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A1-Ring to come back?
Topic Started: Mar 7 2007, 07:29 PM (124 Views)
Forza™
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The redevelopment of Austria's defunct formula one circuit, the A1-Ring, may be about to get back on track. Red Bull billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz's original $800m project at Zeltweg had to be axed, but reports in the country indicate that new plans have been devised for a grand prix-standard circuit. A probably lengthy process of politics and bureaucracy has now begun, but it is understood that the ultimate objective is to restore the demolished venue so that it is capable of hosting race and test sessions.

Nearly $200m has been earmarked for the project by private investors including Red Bull, Volkswagen and Audi, the reports suggest. F1 last raced at the picturesque A1-Ring setting in 2003, before the grandstands and pit buildings were demolished in 2004.
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That is never going to happen.
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Red Andy
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With Red Bull's huge influence in F1, never say never....

I remember reading an article about a year ago suggesting that Bullschitz was having trouble with planning permission and so forth to upgrade the facilities at the track. But if they can get around that, then good luck to them! I'd like to see the A1-Ring back on the calendar even if it was nothing compared to its predecessors - it beats a Tilke-style concrete-fest any day!
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