Friday, August 14, 2009

Montreal Close To Getting F1 Back

The Canadian F1 Grand Prix in Montreal was scrubbed from the 2009 race schedule last fall. Photograph by: Christinne Muschi/Reuters

From Canada.com:

Governments to provide $16.5M.

Francois Dumontier, deeply involved in the organization of the Canadian Grand Prix for most of the past 15 years as operations manager, vice-president of operations and finally general manager, had no comment to make on Thursday's report that Montreal mayor Gerald Tremblay is only weeks away from announcing that the city has been added to the 2010 Formula One schedule.

La Presse reported that only a some details and a few million dollars in additional funding remain to be sorted out before the deal is done. The federal, provincial and civic governments will invest more than $16.5 million a year to secure the race for Montreal, in partnership with F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone, the report says.

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More News On The Return Of F1

Montreal closes on F1 return -- Sky Sports
Grand Prix nearing return to Montreal -- CBC
Dumontier upbeat about F1 return to Montreal -- Montreal Gazette
Canadian Grand Prix close to 2010 return in Montreal -- Autoweek
Canada closes in on 2010 return -- Formula1
Montreal close to finalising 2010 return -- ITV

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