The boss of the Belgian grand prix has confirmed reports the once-touted race alternation with France is now off the agenda.<\/p>\n
It had been suggested fabled Spa-Francorchamps would share an annually-rotating single date on the F1 calendar in future with a returning French race.<\/p>\n
But after Nicolas Sarkozy lost the recent general election, those plans appeared to lose traction.<\/p>\n
And late last week, the Belgian and French news agencies Belga and AFP suggested the Spa\/Paul Ricard alternating scheme is indeed “no longer on the agenda”.<\/p>\n
“The election of Francois Hollande to the French presidency has changed the situation,” Spa promoter Andre Maes is quoted by the French language Belgian newspaper L’Echo.<\/p>\n
He said it “became clear” that France’s new administration has different plans.<\/p>\n
“Hence, the (new) proposal we made to Mr Ecclestone,” said Maes.\u00a0 “But I am bound by a confidentiality clause, so I cannot tell you.”<\/p>\n
L’Echo reports that Spa has proposed that the Belgian grand prix contract simply be extended to 2016, possibly with Ecclestone to agree a slight reduction in the race sanctioning fee.<\/p>\n
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