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Rio de Janeiro abandons Deodoro F1 track project
Plans for a motorsport facility to be constructed in the Deodoro district of Rio de Janeiro have been scrapped after months of uncertainty over the project. It was revealed in 2019 that a new facility, supported by Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, was set to be constructed, in a bid to prise Formula 1 away from Sao Paulo’s Interlagos. Interlagos’ previous deal expired at the end of 2020 and Formula 1 chiefs were unhappy with the nature of the contract owing to the lack of a race fee. An area in the Deodoro district of Rio de Janeiro, which had hosted some events in the 2016 Summer Olympics, had been outlined for construction. But the proposals were met with resistance, including...
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