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Austria's Red Bull Ring has entered the race to the spot left open by the FIA on the Formula One World Championship 2013 calendar.
Up to now, France and Turkey had been the two most likely venues to inherit the July 21st date. Both countries have staged F1 races before and are seeking a comeback.
Now that Helmut Marko, Red Bull's motorsport guru, has spoken however, Austria is also on the shortlist of European countries likely to return to the calendar.
"We have made the FIA aware that we have a track with a full F1 license," the high profile consultant is quoted saying by ESPNF1.
The track he is referring to is the Red Bull Ring, formerly known as the A1 Ring, which hosted the Austrian Grand Prix between 1997 and 2003, before shutting down. It was bought back by the energy drink company in 2005, revamped and then reopened in 2011.
Marko is adamant amenities in the surroundings of Spielberg, where the Red Bull Ring is located, are sufficient to host a grand prix.
"It worked in the 1970s and 1980s," he points out on Autosport.com. "And we have a full amount of hotels in Graz."
Up to now, France and Turkey had been the two most likely venues to inherit the July 21st date. Both countries have staged F1 races before and are seeking a comeback.
Now that Helmut Marko, Red Bull's motorsport guru, has spoken however, Austria is also on the shortlist of European countries likely to return to the calendar.
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| DTM crowd at the Red Bull Ring (Photo: DTM.com) |
"We have made the FIA aware that we have a track with a full F1 license," the high profile consultant is quoted saying by ESPNF1.
The track he is referring to is the Red Bull Ring, formerly known as the A1 Ring, which hosted the Austrian Grand Prix between 1997 and 2003, before shutting down. It was bought back by the energy drink company in 2005, revamped and then reopened in 2011.
Marko is adamant amenities in the surroundings of Spielberg, where the Red Bull Ring is located, are sufficient to host a grand prix.
"It worked in the 1970s and 1980s," he points out on Autosport.com. "And we have a full amount of hotels in Graz."