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Valencia wants lower fee for F1 return

May 21 (GMM) Valencia is hoping to negotiate a new fee and then agree to annually alternate a spot on the formula one calendar with Spanish grand prix host Barcelona.

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Valencia wants lower fee for F1 return

May 21 (GMM) Valencia is hoping to negotiate a new fee and then agree to annually alternate a spot on the formula one calendar with Spanish grand prix host Barcelona.Whether the Spanish cities will ultimately share just one Spanish date on future grand…

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Ecclestone wants Spanish hosts to share grand prix

May 12 (GMM) Bernie Ecclestone has revealed he would like Barcelona and Valencia to alternate a single date for the Spanish grand prix on F1′s annual calendar.

Amid reports the two Spanish cities are close to agreeing a deal, Circuit de Catalunya tra…

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Barcelona boss doubts alternation deal close

May 10 (GMM) Barcelona’s F1 circuit chief has played down reports a deal whereby the city and Valencia will alternate the annual hosting of the Spanish grand prix is now close.

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Barcelona says Valencia could host 2014 Spanish GP

May 2 (GMM) Valencia could still return to the F1 calendar in 2014.
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The Spanish port city race’s fate has been swinging wild … Keep reading

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2014 return for Valencia again in doubt

Apr.30 (GMM) Valencia’s mooted return to the formula one calendar next year is now under a dark cloud.

We reported earlier this month that the Spanish port city – absent from this year’s schedule – could be back in 2014, after its president Alberto F…

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Barcelona denies Valencia alternation talks

Apr.10 (GMM) Circuit de Catalunya chief Salvador Servia has played down reports Barcelona could annually alternate the Spanish grand prix with Valencia.With Valencia missing from the schedule this year for the first time in several years, it emerged re…

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Barcelona denies Valencia alternation talks

Apr.10 (GMM) Circuit de Catalunya chief Salvador Servia has played down reports Barcelona could annually alternate the Spanish grand prix with Valencia.With Valencia missing from the schedule this year for the first time in several years, it emerged re…

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Valencia could return to F1 in 2014

Mar.14 (GMM) Valencia could be set to return to the formula one calendar.

The European grand prix is missing from the 2013 schedule, and it emerged recently that a return was unlikely because city authorities and race organisers had left the street c…

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Renault Sport ready for season opener in Australia

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull Racing RB9 rear suspension and rear wing running sensor equipmentPhoto by: XPB Images
Albert Park: three corners in detail

Turn 3

After the quick flick of turn 2, the cars build up to 300kph, but this 90° right hander…

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Schumacher back at speed on two wheels

Mar.12 (GMM) Despite vowing never to race on two wheels again, Michael Schumacher is back on the saddle of a powerful racing motorcycle.

German reports say the newly re-retired seven time world champion tried to keep his test outing this week at the …

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F1 dream over, Valencia street circuit crumbles

Jan.24 (GMM) Valencia’s F1 foray is apparently over, with a Spanish newspaper reporting that the street circuit is now falling into disrepair.

The chances the former European grand prix venue will return to the calendar therefore seem dim, as Marca n…

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Glock hopes for 2013 DTM seat

Jan.24 (GMM) Timo Glock on Wednesday said he would be "delighted" if he can race in the German touring car series DTM in 2013.

Having lost his Marussia seat to an as yet unknown pay-driver, the German – a former F1 test driver for BMW – qui…

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Kubica on ‘slow’ road back to F1

Jan.24 (GMM) Robert Kubica insists his dream to return to formula one is on track.

It has emerged that the former BMW and Renault driver will test Mercedes’ DTM car at Valencia this week.

But Mercedes’ executive director and 30 per cent F1 team owne…

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BMW confirms DTM test for Glock

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Jan.22 (GMM) BMW on Tuesday confirmed reports Marussia refugee Timo Glock will test a DTM car this week at Valencia.

Earlier, a spokesman for the German carmaker refused to comment on the speculation, saying: …

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