilian GP promoter Tamas Rohonyi does not believe a bid to switch the race to a new circuit in Rio de Janeiro is "serious". Interlagos officials have and are meeting with Liberty Media to discuss paying an annual fee in order to keep the Formula 1 race in Sao Paulo for the next decade. But Rohonyi told France's Auto Hebdo that he is not overly concerned about reports suggesting Rio is a viable alternative for the sport. "I try not to comment on that project because it is not serious," he said. "I do not know the person behind it and I do not doubt his good intentions, but there is no chance to build a circuit in that place in the next four or five years....
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