Recently, the FIA World Council blocked a date for an additional European Grand Prix in the 2013 Formula 1 season calendar. The date of July 21, 2013, would precisely meet the expectations of St\u00e9phane Clair, director of the Paul Ricard circuit, who says he is ready to host the discipline as soon as next year. However, it is said that Austria, with the support of Red Bull, and Turkey are also in the running to seize this opportunity to make their return to the calendar.<\/p>\n
St\u00e9phane Clair therefore remains clear-headed and asserts that the French Grand Prix project is still alive, either for 2013 or, in the medium term, for 2014. He recently discussed this topic with the regional daily La Provence<\/i>: \u00ab Negotiations with the FOM began in Abu Dhabi and continued notably in London. Alain Prost and Ma\u00eetre Arnaud P\u00e9ricard, the lawyer for our public interest group, represent us in talks with Bernie Ecclestone and his majority partners, as he now holds only 15% of FOM shares. However, our negotiations have not yet concluded, as the terms we were offered do not exactly align with our budget projections. Discussions could thus last several more weeks because we want a good deal, which we will not seek to renegotiate like some in difficulty are still doing… At worst, we would prefer to miss 2013 and wait for 2014!<\/p>\n
When asked whether the French Grand Prix could return to the world calendar every year, St\u00e9phane Clair is very enthusiastic: \u00ab Absolutely, especially if we move beyond the petty quarrels, like the one we got dragged into with Magny-Cours. If our country is capable of making the French Grand Prix a national automobile celebration, we will succeed. If not, at least we will have tried! \u00bb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For St\u00e9phane Clair, Director of the Circuit Paul Ricard, the case for the French Grand Prix is not buried. The recent decision by the FIA World Council to add a Grand Prix to the 2013 calendar might just be the dreamed opportunity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":37889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[131,446],"class_list":["post-18009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-castellet","tag-grand-prix"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n