Monday, September 14, 2009

Formula One Returning To Montreal In 2010

Polish BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica celebrates after winning the Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal in 2008. The F1 race will return to Montreal in 2010. Photograph by: Phil Carpenter, Gazette file photo

From The Montreal Gazette:

MONTREAL – The green flag will drop again in Montreal next year with the return of Formula One.

Grand Prix F1 du Canada Inc. announced Monday that its dispute with the Formula One Administration has been settled, and the return of the Canadian race will soon be announced.

“I am very happy, and fully satisfied, with this outcome,” Normand Legault, president and CEO of Grand Prix F1 du Canada Inc., said in a statement. “I have always been confident of being able to resolve the dispute, given the in-depth understanding I have had to develop of the Formula One racing situation in Canada.

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Update #1:
Montreal back on F1 schedule -- CBC

Update #2: Return of Grand Prix imminent, says ex-promoter -- CTV

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